A gift for you.
Who doesn't like to receive a gift? Sure, some are shy upon receiving gifts and find it awkward, but inwardly they are touched by the gift they've been given.
Gifts. Some of them however seem to come with conditions attached to them, but then they no longer feel like they are true gifts, do they? You know… strings attached to a supposed gift are not real gifts at all, they aren't freely given, they are being purchased by those strings.
There are no strings attached to the gift of salvation, not a single one.
You either accept the gift or you reject the gift. And yes, we can choose to reject the gift, just as you can choose to reject any gift given to you.
Some argue that there are strings, that you have to follow commandments and you have to behave, and you have to do no sin- all strings. They are wrong.
Once you accept the free gift of salvation you choose to live a life pleasing to Christ, and Christ gives us another gift, the gift of a Holy Comforter who will work in us in many ways.
Satan wants us to believe there are strings attached to the salvation gift, and he'll do all he can to this end.
There are no strings.
There are choices we are free to make after we accept the free gift.
The gift is given.
It is however a gift we can choose to give back and reject- the choice is forever ours.
(Excerpt)
Ro 5:18 Therefore as by the offense of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.
"Justification of Life."
"By the righteousness of One the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life." There is no exception here. As the condemnation came upon all, so the justification comes upon all.
Christ has tasted death for every man.
He has given himself for all.
Nay, he has given himself to every man.
The free gift has come upon all. The fact that it is a free gift is evidence that there is no exception. If it came upon only those who have some special qualification, then it would not be a free gift.
It is a fact, therefore, plainly stated in the Bible, that the gift of righteousness and life in Christ has come to every man on earth.
There is not the slightest reason why every man that has ever lived should not be saved unto eternal life, except that they would not have it. So many spurn the gift offered so freely.
Who doesn't like to receive a gift? Sure, some are shy upon receiving gifts and find it awkward, but inwardly they are touched by the gift they've been given.
Gifts. Some of them however seem to come with conditions attached to them, but then they no longer feel like they are true gifts, do they? You know… strings attached to a supposed gift are not real gifts at all, they aren't freely given, they are being purchased by those strings.
There are no strings attached to the gift of salvation, not a single one.
You either accept the gift or you reject the gift. And yes, we can choose to reject the gift, just as you can choose to reject any gift given to you.
Some argue that there are strings, that you have to follow commandments and you have to behave, and you have to do no sin- all strings. They are wrong.
Once you accept the free gift of salvation you choose to live a life pleasing to Christ, and Christ gives us another gift, the gift of a Holy Comforter who will work in us in many ways.
Satan wants us to believe there are strings attached to the salvation gift, and he'll do all he can to this end.
There are no strings.
There are choices we are free to make after we accept the free gift.
The gift is given.
It is however a gift we can choose to give back and reject- the choice is forever ours.
(Excerpt)
Ro 5:18 Therefore as by the offense of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.
"Justification of Life."
"By the righteousness of One the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life." There is no exception here. As the condemnation came upon all, so the justification comes upon all.
Christ has tasted death for every man.
He has given himself for all.
Nay, he has given himself to every man.
The free gift has come upon all. The fact that it is a free gift is evidence that there is no exception. If it came upon only those who have some special qualification, then it would not be a free gift.
It is a fact, therefore, plainly stated in the Bible, that the gift of righteousness and life in Christ has come to every man on earth.
There is not the slightest reason why every man that has ever lived should not be saved unto eternal life, except that they would not have it. So many spurn the gift offered so freely.