Tag Archives: Salvation

It’s not easy to join a church

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It’s not easy to join a church as we approach the end of the church age. As more and more churches fall into apostacy, we are seeing remarkably inventive ways to compromise the Gospel. For example, Jesus is seen as a wide, obvious gate. The way that the post-modern church teaches, the gate is not very narrow.  There are several common practices in the modern church that seem to provide a wide open gate. Salvation through baptism is … Continue reading →

The baptism of the Holy Spirit: empowerment

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Receiving the empowerment of the Lord As we remember the first Pentecost of the church, it is important that we make sure we have experienced our personal pentecost. How is this baptism different? John the Baptist separated it out before Jesus began his ministry. In John 1:29-34, John clearly says what we have experienced as reality. “The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin … Continue reading →