(John 14:6-7) JESUS SAYS, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes unto the Father, but by me.
If you had known me, you should have known my Father also: and from henceforth you know him, and have seen him.
For knowledge is power with GOD, but if you lack the revelation knowledge of GOD in CHRIST JESUS, then you not only lack knowledge, but you lack power, and you also lack truth!
For GOD is a GOD of knowledge and truth!~
(1 Samuel 2:2-3) There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside you: neither is there any rock like our God.
Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: FOR THE LORD IS A GOD OF KNOWLEDGE, and by him actions are weighed.
(Deuteronomy 32:4) The LORD is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: A GOD OF TRUTH and without iniquity, just and right is he.
The knowledge of GOD is not beyond man or past finding out, for GOD is a GOD of knowledge and truth, and GOD has called us into the revelation knowledge of truth in the person of JESUS CHRIST!
But many people will not go beyond men to obtain the revelation knowledge of GOD in the person of JESUS CHRIST, because they are stuck in man, they are stuck in the traditions of men, and the religions of men!
I don’t know what you understand or what you don’t understand, but I know and believe you cannot go beyond what you don’t understand.
GOD is a GOD Of knowledge and truth, and its GOD’S will that his people know him and understand him through the revelation knowledge of JESUS CHRIST.
For as a man thinks in his heart, then so is he, because out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks, and you shall know exactly what’s in a person’s heart, if you listen closely to the words they speak out of their mouths.
For you cannot do better or be better, if you don’t know better, and if you say you don’t understand, then surely you don’t understand.
(Psalm 119:97-104) Oh how love I your law! It is my meditation all the day.
Your commandments make me wiser than My enemies; For they are ever with me.
I HAVE MORE UNDERSTANDING THAN ALL MY TEACHERS; For your testimonies are my meditation.
I UNDERSTAND MORE THAN THE AGED, Because I have kept your precepts.
I have refrained my feet from every evil way, That I might observe thy word.
I have not turned aside from your ordinances; For you have taught me. How sweet are your words unto my taste!
Yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Through your precepts I get understanding: Therefore I hate every false way.
(Jeremiah 9:23-24) Thus says the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches; but let him that glories glory in this, that he has UNDERSTANDING, AND KNOWS ME, that I am the LORD who exercises lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, says the LORD.
(Isaiah 28:9-13) Whom shall he teach KNOWLEDGE? And whom shall he make to UNDERSTAND doctrine?
Them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.
For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little: For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.
To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith you may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear. But the word of the Lord was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
(John 6:44-45) JESUS SAYS, No man can come to me, except the Father which has sent me draw him to me: and I will raise him up at the last day.
It is written in the prophets, AND THEY SHALL ALL BE TAUGHT OF GOD.
Every man therefore that has HEARD, and has LEARNED of the Father, comes unto me.
(Luke 21:14-15) JESUS SAYS, Do not Settle it therefore in your hearts, nor meditate before what you shall answer or speak: For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which none of your enemies or adversaries shall be able to gainsay nor resist.
(John 10:14-16) JESUS SAYS, I am the good PASTOR, and I know my sheep, and my sheep KNOW ME. As the Father knows me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. And other sheep I have, which are not of this sheepfold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one sheepfold, and one PASTOR.
(John 10:25-28) JESUS SAYS, I told you, and you do not believed me: the works that I do in my Father’s name, they bear witness of me. But you do not believe me, because you are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.
MY SHEEP HEAR MY VOICE, AND I KNOW THEM, AND THEY FOLLOW ME: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
(Galatians 1:1) Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)
(Galatians 1:11-12) But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man. For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it by man, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Brothers and sisters, many people will tell you, that no man knows GOD or understands GOD, but they’re only telling you the truth about themselves, because they lack the revelation knowledge of GOD in CHRIST JESUS themselves!~
Brothers and sisters, there is an superior knowledge and understanding of GOD, that’s only found in CHRIST JESUS, and it is the high calling of GOD, that only a few are called to, for many are called to the high calling of GOD in CHRIST JESUS, but only a few are chosen, because only a few accept the high calling of GOD in CHRIST JESUS to be chosen, because it will cost you all of you!
And you cannot be JESUS disciples if you do not forsake all things!~
(Luke 14:33) JESUS SAYS, So likewise, whosoever he be of you that does not forsake all that he has, he cannot be my disciple.
(Philippians 3:12-14) Not as though I had already attained perfection, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of CHRIST JESUS. Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended perfection: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind me, and reaching forth unto those things which are before me,
I PRESS TOWARD THE MARK FOR THE PRIZE OF THE HIGH CALLING OF GOD IN CHRIST JESUS.
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IS THE GOSPEL DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND? BY STEVE FINNELL
The gospel plan salvation is not difficult to understand if you simply read it as God inspired it. Just read the Bible and believe it.
The Scriptures only get hard to comprehend when men distort, pervert, and misrepresent the clear teachings of the Bible. Man’s opinion can and does make if difficult for many to understand God’s plan of salvation.
IT IS NOT THAT DIFFICULT!
Mark 16:16 Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
1. Who believes will be saved.
2. Who is baptized will be saved.
3. Who does not believe will be condemned.
It is not difficult to understand.
John 8:24 I told you that you would die in your sins; if you do not believe that I am the one I claim to be, you will indeed die in your sins.”
1. If you do not believe Jesus is the Son of God you will die in your sins.
There is nothing complicated about that statement.
Acts 2:38 Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, everyone of you, in the name of Jesus Christ so that your sins may be forgiven. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
1. Repent in order to have your sins forgiven.
2. Be baptized in order to have your sins forgiven.
3. After repentance and baptism you will receive the indwelling gift of the Holy Spirit Himself.
There is nothing unfathomable presented here.
Romans 10:9 That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
1. You must acknowledge Jesus as Lord to be saved.
2. You must believe in the resurrection of Jesus from the dead to be saved.
Nothing mysterious about that.
Galatians 3:26 You are sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus,
1. Through faith in Christ Jesus you can become a son of God.
Nothing troublesome in that statement.
Galatians 3:27 for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
1. Men become clothed with Christ by being baptized into Him.
There is nothing confusing about that.
Ephesians 2:8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from from yourselves, it is a gift of God.
1. We are saved because of God’s grace. No man earns his salvation.
2. We are saved through faith.
3. The gift that God gives is salvation.
There is nothing enigmatic found here.
Acts 2:47 …..And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.
1. The Lord and only the Lord adds to His church.
Nothing inexplicable in that.
Acts 22:16 And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized and wash your sins away, calling on his name.’
1. Saul was still in his sins until he was baptized in water.
You do not need a degree in theology to understand that.
John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
1. Whoever believes in Jesus can have eternal life. Salvation is available to all who hear the gospel.
There is nothing difficult about that.
1 Peter 3:20-21…were saved through water. 21 and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a good conscience toward God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
1. Water baptism is essential to salvation.
2. Water baptism saves you if you have good conscience toward God.
3. Without the resurrection of Jesus no one could be saved.
You do not need a masters in education to understand that verse of Scripture.
Is the gospel difficult to understand? No it is not. The gospel plan of salvation is only made complicated when presented using man-made traditions.
WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED?
1. FAITH: John 3:16
2. REPENTANCE: Acts 2:38
3. CONFESSION: Romans 10:9
4. WATER BAPTISM: Mark 16:16
JUST READ THE BIBLE AND BELIEVE IT.
(Scripture from: THE THOMPSON CHAIN-REFERENCE BIBLE “NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION 1983)
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