Mystery of Salvation

The Apostle Paul cautioned the Saints of Philippi, saying: “Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, WORK OUT YOUR OWN SALVATION with FEAR and trembling” (Philippians 2:12). This passage is a Word of admonition (cautionary advice) to the people of God (the Saints) who have been washed, sanctified, and justified in the name of our LORD Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. But there are so many “untaught” and  unstable people who misinterpret the passage to their own spiritual demolition.  As we share and preach the gospel of the water and the Spirit which is the embodiment of God’s “RIGHTEOUSNESS” to people, we encounter so many legalistic Christians who use Scripture passages like the one above to counter-attack us when we say that salvation is not by works of the “LAW,” but it is only attained through “FAITH” in the atoning work of the “GRACE” of Jesus Christ (John 1:17). But still, they misunderstand...

  Hey Guys😊, how you all doing? T hanks be to the Almighty God for the beginning of a New Week.  Our Scripture reading is in Ecclesiastes where it is written:    “The race is not for the swift, nor the BATTLE to the STRONG, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to men of understanding, nor favor to men of skill; But time and chance happen to them all” (Ecclesiastes 9:11).*      If one of the renown kings in Israel says that “the BATTLE is not to the STRONG,” it is a true saying and an authentic statement which was made based on *fact-proven* evidences in the Bible. Due to this, David the King also spoke about these things in a rhetorical question and answering it himself. He said, “Who is the King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in BATTLE” (Psalm 24:8)      So whiles JESUS CHRIST our God is “strong” and “mighty in BATTLE,” we are not. And the reason is because we are mortals who are weak, powerless and SINFUL. The...