Alan Gross
Well-Known Member
The Best kept Secret on Planet Earth is that Jesus is the Savior and that "He is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them." Hebrews 7:25.
An individual may know that they have Eternal Life;
I John 5:13 says; "These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God."
And it is by the means of preaching the message of the Gospel that God saves souls;
Romans 1:16; "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth..."
Of His Own will, God gives His children the New Birth by using His Word;
James 1:18a; "Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth,..."
The Gospel that God uses from His Word as the power of God unto salvation is defined, here;
I Corinthians 15:1-4; "Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
2 "By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye I'm in vain.
3 "For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
4 "And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:"
Again, souls that are Born Again are Born Again to Eternal Salvation by God using His Word;
I Peter 1:23; "Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever."
When God uses His Word to have the Gospel preached, and saves a soul by The New Birth, He grants the souls He saves faith, by giving them the Spiritual ability to hear His Word;
Romans 10:17; "So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God."
Salvation is totally given by grace to the soul God saves and gives faith;
Ephesians 2:8; "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:"
9; "Not of works, lest any man should boast."
This lost soul God saves was previously dead, with no Spiritual life, or ability, or 'spark' of any kind and was Totally Depraved
and it is God Who must bring new life to that dead soul, by quickening it in The New Birth and Regenerating it through the power of the Holy Spirit;
Ephesians 2:1, 4-5; "And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;"
4 "But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
5 "Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved
"
We can see from the above passages that Jesus is the Savior, Who finds lost sinners dead in their trespasses and sins and quickens them, or makes them alive, Eternally, by giving them the New Birth.
The New Birth of Eternal Salvation Regenerates their soul by the power of the Holy Spirit.
And the Holy Spirit operates by the means and instrumentality of the incorruptible Word of God through the preaching of the "power of God unto salvation", the Gospel, which is I Corinthians 15:3b, 4; "how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
4 "And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:"
I Corinthians 15:1, 2; says the Gospel is that "by which also ye are saved";
"Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
2 "By which also ye are saved,"
That, my friends, is the One Way of Eternal Salvation through the blood and Work of Jesus Christ, Who came to die, be buried, and rise again, with the power of Life over death, to provide forgiveness for His children as their Savior.
Who knows that?
What number of people in professing Christianity know that?
Does anyone? Do all kinds of people all over know that?
Who?
Who has absolute assurance of their Eternal Destiny, "seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them."
A lot? Many people you know?
Or could it be;
The Best kept Secret on Planet Earth.
An individual may know that they have Eternal Life;
I John 5:13 says; "These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God."
And it is by the means of preaching the message of the Gospel that God saves souls;
Romans 1:16; "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth..."
Of His Own will, God gives His children the New Birth by using His Word;
James 1:18a; "Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth,..."
The Gospel that God uses from His Word as the power of God unto salvation is defined, here;
I Corinthians 15:1-4; "Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
2 "By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye I'm in vain.
3 "For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
4 "And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:"
Again, souls that are Born Again are Born Again to Eternal Salvation by God using His Word;
I Peter 1:23; "Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever."
When God uses His Word to have the Gospel preached, and saves a soul by The New Birth, He grants the souls He saves faith, by giving them the Spiritual ability to hear His Word;
Romans 10:17; "So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God."
Salvation is totally given by grace to the soul God saves and gives faith;
Ephesians 2:8; "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:"
9; "Not of works, lest any man should boast."
This lost soul God saves was previously dead, with no Spiritual life, or ability, or 'spark' of any kind and was Totally Depraved
and it is God Who must bring new life to that dead soul, by quickening it in The New Birth and Regenerating it through the power of the Holy Spirit;
Ephesians 2:1, 4-5; "And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;"
4 "But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
5 "Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved
We can see from the above passages that Jesus is the Savior, Who finds lost sinners dead in their trespasses and sins and quickens them, or makes them alive, Eternally, by giving them the New Birth.
The New Birth of Eternal Salvation Regenerates their soul by the power of the Holy Spirit.
And the Holy Spirit operates by the means and instrumentality of the incorruptible Word of God through the preaching of the "power of God unto salvation", the Gospel, which is I Corinthians 15:3b, 4; "how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
4 "And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:"
I Corinthians 15:1, 2; says the Gospel is that "by which also ye are saved";
"Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
2 "By which also ye are saved,"
That, my friends, is the One Way of Eternal Salvation through the blood and Work of Jesus Christ, Who came to die, be buried, and rise again, with the power of Life over death, to provide forgiveness for His children as their Savior.
Who knows that?
What number of people in professing Christianity know that?
Does anyone? Do all kinds of people all over know that?
Who?
Who has absolute assurance of their Eternal Destiny, "seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them."
A lot? Many people you know?
Or could it be;
The Best kept Secret on Planet Earth.