
“Be ye Holy; for I am Holy”: Eternal Security Exposed [podcast]
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God requires your personal participation. Otherwise there is no relationship.
“But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; 16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.” 1 Peter 1:15-16
What is holiness? Holiness is being born again and presently set apart to the LORD, the very “first love” of your life – otherwise repentance is essential (Ezekiel 33:12-13; Luke 13:3; Revelation 2:4-5; 1 John 1:7-9, etc.).
“And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.” 1 Thessalonians 5:23
“HOLINESS IS NOT THE WAY TO JESUS. JESUS IS THE WAY TO HOLINESS.” ANONYMOUS
“When the saint ceases to seek after holiness, purity, righteousness, truth; when he ceases to pray, stops reading the Word and gives way to carnal appetites, then it is that Satan comes.” unknown

Beware of the false teachings, the false teachers who do not preach the cross, the blood, the absolute necessity of the crucified life, enduring to the end, the holiness of God and His requirement that you be holy in order to be ready to meet Him at His soon coming.
“Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. 18 For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.” Romans 16:17-18
As is the case in this message, the remnant body of Christ will absolutely obey the mandate of our LORD to mark, to expose the heresies and those who peddle them.
“Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. 4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness (license to sin), and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.” Jude 3-4
OSAS is simply a lie of Satan, told by his human emissaries, to cause saved people to disregard the things God says in His Word concerning the essential requirement for them to endure to the end, of keeping all sin out of our lives, of truly fearing God, of worshipping Him with our whole spirit, soul, and body.
“Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth. 13 When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it.” Ezekiel 33:12-13
Concerning this passage above, one believer wrote the following:
“What a rebuke to those who think that a man once born again will be saved regardless of what he does (see Righteousness Defined). It is plainly written here that “the righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression.” There can be no misunderstanding of such a simple statement. It is clear that a righteous man cannot continue to be righteous when he sins; and his past experience in God, grace, the new birth, and obedience cannot and will not save his soul if or when he sins. The fact is emphasized by being stated another way: “neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth.” Again, the truth is declared that if righteous man trusts in his righteousness to save him, should he go back into sin, the fact is that all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; “but for his iniquity that he committed, he shall die for it” (Eze_33:13). Still again, in Eze_33:18 it is stated that “when the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.” Thus four times here God plainly says that a backslider will not continue to be saved when he goes back into sin again, all statements being uttered by Him to the prophet in answer to the question in Eze_33:10, “If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live?”
A 14-fold Answer to This Question:
1. God has no pleasure in the death of the wicked—either a wicked man who has not repented or one who has repented, lived for Him for a time, and then gone back into sin (Eze_33:11-19).
2. The wicked must turn from his wickedness to live (Eze_33:11).
3. The wicked man is invited and commanded to turn from his wickedness or he will die in his sins and be lost.
4. The righteousness of the righteous shall not even deliver such a man if he returns to sin (Eze_33:12).
5. In the day that a righteous man goes back into sin he will incur the penalty of the broken law, and be separated from God as all other sinners are (Eze_33:12-13).
6. Past righteousness will not save a righteous man when he transgresses and becomes a sinner again (Eze_33:12-19).
7. The wickedness of the wicked will not damn his soul if and when he repents and turns from his wickedness to serve God and live in righteousness (Eze_33:13-19).
8. God shows no partiality. He will not save the wicked until he repents and turns from sin to live right; and He will not continue to save the righteous man if he turns from his righteousness and lives in sin (Eze_33:12-19).
9. All the righteousness of the righteous will not be remembered to cause God to excuse him in the day that he sins; for his iniquity that he commits he will die (Eze_33:13).
10. When God says to the righteous that he will surely live if he continues in righteousness or die if he goes back into sin, that is what is meant.
11. When God says to the wicked that he will die, and he turns from his sins to do that which is lawful and right, then he will live and that is what is meant (Eze_33:14-15).
12. All the sins of the wicked will not be remembered and mentioned to him to damn his soul when he turns from them to do that which is lawful and right; he will surely live (Eze_33:16).
13. When the righteous turns from his righteousness and commits sin, he will even die thereby (Eze_33:18).
14. When the wicked turns from his wickedness to do that which is lawful and right, he will live thereby (Eze_33:19).”
As you die so shall you be, eternally.
“He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.” Revelation 22:11
“This states the fact that as a man dies he will be forever, so there will be no second chance to improve the life and character of any lost one in all eternity (cp. Heb_9:27).”
IF those living in sin weren’t in danger of eternal hell fire, WHY O WHY would the Son of God have spoken the following words?
“And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into THE FIRE THAT NEVER SHALL BE QUENCHED: 44 Where THEIR WORM (consciousness) DIETH NOT, and the fire is not quenched. 45 And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into THE FIRE THAT NEVER SHALL BE QUENCHED: 46 Where THEIR WORM (conscious feelings) DIETH NOT, and THE FIRE IS NOT QUENCHED. 47 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire: 48 Where THEIR WORM DIETH NOT, and THE FIRE IS NOT QUENCHED. 49 For every one shall be salted with fire (preserved in suffering), and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt.” Mark 9:43-49
The divine threat of being “CUT OFF”
“Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear: 21 For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee. 22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.” Romans 11:20-22
Jesus came to save us from our sins not to give us an excuse for them or to arbitrarily cover them (Matthew 1:21; John 1:29; Titus 2:11-14, etc.). We are saved by grace and from sin as we abide in Christ – on His stated terms, the cross (Romans 6).
Here below is my reply to a lady who chided me for not agreeing with her OSAS/eternal security tirade – that is, her peddling this lie and deceiving others by doing so. She claimed I wasn’t rightly dividing the Word of truth.
REPLY:
It’s convenient to throw out the “you’re not rightly dividing the Word” Scripture to cover for your own agenda…. especially when you’ve never launched an honest, full scale study of God’s Word for yourself, following His truth no matter where it leads. No person in History has ever been saved, began immediately studying God’s Word for themselves with no man’s input, and come out with the idea that they are “once saved always saved” or “eternally secure”… cliche’s that appear nowhere in God’s Word. The same satan who animated and spoke through the snake in the Garden to mislead mankind, is doing the same today through snake pastors who pass on this doctrine of devils and cause men to “depart from the faith.” (1 Timothy 4:1-2)
Please tell us what happened the last time sin was found in Heaven.
Then, tell us all what Satan’s very first lie was to mankind (Genesis 2:17; 3:4). Then tell us the result (Rom 6:23). “Death” always means separation.
The wages of sin is still “death.” (Romans 6:23)
Then please tell us how that God somehow changed His definition of sin … after He sent Jesus. “I am the LORD, I change not.” (Malachi 3:6, etc.)
After that, tell us how the LORD Almighty is no longer “Holy, holy, holy” and somehow will now accept into His holy presence those who die in rebellion against Him (Ps 5:4; Heb. 1:13; Isaiah 6:3; 1 Peter 1:15-16; Rev 4:8; 21:8, etc.).
Eternal security is the promise Satan gave to the man and the woman in the Garden of Eden. So how could it not be a doctrine of devil’s???
“unite my heart to fear thy name.”
This may be the most important prayer you ever pray!!!
“Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.” Psalms 86:11
Heavenly Father, arrest our hearts today with Thy holy fear. Quicken Your conviction in our innermost being to love, to worship, to fear, and to obey You. In the name of Jesus Christ. Amen LORD.
Being saved by grace doesn’t mean we have license to living in sin and God’s Word addresses this much. Romans 6:1-2, 15; Titus 2:11-12… Jude even warns us of the OSAS grace perverters who teach another gospel, a false gospel grace-perverting gospel that gives license to sin (Jude 3-4).
“What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? 2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?” Romans 6:1-2
Let’s look at what real divine grace looks like in the life of every individual who truly has it – as opposed to those who falsely claim to have it while using it as a license to live in sin.
“For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, 12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; 13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; 14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.” Titus 2:11-14
Have you noticed that the false OSAS preachers NEVER show their prey that passage above? And, notice that readiness, holiness at His coming are inseparabe. Those who are truly saved by His grace are “denying ungodliness and worldly lusts” in light of “the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ.” If that’s not what your life looks like, you are in utter need of repentance. And, the reason you’ve been sold on a false grace message is because of your own lack of truly repenting and laying down your life in this fleeting world, denying self, taking up the cross, and following Jesus for real (Luke 9:23-24; 14:33; 17:33; 19:27).
“EVERY man” who is ready for the return of Christ or to meet him in death, is doing what?
“And EVERY man that hath this hope in him PURIFIETH HIMSELF, even as he is pure.” 1 John 3:3
False leaders today also hide this one below from the dupes who refuse to read God’s Word thoroughly and honestly for themselves:
“Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:” Hebrews 12:14
There are a whole lot of personal pronouns used by the osas clan. Their “salvation” seems to be all about them and not God who is “Holy, holy, holy” and will no co-exist with sin (Psalms 5:4; Habakkuk 1:13; Isaiah 6:3; Revelation 4:8; 1 Peter 1:15-16, etc.). They have created a false god in their own unrepentant imagination, a god who allows them to live as they wish and still promises them eternal glory. False. The last time sin was found in Heaven God ejected it and the sinner – lucifer. So what makes us falsely believe we are going to God’s holy Heaven with sin in our lives?
Have you studied Jesus’ parable of the 10 virgins? All 10 were engaged to the Bridegroom, Jesus. Yet only 5 were welcomed into His bridal chamber. The other 5 were rejected after being engaged to Christ (Matthew 25:1-13).
What was the very first lie satan told? Who did he tell it to? Did they take the bait? If so, did they then fall – were they separated from God? Yes. Genesis 2:17; 3:4.
This message below blows the lid off the false grace message of the modern church:
******IF YOU STILL believe the heretical myth of “once saved always saved,” (OSAS) or “perseverance of the saints,” it is certainly not because you learned such a fairy tale in God’s Word. Also, those who believe this doctrine of devils, stand to be weakened and lose out in the end due to the robbing effect such a lie has on the hearts of men whose hearts are vanquished of the fear of the LORD for believing such a myth.
According to the New Testament record, authentic saving faith is NOT un-forfeitable, but rather can be:
- “Cast off” – 1 Timothy 5:11-12
- “Put away” and “Made shipwreck” of – 1 Timothy 1:19
- “Denied” – Revelation 2:13
- “Denied” – 1 Timothy 5:8
- Departed from – 1 Timothy 4:1
- Failed – Luke 22:32
- Overthrown – 2 Timothy 2:18
- “Erred from” – 1 Timothy 6:10
- “Erred” from – 1 Timothy 6:21
- Fallen Away from: One can “fall away” from his believing/saving faith and be lost “again” – Luke 8:13; 15
OSAS death nail …. just how dishonest can you be to ignore this? “IF we deny him, HE ALSO WILL DENY US.” 2 Tim. 2:12
Speaking TO HIS OWN people, the LORD says “IF we deny him, HE ALSO WILL DENY US.” 2 Timothy 2:12
Was the apostle Paul lying to us? Speaking TO HIS OWN people, the LORD says “IF we deny him, HE ALSO WILL DENY US.” (2 Timothy 2:12)
Repeatedly we see that many OSAS people simply do not wish to abide in an obedient relationship with the Savior they claim is their LORD, on HIS stated (Bible) terms. “Depart from me” is what they will hear if they do not repent (Matthew 7:21; 25:41).
Loving and being faithful to Jesus is not works salvation. It’s called a relationship, something the OSAS rebels simply do not want – because they love darkness rather than light, they love this world and their sin more than Christ (John 3:19-21; James 4:4; 1 John 2:15, etc.). So, they misuse Holy Scripture to justify their sinful rebellion against the LORD.
Those who are truly saved by grace are His workmanship CREATED in Christ Jesus to do good works (Ephesians 2:8-10).
Yet some are fully allergic to personal responsibility and seek to treat Christ as a whoremonger would use a woman for his own self-serving gratification when he feels like it and ignore her until he wants to use her again.
“If ye love me, keep my commandments.” John 14:15
“Ye are my friends, IFFF ye do whatsoever I command you.” John 15:14
“He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.” 1 John 2:4
“They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.” Titus 1:16
Since when is obeying the One you love – IF you in fact love Him – legalism or works salvation? Sounds like a love problem going on….a “first love” problem where people serve the god of self and vainly believe they are going to use Jesus to get them out of hell and into Heaven. Scripture assures us that Jesus sees it all and each of us shall reap what we sow and so we are not be deceived by false teaching like OSAS (Galatians 6:7-8).
Sir, if you are not faithful to your wife, if you commit adultery against her, she has the God-given right to divorce you …. Just as the Bridegroom divorced 5 of the 10 virgins He was espoused to. He shut them out of the eternal bridal chamber (Matthew 25:1-13).
So you are saying that JESUS CHRIST, the Great Bridegroom of Heaven, is going to bring into glory an unfaithful bride, a blemished, a sinful whorish bride to be married to Him eternally? If so, you don’t know Him! Read Jesus’ parable of the 10 virgins, all of which were espoused (engaged) to be married to the Bridegroom (Jesus) but only 5 of them made it into the bridal chamber. The other 5 were shut out. Read Matthew 25:1-3.
“OSAS (eternal security) creates believers who emphasize faith in Jesus while dismissing obedience to His commandments as self righteousness, trying to earn salvation, trusting in your own works etc.” Teddy Caldwell
Is Your Wife a Legalist for Wanting You to Love and be Faithful to Her? [podcast]
Is a wife asking too much if she desires and requires her husband to be faithful to her in their marriage for the rest of their lives?
Some say that JESUS CHRIST, the Great Bridegroom of Heaven, is going to bring into glory an unfaithful bride, a blemished, a sinful whorish bride to be married to Him eternally. If so, you don’t know Him!
Is a wife asking too much if she desires and requires her husband to be faithful to her in their marriage for the rest of their lives?
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5 Soul Damning Sins Named! Learning from History! [podcast]

THE 5 SINS THAT KEPT ISRAEL (God’s own covenant people) OUT OF THEIR PROMISED LAND OF BLESSINGS and will keep us out if not relinquished. Friend, please read 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 with all your might. Make this text your meat.
The world seeks to romance sin but if God says it’s sin, that’s what it is. Toning down the terms changes nothing. Judgment Day is on the way.
We are fighting the good fight of faith, “striving against sin” and “more than conquerors” over sin through Jesus who loves us and bought us with His own blood! (1 Timothy 6:12; Hebrews 12:4; 13:12; Acts 20:28; Romans 8:37)
There are the 5 sins listed here that kept God’s people out of His blessings. We all need to L.I.F.T.M. up to the LORD in repentance and for His perfect forgiveness and cleansing. God the Holy Spirit warns us here through Paul’s pen (1 Cor. 10:1-13), that Israel and these sins are “examples” (vv. 6, 11) to all NT believers. God destroys those who go back on Him after knowing Him (transgressors – Ps. 68:21; 73:28; 125:5, etc.). If not ridden out of our lives, any one of these 5 sins WILL keep us out of our promised land. God is holy (Heb. 12:14). As taken in order from 1 Cor. 10:6-10, here are those 5 sins:
Lust
Idolatry
Fornication
Tempting Christ
Murmuring
This simple acronym should help us to remember these sins and remain separate from them as we grow today to know and love our Savior more fervently. “Keep thyself pure” (1 Timothy 5:22).
Committing the sin is one thing (1 John 1:8-10, right) and refusing to repent of it is yet another. Refusing to acknowledge, repent, confess, and cease is what snares the soul and ousts us from Christ (Proverbs 28:13).
“He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.” Proverbs 28:13
If the Holy Spirit has quickened any offences of your heart, simply L.I.F.T.M. up to Christ the Redeemer, Forgiver, Cleanser, and Transformer of lives.
WHATEVER it takes – those who choose to get real with God will sever themselves from anything and anyone who causes them to sin. This is what Jesus says about sin and hell:
“And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
44 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
45 And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
46 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
47 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:
48 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
49 For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt.
50 Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.” Mark 9:43-50
NOTICE: When a believer or group of believers backslides, they no longer separate from the transgressors who are unrepentant:
Fornication Defiles
“It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have (Gr. possessed and wouldn’t repent) his father’s wife. 2 And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.” 1 Corinthians 5:1-2
1 Corinthians 10 completely destroys the OSAS / eternal security argument.
Notice the word “OUR” in verses 6 and 11. This is directly spoken to warn NEW Testament saints that they are going to hell if they live and die in sin.
Case closed.
1 Corinthians 10:1-12
1 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
2 And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
3 And did all eat the same spiritual meat;
4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
5 But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
6 Now these things were OUR examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also LUSTED.
7 Neither be ye IDOLATERS, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
8 Neither let us commit FORNICATION, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
9 Neither let us TEMPT CHRIST, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
10 Neither MURMUR ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.
11 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for OUR admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
Eternal security is a false teaching. 1 sin separated Adam and Eve from God and “The wages of sin is (still) death” because God is Holy (Rom 6:23, etc.). Moral coward counterfeits hate, despise the Gospel essential of the cross, the crucified life. They want Jesus to save them to Heaven but not from sin. These are the sin-justifying, grace-perverting “ungodly men” Jude warned us about (Jude 4).
The divine declaration that “The wages of sin is death” which means separation from God, appears throughout Scripture (Romans 6:23).
“He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.” Proverbs 19:16
Die or death always means separation.
OSAS/eternal security is a lie from hell. OSAS was Satan’s first lie and so it’s blasphemy to teach this doctrine of devils and claim it’s part of the Gospel. You are attributing Satan’s lie to the LORD Jesus. Repent now sinner. See Genesis 2:17; 3:4; Romans 11:20-22; 1 Timothy 4:1; Hebrews 3:6, 12-14; 10:26-39; 2 Peter 2:20-21; Jude 4, etc..
The concept of an un-conditional eternal security is not established in Scripture … Except for it being Satan’s first teaching, His first lie – the “Ye shall NOT surely die” lie (Genesis 2:17; 3:4).
Eternal Security/Once saved always saved is a lie from hell.
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“The Unalterable Basis of an Open Heaven is a Grave” [podcast]

Concerning the raising up process of the Gospel of God, T. Austin-Sparks wrote:
“The unalterable basis of an open heaven is a grave, and a crisis at which you come to an end of your own self-life. It is the crisis of real experiential identification with Christ in His death.”
Though we entered into His death upon initial salvation, accepting and experiencing that death is still a daily choice, an individual decision to be made on an ongoing basis. One’s choice to continue to persevere, following Christ as He clearly prescribed, will determine his eternal destination (Luke 9:62; 19:13; 21:19; Romans 6:16; Galatians 6:7-9).
The insidious circumventing of the cross can come in many clandestine ways that are masked with pious outer garb. Today, while refusing to utter the full counsel of the One they claim tobe representing, smiling and charismatic men stand in sheep’s clothing, promising heavenly life to those who live in sin. They only prosper due to the volitional biblical illiteracy of the masses. Ignorance of the truth is a choice with eternal consequences (Hosea 4:6; Matthew 22:29; 2 Thessalonians 2:10-12).
“Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. 25 He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.” John 12:24-25
Of seeds, one source notes:
“Seeds do not technically ‘die’ when planted; rather, they germinate, transforming from a dormant state into an active, growing plant. While the outer shell breaks and the original form changes, the embryo inside remains alive.”
Just as nothing in hell could have held Jesus in that grave, NOTHING in hell can hold down the crucified saint! The divinely volcanic resurrection life of Christ bursting forth in the life of the crucified consenting disciple will be utterly unstoppable!
“But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken (make alive, raise up) your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.” Romans 8:11
The true disciple is always “delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake” (2 Corinthians 4:11). He has “crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts” (Galatians 5:24). He is daily putting to death “the deeds of the body” and being “raised up” by the power of the same Holy Spirit “that raised up Christ from the dead” (Romans 8:11, 13). He rejoices in “Christ Jesus” and has “no confidence in the flesh” (Philippians 3:3).
“I die daily” (1 Corinthians 15:31)
“Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. For we which live are always delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake … that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. So then death worketh in us, but life in you” 1 Corinthians 15:31; 2 Corinthians 4:10-12.
The disciple who is dead and buried with Christ is “dead to sin” (Romans 6:2). There are tell-tale symptoms in one whose self life has not been terminated, put to death. When we justify the sinful things we do, and call those who point them out “legalistic,” it is symptomatic of a life that is not crucified with Christ. The Bible says, “Lie not against the truth” (James. 3:14). If we argue against the truth when we are shown it, we are manifesting rebellion. The “corn of wheat” must be planted and remain planted in order to bud and bring forth new life. The one whose life is laid down does not make excuses when he realizes that he harbors sin. No, instead he rejoices to be yet more sanctified and dwelling in the place of blessing and holiness with the One He delights to please and serve.
Prayer: LORD Jesus, I am crucified with You. I am dead and my life is hidden with Christ in God. Here and now I lay my life in Your holy hands, this moment. Please use me now and here forward in the Father’s business of the Great Commission as we eagerly look for Your soon return. I love You LORD Jesus. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
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Faith with Humility: When Love Replaces Judgment [podcast]

“For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.” Galatians 5:6
Recently I ran across a sobering title for a video by a pastor. It read:
“They have the gospel backwards: Why are Christians so mean?”
Have you memorized Matthew 5:44 in the King James Bible?
“But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;” Matthew 5:44
“Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.” Romans 13:10
“For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.” James 2:13
“And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.” Colossians 3:14
“Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 5 doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; 6 rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; 7 beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
8 Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.” 1 Corinthians 13:1-8
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