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Author: Adam

  • Don’t Negate Faith Verses with Seemingly Works Verses

    Remember, a handful of seemingly condemning works-based scriptures cannot negate the over 200 verses explaining that salvation is through faith in Christ alone. There must be another way to interpret them.

    John 3:16 — For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

    Ephesians 2:8-9 — For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.

  • Imputed Righteousness

    Christ is righteous. He obeyed the law perfectly and never sinned.

    No other human is righteous on their own, as “all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God”, and, “our righteousness is but filthy menstrual rags.”

    Humans cannot obtain self-righteousness through following the law, because all humans except Christ have broken the law.

    However, we have available to us a righteousness apart from the law – a righteousness that is by faith in Christ.

    When we believe the gospel, Christ’s righteousness is imputed to us, thus we have a righteousness that is not from following the law, but rather through faith in Christ.

  • Verse Construct

    John 3:15-17, 20, 23

    [book] [chapter]:[beginning verse]-[end verse], [another verse in this chapter]

  • Sin in the Book of Hebrews

    The sin talked about in Hebrews is the sin of unbelief.

  • When God Looks at You

    When God looks at you – that is, your reborn inner man (your soul and spirit) – He sees the imputed righteousness of Christ. A righteousness apart from the law – a righteousness that is by faith in the gospel alone.

    He doesn’t look at your dead, crucified, buried flesh and it’s evil deeds and judge that day-to-day. He’s dealt with that 2,000 years ago on the cross. “It is finished.” Sin debt paid in full.

    No…He sees the real you – the reborn inner man. He has forgotten all of your sins, and has removed them “as far as the east is from the west.”

  • Baptism

    When you believe in Christ, you “follow” Him into His death, burial and resurrection.

    The nanosecond you believe the gospel, you are “crucified” with Christ, “buried” with Him – putting off the old, dead, sinful flesh – your inner man is spiritually reborn, and then you are “raised” with Him to newness of life. This resurrection will be manifest in the resurrection at the rapture.

    Christ was the first to be resurrected into His new sinless, incorruptible, spiritual body. There will be another resurrection for the believers – believers both in heaven and alive on earth – at the rapture.

    In the resurrection at the rapture, Christ will descend into the clouds, and the believers that have already died will be resurrected into their new spiritual, sinless, incorruptible bodies, then they will be caught up into the clouds with Christ. Then the believers who are alive and remain, their bodies will be transformed into their new spiritual, sinless, incorruptible bodies, and will then be snatched up into the clouds with Christ, and then He will take us all to heaven for seven years.

    During that seven years, Christ will pour out His wrath on an unbelieving world for seven years. This is called The Tribulation.

    Water baptism by a pastor in a church is not required for salvation. Only believing the gospel for spiritual baptism by The Holy Spirit is required.

  • Renew Mind Daily

    Romans 12:2 — And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

    Renew your mind daily. Meditate on these truths daily:

    The Gospel
    Christ died for ALL of my sins (past, present and future), was buried and rose from the dead the third day for my justification.

    Christ said on the cross upon death, “It is finished!”, meaning — sin debt paid in full, nothing more to do.

    The nanosecond I believed the gospel, I was indwelt and sealed by the Holy Spirit, which is the guarantee of my salvation.

    The nanosecond I believed the gospel, I received the imputed righteousness of Christ. A righteousness apart from the law. A righteousness that is by faith. When God looks at me, He sees the righteousness of Christ – not my sinful flesh.

    Positional Truths
    I am:

    • Righteous
    • Holy
    • Blameless
    • Without spot or blemish
    • Justified (declared not guilty)
    • Sanctified (set apart, made holy)
    • A child of God
    • A citizen of heaven
    • An heir
    • A co-heir with Christ
    • Loved beyond measure
    • Redeemed
    • Forgiven
    • Receiving grace upon grace
    • Sealed by the Holy Spirit
    • Access to the Father
    • – Able to approach God with freedom and confidence

    Spiritual Baptism
    The nanosecond I believed the gospel alone, I was spiritually baptized into Christ’s death, burial and resurrection by the Holy Spirit. I have been “crucified” (with my old sinful flesh dying), been “buried”, spiritually reborn with the righteousness of Christ, and have been “risen” to newness of life. In the resurrection at the rapture, I will receive my new spiritual, sinless, glorified, incorruptible body.

  • Confessing Sins

    We don’t confess our sins and ask for forgiveness for each sin, every time we sin, in order to be forgiven at that moment for that sin. We’re already forgiven of our sins the nanosecond we believe the gospel, and all our sins are removed from us “as far as the East is from the west”,

    Our sins are also forgotten the nanosecond we believe the gospel, so why keep reminding God of sins that were already dealt with on the cross?

    When God looks at us, He is perfectly pleased with us, as He sees us with the imputed righteousness of Christ. Our sinful flesh has been crucified and buried with Christ. It’s dead. He doesn’t look at our dead, outer flesh’s performance…He looks at our renewed inner man that’s been reborn, made perfect and cannot sin because it has been born of incorruptible seed.

    We don’t lose fellowship either every time we sin. If that were the case, no one would ever have fellowship with God. Again, our sin was dealt with on the cross – God’s righteous wrath, punishment and anger was poured out on Jesus on the cross. It was dealt with. We’ve been declared justified – He’s not going to bring it up again every time we sin.

    Scripture says in 1 John 4:18 — There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love.

    If we were to lose fellowship with God and be punished every time we sin, we would be living in fear, because fear has to do with punishment. But per the above scripture, we are to be made perfect in love, which casts out all fear, because there is no fear (punishment) in love.

  • Matthew 5-7

    Matthew chapters 5-7 may sound scary. But all Jesus is doing is elevating the law to its proper place to get His listeners to ask the question, “well who then can be saved?”

    The answer is – no one can be saved by keeping the law, because no one can keep it perfectly. Thus, Jesus is getting them to start looking to the messiah (Him) for salvation, rather than by keeping the law (that they thought they were keeping perfectly).

  • Bible Reading List

    The Bible is a pretty difficult read the first few times you read it. A lot of times it says a word that’s not specifically defined till later in the book, or even in another book. The wording and sentences can also be confusing, with long, run-on sentences. It also uses multiple words for the same definition. If I’m not lying, I hated reading the Bible the first few times I read it, because I barely understood what any of it meant. However, the more times you read it, the more connections you make, and the more it comes alive and becomes super exciting. Every time you read it, you learn something new. You see something new. You connect new things. It’s amazing. I’ve grown to love reading the Bible now (specifically the New Testament). Hopefully my notes will speed up your learning and understanding of the Bible. However, you have to accept the fact that us humans are just not going to understand everything the Bible has to say 100% until we get to heaven. There may seem like contradictions in the Bible, but God does not contradict Himself. Let yourself be at peace with this, and hold fast to the gospel. Below is a reading list to guide you:

    1. John (Jesus’ life and gospel)
    2. Acts (events after Jesus leaves earth)
    3. Romans (justification by faith alone)
    4. Galatians (justification by faith alone)
    5. Ephesians (our position in Christ)
    6. Genesis (the beginning)
    7. Exodus (escape from Egypt. Giving of law)
    8. Leviticus (law)
    9. Numbers (law)
    10. Deuteronomy (law)
    11. Joshua (taking the promised land)
    12. Matthew (Christ’s life and work on earth)
    13. Revelation (end times Tribulation prophecy)
    14. 1 Thessalonians
    15. 2 Thessalonians
    16. 1 Timothy
    17. 2 Timothy
    18. Titus
    19. Anything else.

  • How to Read the Bible

    Reading through the lens of grace vs law:
    When reading the bible, you MUST read it through the lens of “grace.” If you read it through the lens of “law“, it will condemn you at every corner.

    For example, see the note: The Works, The Will, The Command, The Overcomer, The Righteous, The Obedience

    Just in the note title alone, if you were to come across those words reading the bible through the lens of “law”, you’d probably think that “The Works” are to follow the law and do good deeds, “The Will” is to follow the law, “The Command” is to follow the law, “The Overcomer” is one who turns from all their sins, “The Righteous” are those that follow the law and “The Obedience” are those that obey the law.

    However, when you come across those words and read them through the lens of “grace”, you can see that they all pertain to simply believing in Jesus. *See note for full definitions.

    Reading a verse in context:

    You cannot cherry pick verses out of thin air and get their proper meaning. You have to understand the meaning of a verse based on (in order of importance):

    1. The immediate, surrounding verses.
    2. The chapter.
    3. The book.
    4. The entire bible.

    Reading the entire book at once:

    It greatly helps to read the entire book in one sitting (not the entire bible at once, but the book, example: John, Romans, Galatians, etc). This is because other parts of the book require the context of previous parts of the book to understand the book as a whole, and if you put it down for a day or so, you will easily forget what you read before. Most books in the New Testament can be read in under 30 minutes, as many are only a few chapters long. The lengthiest one, Matthew or Acts (28 chapters each), can be read in 2-3 hours.

    Understanding the words’ original language meaning:

    The original biblical texts that were divinely inspired by God were written in Hebrew and Aramaic (for the Old Testament), and Greek for the New Testament. English translations (and rather all other language translations) were translated from these original languages, and are not inspired by God, meaning, they aren’t perfect in translation, which is why there’s so many revisions of the Bible in other languages. Let’s talk about the New Testament: English is a rather poor language to use for reading the Bible, and the original Greek is excellent. Why? Because in the original Greek texts, there will be, say, four different words that have a different meaning, yet in English, the same English word is used for all four different Greek words, making the English version confusing and muddled. So, what do we have to do in our English translations to understand a verse that contains a word that isn’t clear? We have to get to the root of that word in its original Greek meaning. We can do this through what is known as The Strong’s Concordance and the Thayer’s Greek Lexicon. Strong’s is named after the author James Strong, and Thayer’s is named after the author Joseph Thayer. What Strong has done, is given each word in the bible a number, and provided its definition in the Greek. Example, Strongs G726 (Greek 726) is the Greek word of “harpazo”, and is the original greek word behind the phrase “caught up” in 1 Thessalonians 4:17 in the English translation. Harpazo in the Greek means “To seize, snatch, take away by force”. When you’re reading an English Bible and don’t understand the meaning of a word, look it up in Strong’s and Thayer’s Greek Lexicon. To do this, simply Google the book and chapter you want, along with the “Strongs” keyword. For example, if you were reading 1 Thessalonians 4:17 and wanted to know what the word “caught up” means in the original greek, simply Google “Strongs 1 Thessalonians 4:17” and look for Bible Hub’s (biblehub.com) “1 Thessalonians 4 KJV + Strong’s” webpage. Once you click on that, it will show the chapter in the King James Version bible, where you can click the specific word you’re looking for, and it will go to a new page where it will give you the Strong’s definition of the word, and if not more importantly, the Thayer’s Greek Lexicon for the specific meaning of the word in context of that verse. Thayer’s can be lengthy, because it provides the meaning of the greek word in all its various forms throughout the bible, so just do a simple search on the page for the verse you’re looking for (example: 1 Thessalonians 4:17) and it will bring you to the specific meaning for the Greek word in that verse context.

  • Gays Can Get Into Heaven Too!

    “Christians” (mainly fake ones) like to think that all their sins were taken care of by Christ on the cross, but the sin of homosexuality for gays wasn’t – like homosexuality is some sort of extra, super sinful sin that Christ couldn’t pay for.

    The raw truth is that homosexuality is indeed considered a sin in the Bible and to God, as God made woman for man, and man for woman – not man for man or woman for woman. However, homosexuality is just another sin – that Christ paid for on the cross with His blood! And as long as a homosexual believes that Christ paid for that sin (and any other sins they may have), they are saved. Homosexuality is considered adultery. You know what else Jesus said is adultery? Even lusting over another person is considered adultery. So everyone on earth has committed the sin of adultery — Matthew 5:27-28 — “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.” You know what else is considered adultery to God? Divorce. And how many people on this earth have gotten a divorce? Matthew 5:31-32 — “Furthermore it has been said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’ But I say to you that whoever divorces his wife for any reason except sexual immorality causes her to commit adultery; and whoever marries a woman who is divorced commits adultery.” Thank God for Jesus’ sacrifice!

    Jesus said on the cross in John 19:28-30 that “it is finished (meaning – all humanity’s sin debt paid in full)” — After this, Jesus, knowing that all things were now accomplished [all sins paid for], that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, “I thirst!” Now a vessel full of sour wine was sitting there; and they filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on hyssop, and put it to His mouth. So when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished! [humanity’s sin debt paid in full]” And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit.

    He didn’t say, “It is finished… well… most of it. I paid for every sin except homosexuality.”

    And know that believing that Christ paid for your sin of homosexuality doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll instantly become straight. I know a few homosexual believers who still struggle with homosexual tendencies – years and years later after becoming saved. The important thing is to always, “Get your butt back to the gospel”, meaning, meditate on the gospel found in 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 — how Christ died to pay for all your sins (including homosexuality), was buried and rose again the third day for your justification, according to the scriptures.

    And rest well knowing that you’re more saved than the religious person next to you who condemns you for being a homosexual, and thinks that they’re all holy and righteous and are going to heaven because of it: Luke 18:9-14 — Also He [Jesus] spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee [religious leader] and the other a tax collector [most disgusted by the Jews]. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I possess.’ And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me a sinner [possibly a homosexual?]!’ I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

    Just remember – God loves the person, not the sin.

  • Where to Find a Grace-only Church

    Lol. Can you find one anymore? A church that doesn’t preach some sort of front loaded or back loaded works-based salvation? It’s impossible. Especially not after the rapture – the snatching away of the only true Christians that have faith alone in Christ alone – no works. For, who will be all the “christians” left behind? Those that trusted in their works. So who will preach to you the truth? No churches that are left. That’s for sure.

    How to find a true church:

    1. Do they know the Gospel?
      That believing alone that Christ died for all sins, was buried and rose from the dead on the third day? 1 Corinthians 15:1-4
    2. Do they think you have to have any sort of works to be saved?
      Run! *See the note: The Works, The Will, The Command, The Overcomer, The Righteous, The Obedience
    3. Do they think you can lose your salvation, other than taking the mark of the beast?
      Run! You cannot lose your salvation. *See note: Eternal Security for details.
    4. Do they think that the “proof” of one’s salvation is their “changed life, sinning less, following the law, producing “fruit”, going to church, getting water baptized, speaking in tongues, tithing, helping the needy, etc.?”
      Run! The only proof of one’s salvation is the testimony of what they believe in — if they believe the gospel alone found in 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 — that Christ died for all their sins, was buried and rose from the dead on the third day – no works added. *See note, “You can know you’re saved” for details.

  • You Can Know You’re Saved

    In 1 John 5:9-13, John says that we can know for sure that we’re saved by if we believe in Christ – not by if we have a changed life of less sin: “If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is the witness of God which He has testified of His Son. He who believes in the Son of God has the witness in himself; he who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed the testimony that God has given of His Son. And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.

    In Matthew 7:21-23 we can see that many will bring their works to show that they’re saved, ultimately to be rejected by having their faith in their works: “Not everyone who says to Me [Jesus], ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father [John 6:40 — the will of the Father is to believe in Jesus] in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name [a work they bring], cast out demons in Your name [a work they bring], and done many wonders in Your name [works they bring]?’ And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity [the sin of unbelief].

    It’s not by having a changed life, sinning less, being a better person, etc. It’s by faith alone in Christ (1 Corinthians 15:1-4).

    You can’t see someone’s salvation. But you can know they’re saved by their testimony of faith alone in the gospel. Hebrews 11:1 — Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen [their salvation].

    One of the Holy Spirit’s jobs for the believer is to convict them of their imputed righteousness in Christ. The Holy Spirit convicts the unbelievers of their sin, in order to lead them to Christ for salvation: John 16:8-11 — And when He [The Holy Spirit] has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: of sin, because they do not believe in Me [unbelievers convicted of sin]; of righteousness, because I go to My Father and you see Me no more [to remind the believer of their righteousness in Christ]; of judgment, because the ruler of this world [Satan] is judged.

  • The Book of Revelation

    The Tribulation outline:

    1. The rapture.
    2. The seven seal judgements.
    3. The seven trumpet judgements.
    4. The seven bowl judgements.
    5. The 2nd coming of Christ.
    6. The millennial kingdom.
    7. The great white throne judgment.
    8. New heaven and new earth.
    9. Eternity.

    Detailed outline:

    1. The true believers (the church) are raptured into heaven and receive their glorified, sinless bodies.
    2. The antichrist and false prophet rise to power with, “signs and lying wonders.” The false prophet gets the people to worship the antichrist. The antichrist is mortally wounded, but healed.
    3. The antichrist strengthens a covenant with Israel and, “the many nations.”
    4. The first 3.5 years of the 7 year Tribulation begins. The two witnesses from heaven arrive in Jerusalem in sackcloth preaching the gospel. The first seal judgement is opened — the antichrist goes out to conquer. This next part may be out of place. It may happen at the start of the second half of the Tribulation — the false prophet has an, “image of the beast (the antichrist)” to be made, which shall speak and cause anyone who doesn’t worship the antichrist to be put to death. Maybe this is some sort of artificial intelligence thing. The false prophet also causes everyone on earth to receive a mark of some sorts on their right hand or forehead. No one can buy or sell without the mark. This might be some sort of chip implant with your banking info tied to it that runs on a global digital currency like crypto. We do not know. Somehow it will have the number 666 attached to it. Anyone who worships the beast and its image, or takes the mark, gets a one way ticket to hell.
    5. The second seal judgement is opened — war, people will kill one another.
    6. The third seal judgement is opened — famine.
    7. The fourth seal judgement is opened — 1/4 of the earth’s population will be killed by war, famine, pestilence and by, “wild beasts of the earth.”
    8. The fifth seal judgement is opened — The Tribulation Saints (believers that come to faith during the Tribulation after the rapture) in heaven asking when the Lord will avenge their blood, and He says, “until both the number of their fellow servants and their brethren, who would be killed as they were, was completed.”
    9. The sixth seal judgement is opened — a great earthquake happens, the sun is blackened, the moon turned blood red and “the stars of the sky fall to earth.” Every mountain and island is moved out of its place. Fear in everyone on earth, asking to die and be free from the wrath of God.
    10. The 144,000 remnant Jews are sealed. These are the Jews that will be saved out of the Tribulation, and from the wrath of God. These are the Jews that will come to faith.
    11. The seventh seal is opened — noises, thunderings, lightnings, and an earthquake.
    12. The first trumpet sounds — a third of the trees are burned up, along with all the grass.
    13. The second trumpet sounds — something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea became blood. And a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.
    14. The third trumpet sounds — a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many men died from the water, because it was made bitter.
    15. The fourth trumpet sounds — a third of the sun, moon and stars are struck, so that a third of them are darkened. A third of the day will not shine. An angel in heaven cries out, “woe, woe to the inhabitants of the earth, because the remaining three trumpets are about to sound.”
    16. The fifth trumpet sounds — the bottomless pit is opened with a great smoke coming out (a volcano?), with the sun and the air darkened from it. Out come locusts that are commanded not to eat any vegetation, but only to harm the people that don’t have the seal of God on their forehead. They harm them for 5 months by stinging them, but they can’t kill them. The people will wish to die, but won’t find death.
    17. The sixth trumpet sounds – a third of all mankind is killed by an army of 200 million horses that spew fire, smoke and brimstone. The remaining people still did not repent (believe).
    18. The two witnesses killed. Their bodies lie in the streets for three and a half days and everyone is happy.
    19. The two witnesses rise and ascend back into heaven. A great earthquake happens and a tenth of Jerusalem falls.
    20. The seventh trumpet sounds — the people of heaven worship God. And there were lightnings, noises, thunderings, an earthquake, and great hail.
    21. Now we’re at the beginning of the second half of the Tribulation — the Great Tribulation. The antichrist ceases the sacrifices in the third temple in Israel, sets up the Abomination of Desolation and declares himself to be God. Satan goes to persecute Israel, but they flee into the wilderness for the rest of the 1,260 days, where they are nourished and kept from tribulation. Satan pursued them with an army, but the earth helps Israel and swallows up the army. Satan gets very angry and decides to go after the Tribulation Saints (everyone else on earth that became a believer) and beheads them.
    22. This next part may be out of place. It may happen at the start of the first half of the Tribulation — the false prophet has an, “image of the beast (the antichrist)” to be made, which shall speak and cause anyone who doesn’t worship the antichrist to be put to death. Maybe this is some sort of artificial intelligence thing. The false prophet also causes everyone on earth to receive a mark of some sorts on their right hand or forehead. No one can buy or sell without the mark. This might be some sort of chip implant with your banking info tied to it that runs on a global digital currency like crypto. We do not know. Somehow it will have the number 666 attached to it. Anyone who worships the beast and its image, or takes the mark, gets a one way ticket to hell.
    23. This might happen at the beginning of the first half of the Tribulation. The three angels flying overhead. The first angel preaching the gospel to the world, saying with a loud voice, “Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water.” The second angel saying, “Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she has made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.” This could be the US. The third angel saying that if anyone worships the beast and his image, or takes the mark, will go to hell.
    24. The first bowl judgement poured out — a loathsome sore comes upon those who have taken the mark or worshipped the beast.
    25. The second bowl judgement poured out — the sea becomes blood and everything in it dies.
    26. The third bowl judgement poured out — the rivers and springs become blood.
    27. The fourth bowl judgement poured out — the sun struck and scorches the people of earth. The people still did not believe.
    28. The fifth bowl judgement poured out — pains and sores come upon the people of the earth.
    29. The sixth bowl judgement poured out — the Euphrates river dries up. The armies of the world prepared for the battle of Armageddon at the second coming of Christ.
    30. The seventh bowl judgement poured out — it is finished. Then there were noises and thunderings and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such a mighty and great earthquake as had not occurred since men were on the earth. The cities of the nations fall. Every island and mountain disappear. Great hail rains down on the people of the earth.
    31. The second coming of Christ. Christ, on a white horse, comes on the clouds with all of the saints in heaven behind Him on white horses as well. The whole world sees this event and mourns. The antichrist, false prophet and the world’s armies are waiting for Jesus at Armageddon to try and defeat Him. Christ touches down on the Mount of Olives, splitting it in two. He defeats the army with a great sword that proceeds out of His mouth, and throws the false prophet and the antichrist into the lake of fire. The birds feast on the flesh of the dead men.
    32. A great angel comes down from heaven with a chain in his hand. He bounds Satan with it in the bottomless pit for 1,000 years so that he may no longer deceive anyone. Angels gather the Tribulation Saints from around the world that were still alive to Christ. Christ sends the remaining unbelievers to hell.
    33. Christ sets up his millennial kingdom on earth — a thousand year period of peace, renewal and plenty. The New Jerusalem city descends out of heaven and onto the earth. The kingdom is occupied by the remnant Jews, the Tribulation Saints that were alive at the second coming and all of the saints in heaven. The world is repopulated by the remnant Jews and Tribulation Saints that were alive at the second coming. People born during the millennial reign still have a sin nature and therefore still must accept the gospel. People born in the millennial kingdom will die at 100 and be considered just a child. Christ and the saints from heaven reign and rule over all the nations.
    34. After the thousand years, Satan is released from the bottomless pit and goes out to build an army from some of the nations of the world, to try one last time to defeat Jesus. They encamp around the city, and Jesus calls down fire from heaven and destroys them all.
    35. The great white throne judgement. All of the dead in hell appear before Christ. He opens up books full of all the lawless deeds they have done during their lives, along with the book of life. He judges all the people according to their works and throws them into the lake of fire, where they burn in torment forever and ever.
    36. Eternity. Jesus makes a new heaven and a new earth. The new earth doesn’t have any seas. This is where believers and Jesus will reside for eternity. It is 1,400 miles long, wide and tall. There will be no more sin, pain, suffering, sadness or tears. “In Christ’s right hand there are pleasures forevermore.”

  • Front-loading and Back-loading works into the gospel

    The gospel found in 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 is: [1] that Christ died to pay for all your sins (past, present and future) according to the scriptures, [2] He was buried and [3] He rose again the third day according to the scriptures.

    By believing in the above gospel alone (and not adding any works to it), you are eternally saved and sealed – guaranteeing your salvation.

    Front-loading and back-loading works into the gospel is just that – adding works to the pure, simply gospel message, rendering it a false gospel that doesn’t save anyone who believes in it.

    What are works? [1] You can “work” the law by following the law. [2] Doing good deeds.

    The true gospel that saves (salvation) = Faith + Nothing

    What is front-loading the gospel with works?
    It is flat out saying that in addition to faith in the gospel, you must “turn from your sins” to be saved, which is essentially following the law to be saved. It is trusting partly in Christ’s sacrifice, but mostly in your own works of law keeping.

    False front-loaded gospel (that doesn’t save) = Faith + Works

    What is back-loading the gospel with works?
    This is the most deceitful, deceptive, fearful and evil false gospel out there, and there are many who claim to be Christian that fall for it. Back-loading works into the gospel is essentially saying that faith alone – no works – is salvation, but, if you don’t have a sufficiently changed life (which cannot be explained or quantified because it’s not in the bible), or you’re, “living like the devil” (again, cannot be explained or quantified because it’s not in the bible), you’re not truly saved. What this logic leads to, is to you examining yourself and saying to yourself, “Man, I don’t know if I’m truly saved because I don’t think I have a sufficiently changed life. I mean, I still commit this sin and that sin. I better turn from those sins to prove I’m truly saved.” Thus, “back-loading” works in the gospel (turning from “this” sin and “that” sin to prove you’re saved). So, when you go before Christ and He says, “Why should I let you into heaven?”, and you say, “Well, I believe in you and to prove it I’ve turned from this sin and that sin and that other sin.” This false gospel leads most people into some serious fear, depression and anxiety because they never have assurance of salvation because they know that they never measure up. The others who love this false gospel are so prideful and blinded that they actually think that they have a sufficiently changed life (based on their criteria) and have turned from all their sins, which they haven’t. So, a back-loaded gospel is saying, “You’re saved by faith alone, but if you haven’t turned from all your sins, you didn’t really believe.”

    False back-loaded gospel (that doesn’t save) = Faith + Nothing + (having a truly changed life of law keeping)

    Matthew 7:21-23 tells us that Christ will reject these people and their false gospels — “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father [the will of the Father is in John 6:40 — to believe in Jesus — not to “obey the law”] in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name [brought their works of prophesying], cast out demons in Your name [brought their works of exorcism], and done many wonders in Your name [brought many of their other works]?’ And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity (the iniquity of unbelief).

    Luke 18:9-14 — Also He (Jesus) spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I possess.’ And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me a sinner!’ I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

  • How the Cross Works

    Law
    God has laws – the 10 commandments. Much like how a country has laws. There’s due punishment for breaking one of those laws.

    Accounts
    You have an account with God – an account that stores all of the bad deeds (sins) you’ve ever committed. All humans have their account with God.

    Jesus is God, but became a human (fully human, fully God) and also had account with God.

    Justice
    God is a holy and just God – meaning that a bad deed cannot go unpunished. Much like how in the U.S. if you commit a crime, “you do the time.”

    The Judgement
    Just like when you commit a crime in the U.S., you go before the judge to get your due punishment.

    Same way with God. At the end of this present evil age, all will go before God – the judge – to give an account of everything they’ve ever done to break his law, and they will receive due punishment – eternal separation from God in hell.

    The Cross – The Switch
    In the U.S., if you commit a crime that must be punished, what if you could have someone who hasn’t committed a crime, take that punishment for you? In the U.S., you can’t. You yourself must pay your own penalty.

    However, with God, He does allow someone who has never committed a sin against Him to take the punishment for you in your place. There’s only one person that ever lived and will ever live that has a perfectly clean account with God – Jesus!

    So what did God do to Jesus on the cross? He opened your account. Took all of your sins and put them on Jesus’ clean account, and punished Jesus on the cross. Now you have a perfectly clean account and when you stand before God – the judge – He’ll open up your account and see a perfectly clean account, and can let you into heaven!

    Believe
    There’s only one requirement, and it’s dead simple. You must believe that Christ did this for you, and you will be forgiven of all your sins. If you try and bring your own good deeds (works), you will be rejected. Just as in the U.S., if you steal something, you can’t just say, “Well I’ll just give $50 to charity and we’ll call it even.” You must pay the penalty!

    And you also can’t take the mark of the beast, or else game over.

  • The Works, the Will, the Command, the Overcomer, the Righteous, the Obedience

    What are the “works”, the “will”, the “overcomer”, the “command”, the “obedience” and the “righteous” of God? Let’s find out:

    The Works
    John 6:28-29 — Then they asked him, “What 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.”

    The Will
    John 6:40 — For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.”

    The Command
    1 John 3:23 — And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us.

    The Overcomer
    1 John 5:5 — Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.

    The Righteous
    Romans 1:17 — For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”

    The Obedience
    Romans 16:26 — but now made manifest, and by the prophetic Scriptures made known to all nations, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, for obedience to the faith

  • Definitions

    *Note: this is a working document and being added to over time.

    Repent — to change your mind. As in – to change your mind about who Christ is, and go from unbelief to belief in Him. It does NOT mean, “to turn from your sins.” (In fact, the words, “Repent, ‘of your sins’” never once occurs in the bible. God is sinless. God repented some 38 times in the Old Testament — which “sins” did He turn from?).

    Grace — kindness we don’t deserve. God’s unmerited favor.

    Mercy — not getting punished for what we do deserve.

    Justified — declared “not guilty”.

    Sanctified — set apart. Made holy.

    Unto — “to”, as in, “do to others as you would have them do to you.”

    Works — to follow the law or do good deeds.

    The Gospel — that Christ died for all your sins – past, present and future – was buried and rose again on the third day.

    The Truth — the gospel.

    The Word — the gospel. Christ.

  • How to Go to Heaven

    It’s dead simple. It’s by faith alone in Jesus’ gospel (scriptures below). You can’t earn your way to heaven by being a “good person” or “doing good deeds” or “following the law to some extent.” Salvation is a free gift (not earned). Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise:

    The first thing is to realize that everyone is a sinner and falls short:

    Romans 3:23 — for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God

    Romans 3:10-12 — As it is written: “There is none righteous, no, not one; There is none who understands; There is none who seeks after God. They have all turned aside; They have together become unprofitable; There is none who does good, no, not one.”

    Isaiah 64:6 — But we are all like an unclean thing, And all our righteous acts are like filthy rags [filthy menstrual rags]; We all fade as a leaf, And our iniquities, like the wind, Have taken us away.

    So you can see, everyone who has ever lived except Jesus is a sinner unworthy of heaven. Now, how do we get to heaven if this is the case? Simple, believe the gospel alone. What is the gospel (the good news):

    1 Corinthians 15:1-4 — Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the GOSPEL which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, by which also you are SAVED, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: [1] that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and [2] that He was buried, and [3] that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures

    So by simply believing that (1) Christ died to pay for all your sins – past, present and future – (2) was buried and (3) rose again the third day according to the scriptures, you are saved. It’s about what Christ did on the cross – not about “being a good person.” There are many false gospels out there: “turn from your sins”, “follow the law”, “get water baptized”, “confess your sins”, “attend church”, “speak in tongues.” They all add to the one true gospel above, and therefore will lead you to hell.

    After believing the gospel alone, you’re instantly sealed with the Holy Spirit, which is the guarantee of your salvation:

    Ephesians 1:13-14 — In Him you also trusted, after you HEARD the word of truth, the GOSPEL of your salvation; in whom also, having BELIEVED, you were SEALED with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is the GUARANTEE of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.

    Again, there are many false gospels out there in christianity, Catholicism and other religions, in which most believe in. The bible says the road to heaven is narrow, and only a few find it. Most people are on the “broad road that lead to destruction [hell]”:

    Matthew 7:13-14 — “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction [all false works based gospels, all other religions, atheists, etc], and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and confined is the way [the true gospel alone] which leads to life, and there are few who find it.

    Over the millennia, the institutional church has redefined the word “repent” and have added “of your sins” to the end of it. The biblical definition of repent does NOT mean to “turn from sins.” The true definition is: “to change your mind.” As in – to change your mind about who Christ is, and go from unbelief to belief in Him. It does NOT mean, “to turn from your sins.” Not once in the bible does it ever say to “repent OF YOUR SINS.”

    Proof that salvation is by faith alone, and that you can’t bring your “good deeds”:

    Ephesians 2:8-9 — For by grace you have been saved through FAITH, and that NOT of yourselves; it is the GIFT of God, NOT OF WORKS, lest anyone should boast.

    Matthew 7:21-23 — “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father [to believe in Christ] in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice iniquity [the iniquity of unbelief]!’

    As you can see, the person in the scripture above professed to “know” Christ, but brought their works along as the means for their justification: “prophesied in Your name”, “cast out demons in Your name” and “done many wonders in Your name.” They simply didn’t trust in what Christ did on the cross to pay for all their sins as enough. They thought it wasn’t sufficient, and that they had to have good works. Another example scripture next:

    Luke 18:9-14 — Also He [Jesus] spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee [religious leader] and the other a tax collector [sinner]. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I possess.’ And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me a sinner!’ I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

    What are the “works”, the “will”, the “overcomer”, the “command”, the “obedience” and the “righteous” of God? Let’s find out:

    The Works
    John 6:28-29 — Then they asked him, “What 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.”

    The Will
    John 6:40 — For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.”

    The Command
    1 John 3:23 — And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us.

    The Overcomer
    1 John 5:5 — Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.

    The Righteous
    Romans 1:17 — For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”

    The Obedience
    Romans 16:26 — but now made manifest, and by the prophetic Scriptures made known to all nations, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, for obedience to the faith