There are many different aspects to a person’s salvation story.
The counterfeits emphasize one thing, the true believer, another.
HOWEVER, one feature which ALL believers share is that they KNOW they are where they are (having experienced the spiritual rebirth) ONLY by God’s mercy.
” For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.”
–Romans 9:15-16
Believers KNOW that if God had not shown them mercy (grace), they would still be entangled in the world, the world’s schemes and the world’s deceptions.
“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.”
–Ephesians 2:8-9
“It is a gift of God”
Believers do NOT KNOW why God chose them to receive such a valuable gift.
Believers do NOT KNOW all (or even ANY) of the backstory behind their being the recipient of such a gift.
HOWEVER, believers do KNOW that they are a living example; a living PROOF of the popular phrase
“There but for the grace of God go I.”
DOES the reader feel he has been the recipient of God’s mercy at any time in his life?
IF the answer is “No” then the next question is “Why not?”
It is not YET too late: there is still time to change direction (repent), place your faith (hope) for the future entirely on Jesus Christ and enter the kingdom of heaven.
DOES the reader believe he is saved?
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THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST
“Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. ”
–1 Corinthians 15:1-8
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
-–Romans 1:16
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[Portions of this piece appeared originally in End Times Prophecy Headlines: June 29, 2020.]
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