Articles of Faith
What the Bible Really Teaches about: Faith and Salvation, Sin and Judgment
The Scriptures teach we are Saved by Grace, but that we can also Fall from Grace
Eph2:8-10 "By grace are you saved through faith, that not of yourself it is a gift of God, not of works, lest any man should boast!"
Gal5:4 "You who attempt to be justified by the law, you have fallen from Grace."
The Scriptures teach we are Justified by Faith, but our Faith can become 'Shipwreck'.
Rom5:1 "Having been Justified by faith, we have peace with God."
1Tim1:18-19 "Having Faith & a good conscience which some have rejected concerning the faith have suffered shipwreck."
Titus3:7 "That having been Justified by His Grace, we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life!"
In Scripture Faith & Obedience are synonymous.
Rom6:17 "You obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine to which you were delivered."
1Peter1:22 "You have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit."
James2:20 "But do you want to know O foolish man that faith without works is dead!"
James1:22 "But be doers of the Word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves."
Heb5:9 "He is the author of eternal salvation to all those who OBEY Him!"
Difference between a single moment of Faith & an Abiding life of Faith is heaven & hell
1Cor15:2 "By this Gospel you are saved, IF you hold fast to that Word I preached!"
Col1:22 "You are saved "IF you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, not moved from the hope."
Heb3:12-14 "You are Partakers of Christ, IF you hold the beginning of your confidence steadfast to end."
Luke13:24 "Strive to enter the Narrow Gate, for many I say to you will seek to enter and not be able!"
Measure of True Saving Faith is: "Working by love, Purity of Heart, Victory over world.
Gal5:6, 1Pet1:22, 1John5:4
James2:19 "The devils believe and shudder!" (Result of instant faith)
Rom4:3, Heb11:8 "Abraham believed God & Abraham OBEYED God!"
Acts24:16, 1Tim1:5-6 "By Faith the heart is made Pure & Conscience Clear."
Gal5:22-24, Eph5:9, 2Pet1:10 "True faith produces the Fruit of the Spirit!"
Grace is NOT Accommodation to cover man's sin, but the POWER to Remove it!
1John3:8 "For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil." (Which is sin!)
Titus2:11-14 "The Grace of God that brings salvation has appeared unto all men, teaching us that denying ungodliness & worldly lust we should live soberly & righteously in this present age
Rom6:1-2 "What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound, God Forbid! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it?"
Matt1:21 "His Name shall be called Jesus and He will save His people FROM their sins!"
Matt5:20 "Unless your righteousness exceeds the 'righteousness' of the scribes & Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven."
Matt5:28 "Grace raises the standard, NOT lowers it!"
Nothing in Scripture defends or condones sinful behavior, but 'condemns' it!
Rom8:6 "For to be carnally minded is death!"
Rom8:13 "If you live according to the flesh you will die!"
Eph5:6 "Let no one deceive you with empty words because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience."
Gal6:7 "Be NOT deceived, God is NOT mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap! Whether sin unto death or obedience unto righteousness." (ROM6:16)
1Cor6:9 "Do you NOT know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God."
Heb3:13 "Lest any one of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin."
Heb12:15 "Looking diligently lest anyone fall short of the grace of God!"
Matt5:29 "If your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you!"
Prov8:13 "The fear of the Lord is to hate evil!"
Nothing in Scripture implies that your 'Future' sins are already forgiven in Christ!
Gal2:17 "If we seek to be justified by Christ and are found to be sinners, is Christ therefore a minister of sin? God forbid!"
1John1:9 "If we confess our sins He is faithful & just to forgive us & cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
Gal5:21 "I told you before that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom."
Heb10:26 "If we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins."
Ezk18:26 "When a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, commits iniquity and dies in it, because of the iniquity which he has done that he dies."
Heb12:4 "You have not yet resisted to bloodshed striving against sin."
The Whole Council of God includes Warning the Righteous NOT to sin.
Acts20:26-27 "Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men, for I have not shunned to declare to you the whole counsel of God!"
Ezk3:21 "Nevertheless if you warn the righteous man that the righteous should not sin, and he does not sin, he shall surely live because he took warning, also you have delivered your soul."
1Thess4:3 "For this is the Will of God your sanctification, that you should abstain from sexual immorality." "Abstain from all appearance of evil!" 1Thess5:22
1Cor6:9-10, Gal5:19-21, Eph5:5-7 "Those who practice sin will not inherit the kingdom." 2Pet3:17 "Beware lest you also fall from your steadfastness being led away with the error or the wicked."
The Righteous Decrees of God are STILL in effect! Grace did NOT remove them.
Gal3:13 "Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law." Explained in: Heb10:28 (NOT the Moral Law of God! )
Matt5:17 "Do not think I came to destroy the law & Prophets. I did not come to destroy, but to fulfill! Teach them to keep my law! Unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes & Pharisees you will by no means enter heaven!"
Rom3:27 "The law of faith is Obedience to the truth!" Heb11:6
Rom3:31 "Do you make void the law through faith? God forbid! On the contrary, we establish the law."
Rom8:4 "The righteous requirements of the law are fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the spirit." There is no commendation for those who DO NOT walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit!" Rom8:1
1Cor9:20 "...But I am under the law toward Christ..."
The True Christian is NOT in bondage to Sin & Lust.
Rom6:14 "Sin shall not have dominion over you!"
Rom6:22 "You are set free from sin!"
Col1:13 "He has delivered us from the power of darkness & translated us into the kingdom of His Love!"
Gal2:20 "I have been crucified with Christ! It is no longer I who live but Christ lives in me."
Gal5:24 "And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires."
Eph4:24 "and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in righteousness and true holiness!"
Rom6:6 "Knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin!"
2Cor7:1 ..."Let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh & spirit perfecting holiness in the fear of God!"
Tim1:5-6 "Now the purpose of the commandment is love from a pure heart, from a good conscience and from sincere faith!"
Gal5:22-23 "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self control. Against such there is no law!"
The Measure of True Repentance is described in: 2Cor7:10-11
Godly sorrow produces: Diligence, Pure heart, Fear of God, Zeal & Vindication!
The sorrow of the world, produces 'death'.
Manifestation of the Holy Spirit will convict world of "Sin, Righteousness & Judgment!"
Jh16:8 "When He comes, He will convict the world of sin, righteousness & Judgment."
Acts2:40-47, 9:32-35,19:18 "Repentance & Faith ALWAYS follow signs & wonders."
John4:1-2 "Test the spirits to see whether they are from God."
2Tim3:16-17, 2Pet1:19-20 "The Measure of Truth is the Holy Scripture!"
Matt 7:15-20 "False Prophets are 'Known by their fruits & what they preach!"
2Cor11:13-15 "Satan's ministers can appear as ministers of righteousness! Beware!"
Jude3-4, 2Pet2:18-22, Gal1:8-10 "Turning the Grace of God into license is accursed!"
Hatred, Bigotry, intolerance & violence are no where tolerated in NT Scripture.
Matt5:44 "But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you."
Mattt25:5 "Put your sword in its place, for all who take the sword will perish by the sword!"
Gal6:10 "Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all men, especially to those who are of the household of faith."
1Thess5:14-15 "Now we exhort you, brethren, warn those who are unruly, comfort the faint hearted, uphold the weak, be patient with all. See that no one renders evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good both for yourselves and for all."
1Pet2:13 "Therefore submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake."
Rom12:18 "If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men."
The True Christians is NOT of this World.
John12:31, 15:30 "Satan is called 'Ruler of this world,' by Christ."
2Cor4:4, Ehp2:2 "Devil is called 'god of this age', 'Prince & Power of air'."
1John5:19 "The whole World is under control of the wicked one."
Phil3:20 "For our citizenship is in heaven!"
1Jh2:15 "Love not the world or the things in the world!"
James4:4 "Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God!"
James4:7 "Resist the Devil and he will flee from you!"
New Testament Judgment according to the Scriptures:
Rev20:13 "The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death & Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were Judged, each one according to his works."
Matt12:36-37 "But I say to you that for every idle word men speak, they will give account of it in the day of Judgment! For my your words you will be justified and by your words you will be condemned!"
Rom2:6-8 "God will render to each one according to his deeds, eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek glory honor and immortality. But to those who are self-seeking and DO NOT OBEY the Truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath."
2Cor5:10 "For we must all appear before the Judgment Seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done whether good or bad." "We shall each give an account of ourselves to God!" Rom14:12
Heb9:27 "And as it is appointed for men once to die and after that the Judgment."
The Gospel According to Jesus:
Matt 7:13-14
"Enter by the Narrow Gate, for wide is the gate & broad the way that leads to destruction and there are many who go by it. But Narrow is the gate and Difficult is the way which leads to life and there are few who find it."Matt7:21
"Not everyone who says to Me, Lord, Lord shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven!"Luke13:24
"Make every effort to enter by the Narrow Gate!"Luke9:62
"No one having put his hand to the plow and looking back is fit for the kingdom!"Matt16:24
"If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, take up his cross and follow me."Mark8:38 "For whoever is ashamed of Me and My Words in this adulterous & sinful generation, of him the Son of Man also will be ashamed."
Luke11:28
"More blessed are those who hear the Word of God and Keep it!"Matt10:22 "But he who endures to the end will be saved!"
Matt10:34-37
"Do not think I came to bring peace on earth, but a sword! For he who loves father or mother, son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me!"Matt6:15
"But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive you!"John15:6
"If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch, withered & burned."