All In: The Choice Is Up To You

The Bible says he seals us up until the day of redemption. No one can pluck us out of his hand. But at the same time, if we're depending our eternity based upon a decision that never made a difference in our life, therefore the fruit of God is not alive in us, then we need to take a long hard look of where we really were saved in the first place. I think that's fair because the Bible says, you shall know them by their fruits. So we as his children should look like him, act like him, be like him, as I tell my class, smell like him. [01:17:49] (35 seconds)  #FruitOfFaith

But in John's writings, when he talks about eternal life, when he talks about heaven, he never talks about it as something that's just a wishful pie in the sky kind of thing. He talks about it in a present tense kind of idea that it already exists in us right now because we have the spirit of God in us. That is one of the witnesses to the father himself. In other words, his theology is teaching that the reality of Jesus Christ is as real as the holy spirit that abides in us. Heaven, if the holy spirit abides in us, we already have a part of heaven in us. Why are we so miserable if we have the Holy Spirit in us? [01:09:14] (41 seconds)  #HeavenWithin

We should not take that for granted. That's why we shouldn't live our life on, yeah, man, you know, I'm saved because I I I kinda signed that contract when I was a kid and, you know, and then I can live any way I want to. No. No. No. No. If if we if we love him the way he loves us, we do not want to do anything that would minimize the price that he paid and the power that he has placed in us through the Holy Spirit. If we embrace that, God can do anything through us. Jesus died for me. [01:02:59] (43 seconds)  #HonorHisSacrifice

When he was marched up that hill and he was spit upon, when he was beaten, he was scourged to literally his his inner muscles were torn apart, his inner, you know, organs were showing. He was bleeding that bad because that is what sin does. Sin destroys. We need to understand this. We can't play with something like that. That will be like grabbing a big ball of radiation and making it that your your toy. How long is that gonna last? We've talked a lot about cancer. Just a little bit of that can grow quickly. Sin is cancer. [00:58:12] (42 seconds)  #SinIsCancer

There are those who have assurance of salvation but aren't secure because they genuinely aren't saved. Like the pharisees, they like that they are They they think that they're children of God because of all their religiosity, but they're actually children of the devil. On the other hand, there are those who are secure, but they're not don't have assurance. They may really believe in Jesus Christ, but they have been taught that assurance is dangerous. John wants us to have both the security and assurance. I grew up in a church that believe you could lose your salvation. I asked my [01:16:09] (44 seconds)  #AssuranceAndSecurity

Come on. All of us have family members that were like, you know what? We we we probably wouldn't claim them if they weren't our family member. You know what I'm talking about? Anybody got any of those family members. You know what I mean? Yeah. But they're family. You see them in every family reunion. They drive you nuts. But they're family. When you need something, they're the first ones to show up because they're family. We're part of this family. Look around you. We might as well get used to this because we're just what we're gonna be with for the rest for all eternity guys. [00:51:43] (48 seconds)  #GodsFamilyForever

Because that was the message of a lifetime of preaching that, yes, you can be redeemed. It's answering that very question we asked him, why would Jesus, why would God send his son to do that? Why? Because without that, we would have no hope. And look at me and listen to me carefully. We should never fully comprehend what it means when he says Jesus died for me. It should humble us every time we say that. [01:02:23] (35 seconds)  #HumbledByHisSacrifice

So we as his children should look like him, act like him, be like him, as I tell my class, smell like him. When others are around us, it should be like being around Jesus because our countenance is so set on the spirit that is alive in us. We can't help but live this out. We can't help but to do that. Do we have assurance? Do we have security? The answer is yes. Overwhelmingly, yes to both of those. But it depends on that relationship that we have with Jesus because we don't have a religion, We have a personal living abiding relationship with God. [01:18:16] (49 seconds)  #LiveLikeJesus