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Author: Adam

  • How We Know the Bible is True

    Easy. Because of the books of the prophets in the Old Testament. All the past prophecies have come to pass. Prophecies about nations, wars, captivity, kings, the coming messiah, the messiah’s life, the messiah’s sacrifice, etc.

    There are indeed future prophecies that will come to pass soon. Prophecies like the rapture, the Tribulation, the second coming, the millennial kingdom, the great white throne judgement and the new heaven and new earth.

    No other religion has prophets. Not Islam. Not Buddhism. Not Hinduism. Not nothin.

    John 14:29 — The Lord says, “And now I have told you before it comes, that when it does come to pass, you may believe.

    Also, the Bible was written by 40 different authors over 1,400 years – and it all lines up. Can you imagine trying to orchestrate a story like that with 40 different people over 1,400 years – especially with the lack of technology they had over 3,500 years ago?

    Starting in the very first book of the Old Testament Bible:

    Genesis 1:1-2 — In the beginning God [The Lord] created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God [The Holy Spirit] was hovering over the face of the waters.

    Genesis 3:14 (the salvation event to come) — So the Lord God said to the serpent [Satan]:
    “Because you have done this [got Adam to sin],
You are cursed more than all cattle,
And more than every beast of the field;
On your belly you shall go,
And you shall eat dust
All the days of your life.
And I will put enmity
Between you and the woman,
And between your seed and her Seed [Christ];
He [Jesus] shall bruise your head [defeat you at the cross],
And you shall bruise His heel [at the cross].”

    Genesis 22:18 — In your [Abraham] seed [Christ] all the nations of the earth [Jews and gentiles] shall be blessed [with the hope of salvation through faith in Christ alone], because you have obeyed My voice [believed in Christ].”

    Genesis 4:1-5 — Now Adam knew [slept with] Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, and said, “I have acquired a man from the Lord.” Then she bore again, this time his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep [think…the lamb of God – Christ], but Cain was a tiller of the ground [fruit]. And in the process of time it came to pass that Cain brought an offering of the fruit of the ground [the fruit of his own “works”] to the Lord [as an offering]. Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat [he brought a sacrifice of a lamb. Think – the lamb of God – Christ – sacrificed on the cross for the sins of the whole world…a foreshadow of what was to come]. And the Lord respected Abel and his offering, but He did not respect Cain and his offering. And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.

  • Eternal Security

    Once you’ve believed the gospel found in 1 Corinthians 15:1-4, you are saved, given eternal life and sealed with The Holy Spirit (which is the guarantee of your eternal life). You cannot lose your salvation. You have “eternal security”, also known as OSAS (Once Saved Always Saved):

    John 5:24 – Upon believing the gospel, we have already passed from death to eternal life – not temporary life until we sin again:
    “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into [everlasting] life.”

    Romans 8:1 – There’s no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus:
    “There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit [all born again believers walk in the Spirit].”

    Romans 8:38-39 – Nothing can separate us from the love of God – not even ourselves.
    “For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

    Hebrews 13:5 – God will never leave us nor forsake us – no matter how much we sin.
    “Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

    John 10:28-29 – No one is able to snatch a believer out of Christ’s and the Father’s hand – not even ourselves.
    “And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand.”

    John 3:16 – When we believe the gospel, God gives us eternal life – not probationary life until we sin again.
    “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 1:13-14 – The instant we believe the gospel, we’re sealed with the Holy Spirit, which is the guarantee of our salvation.
    “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.”

    Ephesians 4:30 – We’re sealed by the Holy Spirit until the day of redemption – not until we sin again.
    “And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.”

    2 Corinthians 1:22 – Again, sealed with the Holy Spirit as a guarantee of salvation.
    “who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.”

    John 6:39 — Jesus will not lose any who come to Him.
    “This is the will of the Father who sent Me, that of all He has given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day.”

    2 Timothy 2:13 — Even if we have a crisis of faith, God remains faithful to us.
    “If we are faithless, He remains faithful; He cannot deny Himself.”

    2 John 1:2 — Christ will be with us forever.
    “because of the truth [Christ] which abides in us and will be with us forever”

    John 8:35 — When we believe the gospel, we become a child of God, and a child of God remains a child forever.
    “And a slave does not abide in the house forever, but a son abides forever.”