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To: Salvation; Faith Presses On
Do we look to signs and wonders for the truth?

Mat 24:23-24 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. (24) For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

Is that wafer in the monstrance Christ? "Look! Here is Christ, or there?" Believe it not.

Gal 1:8-9 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. (9) As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.

Strong words, I know, and I truly wish I did not have to repeat them. But these are the times we live in. There is only one Gospel that can save lost sinners, the Gospel of God's boundless grace, forgiveness in the once for all sacrifice of Jesus. It is our souls that need healing, not our bodies. No, more than just healing. Our souls are dead in sins. It is resurrection we need. Not the washing of the body with water, but the new birth, the making of a new creation in Christ. And though such resurrected lives will surely overflow with a love of doing good, and love to God and others, that life begins, not with good deeds, but with a sovereign act of God, Who calls the undeserving sinner to "come forth" from the stench of his grave of sin, and step into the light of life in Christ. Amazing grace, how sweet the sound ...

Peace,

SR

117 posted on 06/06/2014 11:15:53 PM PDT by Springfield Reformer (Winston Churchill: No Peace Till Victory!)
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To: Springfield Reformer

Amen! A gospel for ALL mankind.


129 posted on 06/06/2014 11:48:26 PM PDT by boatbums (Proud member of the Free Republic Bible Thumpers Brigade.)
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