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Ephesus
All of Grace # 2
All of Grace #1
The Revival Hymn (FULL)
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1 Sola scriptura ("by Scripture alone")
2 Sola fide ("by faith alone")
3 Sola gratia ("by grace alone")
4 Solus Christus or Solo Christo ("Christ alone" or "through Christ alone")
5 Soli Deo gloria ("glory to God alone")

1 Timothy 1

1Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope;

2Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.

3As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine,

4Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.

5Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:

6From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling;

7Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.

8But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;

9Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

10For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;

11According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.

12And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;

13Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

14And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

15This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.

Titus 1:9
holding fast the faithful word which is in accordance with the teaching, so that he will be able both to exhort in sound doctrine and to refute those who contradict.
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1 Corinthians 1:18
18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written:
"I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate."[c]

20 Where is the wise person? Where is the teacher of the law? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21 For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.

1 Corinthians 15:1-8,
1 Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, 2 by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.
3 For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures,

so what does the bible say about the conditions of man, the state man is in after the fall, what is his nature and will ?

Mark 7:21 For from within, out of men's hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery

Jeremiah 17:9
"The heart is more deceitful than all else And is desperately sick; Who can understand it?

John 8:34
Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is the slave of sin.

So man is a slave to his nature, and mans nature is to sin to rebel against God,No one seeks after God, No one is righteous No not One.

Since we are sinners, we are incapable of removing the guilt of our sinfulness through our own efforts. Gal. 2:21 says, "...if righteousness comes through the Law, then Christ died needlessly." The Law is the dos and donts of moral behavior. In other words, we cant become righteous by what we do. Why? Because we are dead in our sins (Eph. 2:3).

This means that since we cannot remove our own sins, God must do it.

Jesus, who is God in flesh (John 1:1,14; 8:58; Col. 2:9), bore our sins in His body on the cross (1 Pet. 2:24). He died in our place. He paid the penalty of breaking the Law of God that should have fallen upon us. He satisfied the law of God the Father by dying on the cross.

It is only through Jesus that we can escape the penalty that God will execute upon all who have broken his holy and perfect law. Do you want to be saved from the righteous judgment of God? If so, if you want to become a Christian and follow God, then you must realize that you have sinned against God, and are under his judgment. You must look to Jesus who died on the cross and trust what he did in order for you to be forgiven of your sentence and be saved from the judgment of God.

Warnings About
'Another Gospel' Which is Not a Gospel
One of the beautiful and joyful aspects of the message of salvation in Christ that makes it such good news is the element of grace (Acts 20:24). Salvation is the free gift of God to be received by faith alone in Christ alone (Rev. 21:6; 22:17; Rom. 4:4-5; Eph. 2:8-9; Tit. 3:4-5). But the message of grace goes contrary to the heart and thinking of man who intuitively thinks in terms of merit. So, the apostle warned of those who offer a gospel of works for salvation rather than grace. We should remember, as Paul teaches us in Romans 4 and 11. If it is by grace, it is no longer by works and if by works, it is no longer by grace (see Rom. 4:3-4; 11:6). So in reality, any time someone offers a gospel of works, it is not the gospel—a message of good news. Instead it is bad news, it is false, and a terrible distortion.

1:6 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and following a different gospel— 1:7 not that there is another gospel; but there are some who are disturbing you and wanting to distort the gospel of Christ. 1:8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be condemned to hell! 1:9 As we have said before, and now I say again, if any one is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, let him be condemned to hell! 1:10 Am I now trying to gain the approval of people or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a slave of Christ (Gal. 1:6-10).

Therefore, if distorted by rejection of the truth that all God does for us in Christ is by grace alone through faith apart from works or by a denial of who Jesus is, then the "gospel" is a "different gospel, which is in fact, no gospel at all (Gal. 1:7)."
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greatestgiftis commented on Jeff Durbin debates Jehovah's Witnesses: Part one (1 month ago)
"@Melly241000 thats funny how did he give such details when the father would return
Matt 24:2-4, secondly if the bible does not teach the trinity ..."
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greatestgiftis commented on Jeff Durbin debates Jehovah's Witnesses: Part one (1 month ago)
"@Melly241000 that is not true, they follow jesus, and according to there own translation he is another god, he who does not honor the son does not ..."   more
 
 
greatestgiftis commented on Jeff Durbin debates Jehovah's Witnesses: Part one (1 month ago)
"@Melly241000 and that is why they are not christian. they do not believe in the bible when it says jesus claimed to be GOD John 8:58 or that the H..."   more
 
 
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Context is key, dont try and make a verse mean something it does not, if your not sure what a verse mean's then dig into it, use the greek etc.


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greatestgiftis commented on Debate - William Lane Craig vs Christopher Hitchens - Doe... (5 months ago)
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greatestgiftis (6 months ago)
bottom line bible is clear you have to believe who Jesus claimed to be God, and that the bible states he is God. that is why that verse is very clear Unless you believe that i am God you will die in your sin's, he never said unless you believe i am a prophet or a good teacher
greatestgiftis (6 months ago)
As far as the Trinity and trying to fully understand it, its impossible know can, just like we cannot understand God attributes , or his love etc. But if the bible say's it we have to believe it, that is faith, not blind faith, but faith in what has been revealed, even if we cant fully understand it, never the less it true and we have to except and believe what is stated in scripture, bible is clear the is Only 1 God, and there doesnt even exist any others, but yet the bible clearly teaches all three are god, and jesus claimed to be God and is prayed to and all of heaven will worship him, he is the exact nature of God Phil 2:6
greatestgiftis (6 months ago)
Jesus told us to pray to the Father in Matt. 6:9 when He said, "Pray, then, in this way: 'Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name." What is the proper method of prayer?

We can answer this question when we realize that God Himself is worthy of prayer and God is a Trinity of persons. Therefore, it would seem fair to say that we can pray to each member of the Godhead.

but you will not find anyone praying to the holy spirit in scripture, why ? because The answer is that the Holy Spirit does not bear witness of Himself. He bears witness of the Son (John 15:26). But still, we can pray to the Spirit because we are also called into fellowship with the Spirit. 2 Cor. 13:14 says, "The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all."
greatestgiftis (6 months ago)
Also, we can see further confirmation of this by looking at the phrase, "call upon the name of the Lord." In the Old Testament that phrase is used only of God and it includes the meaning of worship, adoration, and prayer. Psalm 116:4 says, "Then I called upon the name of the Lord: 'O Lord, I beseech Thee, save my life!' What is interesting is that this phrase is applied to Jesus in 1 Cor. 1:2, "to the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, saints by calling, with all who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours." Paul obviously knew the significance of the phrase, which included prayerful appeal, and applied it to Jesus
greatestgiftis (6 months ago)
what does the bible say about prayer, and who people pray to.
Jesus said in John 14:14, "If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it." Therefore, it would seem safe to say that we can pray to Jesus and ask Him to answer our prayers.
greatestgiftis (6 months ago)
John 5:23 so that all will honor the Son even as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him
1 John 2:23 No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also.

so in the context it shows when you honor or worship the father you are worshiping the son etc. for they are the Same Triune God, If you deny who jesus is, and that is God then you deny the father, jesus said for i and the father are One
paulbunyan2435 (6 months ago)
Thank you... Another question, do you believe that when you worship Christ you worship the Father? Or do you worship Christ separately from The Father? Another way to ask, do you pray to Christ, or do you pray to The Father, or both interchangeably?

Also what is your view on Psalm 110:1

I am just honestly trying to understand the Trinity, but am having a hard time seeing that Jesus is YHVH and The Father is YHVH and the Spirit is YHVH but the overal GOD or essence of GOD is YHVH. What I am getting at is does it really matter if you see the Trinity or if you just believe Christ for the "very works sake" and that He is whom it was prophesied would come and redeem the world and you believe in The Father of whom Christ repeatedly testified of and that all of us should worship The Father.
greatestgiftis (6 months ago)
yes you have to believe in the trinity , Not because i say so, but the bible states you have to believe in the correct God, if you believe in a different jesus then you would not have salvation, this is a very good question, And this is what jesus said. Unless you believe that " I AM" you Will Die in Your Sin's. Who did jesus claim to be ? and who Does the bible say he is? Well jesus claimed to be God when he made him self equal with the father John 5:18.
and when he said before Abraham was born " I AM " he took the name YHWH and applied to himself, not to mention the many more places in scripture. Now the bible says there is only 1 God, but yet the bible states jesus is God John 1:1, and so is the holy spirit
paulbunyan2435 (6 months ago)
Honest question, does one have to accept the view of the Trinity to worship God correctly and be saved? Or can man be saved by believing in Christ, that He is the Messiah while still believing in the Eternal God at the same time?
laffy4christ (8 months ago)
Awesome channel brother!!! God bless you.
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