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Assurance of Salvation

First, dapat i-accept ang biblical truth na:  Ang Dios ay may LAW–ang law of sin and death (Rom 3:23; 6:23a; Rev 21:8).  Ang Dios ay RIGHTEOUS–kailangan Niyang ipatupad ang Kanyang Batas–kamatayan sa lahat ng makasalanan.   Ang Dios ay GRACIOUS–gumawa Siya ng paraan para iligtas ang sinners.  OT: Nangako Siyang may darating na Savior-King (Gen 3:15; Zech 9:9) NT: Isinugo Niya ang Kanyang kaisa-isang Anak upang maging Hari at Tagapagligtas (Jn 3:16; Matt 1:21).  Ang Dios ay may CONDITION sa lahat ng sinners.  Repent. Pagsisihan ang kasalanan at manumbalik sa Dios (Ac 3:19).   Believe. Maniwala kay Jesus na Siyang Lord, the Messiah (Rom 10:9; Jn 1:41).   Receive. Tanggapin si Jesus bilang Panginoon at Tagapagligtas (Jn 1:12).  Secondly, dapat bigyang-diin ang WORK ng Dios sa kaligtasan.  Justification (Pagpapawalang-sala) Romans 5:9 ESV  Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood , much more shall we be ...

How to Live in Joy and Peace Despite Your Unpleasant Past?

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(AI generated pic) “But on some points I have written to you very boldly by way of reminder , because of the grace given me by God  (16)  to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles” Here, Paul was addressing the Jewish Christians reminding them of some points. One is his ministry to the Gentiles as God’s act of grace, and more importantly, based on what he already told them in the previous verses and chapters, that God is merciful to all people–not only among the Jews, but also to the Gentiles. He emphasized to them that both Jewish and Gentile Christians rest their hope in God. And because of this, there is no point of being in conflict with one another. Paul instructed them to accept one another, and bear one another’s weaknesses, and live in harmony with one another so that they will be filled with joy and peace in praising God as a church.  We talked about this in the previous Sundays as we go through our series of sermons on the Letter of Paul to the Romans. B...