These things have I written to you that believe on the name
of the Son of God: that you may know that you have eternal life. (1 John 5:13)
Yes, you can know if you will live forever with Christ in heaven.
Jesus himself tells you how you will know, when he says:
“He who believes in me has everlasting life.” (John 6:47) and
“He who hears my word and believes on him that sent me, has eternal life and
will not come into condemnation (hell); but is passed from death to life.” (John 5:24)
Your ability to believe that Christ died for you on the cross and his death is the essence of faith
and the Bible tells us such faith is a gift that only God can give.
For it is by (God’s) grace you are saved through faith, (in Christ) –and this is not from yourselves,
it is a gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast. (Ephesians 2:8-9)
In other words, if you believe in Jesus and
what he did for you, you have been given a great gift.
“You did not choose me, but I chose you…” (John 15:16)
he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world… (Ephesians 1:4)
Though you may not “feel” any different, you can know that
the Holy Spirit has given you the new birth (John 3) when you are
able to believe that Jesus is the sinless Son of God who died
to save us from the hell that we truly deserve for our sins.
Who himself (Jesus) bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins,
should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes you were healed. (1 Peter 2:24)
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life. (Romans 6:23)
Your day of faith is the day you believe that Jesus alone did everything
needed to secure your salvation—rescuing you from sin, death and the devil.
He has saved completely all those he died for.
…he (Jesus) said, “It is finished.” (John 19:30)
And I give them eternal life; and they shall never perish,
neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. (John 10:28)
Your day of faith is the day you believe that Jesus has won for you a place with him
where you will go one day to live with Him in peace and joy forever.
“I go to prepare a place for you…” (John 14:2)
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and
receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. (John 14:3)
In the meantime, Christ commands us to “Love one another, as I have loved you.”
And he gives to us a Comforter, the Holy Spirit.
“He will guide you into all truth… (John 16:13)
“I am the way, the truth and the life. No man cometh unto the Father, except by me.” (John 14:6)
Thy (God’s) word is truth… (John 17:17)
And as we travel this rocky road of life with its many ups and downs,
We remember that Jesus promised:
I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. (Matthew (28:20)
I am the resurrection and the life… (John 11:25)
I am the bread of life… (John 6:35)
I am the light of the world… (John 9:5)
In this gift of faith that Christ has given us, he calls us to be baptized into a Church that teaches the truth about his death on the cross and how it means everlasting life for all who believe in him.
Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in
the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. (Matthew 28:29)
…upon this rock (faith) I will build my church and
the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. (Matthew 16:18)
He tells us to receive him in a very special way at Holy Communion.
This is my body…This is my blood (Matthew 26:26-28)
Jesus tells us that one way to love others as he loves us,
is to forgive others when they sin against us.
For if you forgive men their trespasses,
your heavenly Father will also forgive you. (Matthew 6:14)
He calls us to live our lives in readiness, watching for his return.
Watch therefore, and pray always, that you may be accounted worthy to escape
all these things that shall come to pass and to stand before the Son of Man. (Luke 21:36)
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Monday, February 2, 2009
Theologically-corrected Divine Mercy-inspired Prayer
Before I forget, let me offer the following for mass consumption.--bro. Jim
Start with...
Apostles Creed
Our Father
(Trisagion--see below)
(at the big beads...)
Eternal Father, we thank you for the body and blood
Of Your dearly beloved Son,
Our Lord Jesus Christ,
Who atoned for the sins
Of all who believe in Him.
(on the small beads...)
For the sake of His sorrowful passion
Have mercy on us
And all who believe in Him.
(just prior--at the space--before the big beads
say the Trisagion)
Holy God, holy mighty One, holy immortal One,
Have mercy on us and all who believe in You.
Start with...
Apostles Creed
Our Father
(Trisagion--see below)
(at the big beads...)
Eternal Father, we thank you for the body and blood
Of Your dearly beloved Son,
Our Lord Jesus Christ,
Who atoned for the sins
Of all who believe in Him.
(on the small beads...)
For the sake of His sorrowful passion
Have mercy on us
And all who believe in Him.
(just prior--at the space--before the big beads
say the Trisagion)
Holy God, holy mighty One, holy immortal One,
Have mercy on us and all who believe in You.
Sunday, February 1, 2009
The Mass then and now ...
Here's this guy's version of the Mass then and now and I would invite you to view it. He thinks what has happened to the Mass is terrifically important. The video is actually just the first part, but it's the one that makes his case for the Mass in Latin. We'll offer a review and our own take above...soon. --Jim
Time to get started
What better place to get the discussion going than with the Mass. We will soon feature at this site a youtube documentary that will help us get a start. --Jim
Monday, June 2, 2008
What did Jesus say?
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven,but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.” (Matthew 7:21)
“And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.” (John 6:40)
“And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.” (John 6:40)
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Is your eternal place with God in heaven just a “possibility” or is it a “certainty?”
Here's what God's word says:
I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. (1 John 5:13)
Some who call themselves believers say they believe that Christ shed his blood to his death on the cross to do no more than give them the “possibility” or “chance” –an “opportunity” to join him one day in heaven. They refuse to give Jesus full credit for his accomplishment on the cross.
However, there are others, like the humble owner of this website, who would urge you—be you Catholic or Protestant—to reject such a lie and believe instead what Christ himself promises us in the Bible. Namely, that he shed his blood to the death on the cross to fully accomplish your sure and certain salvation. Yes, his sacrificial death accomplished a very big thing for you—nothing less than eternal life with him! “It is finished.” (John 19:30)
All those who believe that Jesus truly is who he says he is—God in the flesh—also believe that he died on the cross to ensure the salvation of all who believe in him or as some put it, “he died to secure our place with him—eternal security.” They believe in the person and the saving work of Christ.
It appears the early church also believed that Christ truly came to save and not simply offer the "possibility" of salvation. As we read in the statement of faith, the Nicene Creed: "For us men (believers) and for our salvation, he came down from heaven..."
Though the largest church bodies in the world have ignored Jesus’ plain and true message for hundreds of years, Jesus himself and his apostles tell us this good news of the certainty of the true believer’s salvation again and again in the Bible:
He who believes in me has everlasting life. (John 6:47)
He who hears my word and believes in the One who sent me, has everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation (hell): but has passed from death to life. (John 5:24)
Even as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up: That whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life (John 3:14-15)
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3:16)
What works must we do to do the works God requires? Jesus answered: “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent. (John 6:29)
All the Father gives me shall come to me; and him that comes to me I shall in no wise cast out. (John 6:37)
You did not choose me, but I have chosen you… (John 15:16)
According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. (Ephesians 1:4-6)
And I give them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them to me, is greater than all and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand. I and my Father are one. (John 10:28-29)
Philippians 3:9 …and being found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God and is by faith.
In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. (John 14:2)
This is the Gospel of Jesus, the good news that he has indeed saved all those who believe in him as Lord and Savior, God in the flesh..
For those who reject this simple Gospel of Christ alone winning the salvation of all he has chosen to believe in him, please be aware of the consequences found in Galatians 1:8-9.
"But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned! As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than that which you have accepted, let him be eternally condemned!" (Galatians 1:8-9)
I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. (1 John 5:13)
Some who call themselves believers say they believe that Christ shed his blood to his death on the cross to do no more than give them the “possibility” or “chance” –an “opportunity” to join him one day in heaven. They refuse to give Jesus full credit for his accomplishment on the cross.
However, there are others, like the humble owner of this website, who would urge you—be you Catholic or Protestant—to reject such a lie and believe instead what Christ himself promises us in the Bible. Namely, that he shed his blood to the death on the cross to fully accomplish your sure and certain salvation. Yes, his sacrificial death accomplished a very big thing for you—nothing less than eternal life with him! “It is finished.” (John 19:30)
All those who believe that Jesus truly is who he says he is—God in the flesh—also believe that he died on the cross to ensure the salvation of all who believe in him or as some put it, “he died to secure our place with him—eternal security.” They believe in the person and the saving work of Christ.
It appears the early church also believed that Christ truly came to save and not simply offer the "possibility" of salvation. As we read in the statement of faith, the Nicene Creed: "For us men (believers) and for our salvation, he came down from heaven..."
Though the largest church bodies in the world have ignored Jesus’ plain and true message for hundreds of years, Jesus himself and his apostles tell us this good news of the certainty of the true believer’s salvation again and again in the Bible:
He who believes in me has everlasting life. (John 6:47)
He who hears my word and believes in the One who sent me, has everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation (hell): but has passed from death to life. (John 5:24)
Even as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up: That whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life (John 3:14-15)
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3:16)
What works must we do to do the works God requires? Jesus answered: “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent. (John 6:29)
All the Father gives me shall come to me; and him that comes to me I shall in no wise cast out. (John 6:37)
You did not choose me, but I have chosen you… (John 15:16)
According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. (Ephesians 1:4-6)
And I give them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them to me, is greater than all and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand. I and my Father are one. (John 10:28-29)
Philippians 3:9 …and being found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God and is by faith.
In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. (John 14:2)
This is the Gospel of Jesus, the good news that he has indeed saved all those who believe in him as Lord and Savior, God in the flesh..
For those who reject this simple Gospel of Christ alone winning the salvation of all he has chosen to believe in him, please be aware of the consequences found in Galatians 1:8-9.
"But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned! As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than that which you have accepted, let him be eternally condemned!" (Galatians 1:8-9)
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