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"ALMOST PERSUADED"

E K K L E S I A
message 50
"ALMOST PERSUADED"


ALMOST PERSUADED TO BE AN HYPOCRITE
BY PUFFED UP WORDS AND VAIN THEOLOGY OF DECEIT,
DOCTRINES OF DEVILS AND CUNNING FORMS OF RELIGIOUS PRETENSE.
Until the Light of the glorious gospel, in the face of Jesus Christ, shined upon me by the "washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit". The Good Shepherd brought me out of the miry clay of self righteousness, into His kingdom of Light, raising me up and out of the whited SEPULCHER
where I dwelled among the dead in trespasses and in sin.

“For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.”
‭‭(Titus‬ ‭3:3-7‬ ‭KJV‬‬)


“I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord. Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies. Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.”
‭‭(Psalms‬ ‭40:1-5‬ ‭KJV‬‬)

“Give ear to my words, O Lord, consider my meditation. Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray. My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up. For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee. The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity. Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man. But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple. Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face. For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue. Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee. But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee. For thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.”
‭‭(Psalms‬ ‭5:1-12‬ ‭KJV‬‬)

“Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.”
‭‭Psalms‬ ‭1:1-6‬ ‭KJV‬‬

BORN AGAIN OR TWICE DEAD? CONVERSION OR PERVERSION? E K K L E S I A, message 43

CAN A CHRISTIAN LOSE HIS OR HER SALVATION?

Yes. "THE SPIRIT SPEAKS EXPRESSLY THAT SOME SHALL DEPART FROM THE FAITH,
GIVING HEED TO SEDUCING SPIRITS AND DOCTRINES OF DEVILS" (1 Tim.4:1,2)
FALSE TEACHERS OF ANOTHER GOSPEL SPEAKING LIES THROUGH HYPOCRISY.
THE DEVIL SEEKING AND TEACHING WHOM HE MAY DEVOUR.
A GENUINE CHRISTIAN CAN LOSE GENUINE SALVATION THAT IS RECEIVED BY GRACE
“For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour
Jesus Christ; 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 ‭KJV‬‬)
BORN AGAIN OR TWICE DEAD? CONVERSION OR PERVERSION?
THESE THINGS EXHORT AND REBUKE THE GAINSAYERS WITH AUTHORITY,
THE HOLY SPIRIT BEARING WITNESS: WITHOUT HOLINESS NO MAN SHALL SEE
THE LORD. AND IF ANY MAN DRAW BACK INTO PERDITION, FORSAKING THE WAY,
THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE THAT IS ONLY IN CHRIST JESUS, GOD'S SPIRIT WILL NOT ALWAYS STRIVE WITH MAN TO REPENT. AND IF ONE PROFESSES THEY KNOW GOD,
BUT IS A FORNICATOR, TOUCHING THE UNCLEAN THING,
“they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.”
‭‭(Hebrews‬ ‭6:6‬ ‭KJV‬‬)
WHAT MUST WE DO TO BE SAVED? Cry out to God for mercy.  (psalm 51
ONLY BY THE GRACE OF GOD CAN WE BE SAVED. It's not free without price.
The Blood cries and the Word declares, the Spirit bearing witness:
GOD IS NOT MOCKED. THOSE WHO SOW TO THEIR FLESHLY LUSTS
SHALL REAP DESTRUCTION.
“What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid.
How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him
by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father,
even so we also should walk in newness of life.
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin:
but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. For sin shall not have dominion over you:
for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey,
his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?”  (Romans‬ ‭6:1-4, 12-16‬ ‭KJV‬‬)
“A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour?
and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the Lord of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?” (Malachi‬ ‭1:6‬ ‭KJV‬‬).
BY TOUCHING THE UNCLEAN THING, POLLUTING THE TEMPLE OF GOD!

“For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame. For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God: But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.”
‭‭(Hebrews‬ ‭6:4-8‬ ‭KJV‬‬)