Wednesday, September 19, 2018

(09/19/2018) Blessed Assurances Are Provided






Today, reply is on the many assurances of salvation that are being provided by divinity. The fighter in the public forum at “Yahoo! Answers” Religion and Spirituality who uses the ID “DWILSO1034” (Level 1 with 187 points, a member since January 20, 2006) posted the following:



Why is Salvation Assurance so important?



THE GOLDEN ARROW: Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity. (2nd Timothy 2: 19, King James Version, KJV)



THE DOUBLE DAGGER: The Witness of Oceans (06/28/2018); Jesus Came To Fulfill? (01/16/2018); Certainty, Conviction and Faith (01/05/2018); Enduring As A Believer? (12/06/2015); Knowing? (05/24/2015); Knowing the Spirit is Inside? 10/07/2014); Assurances of Salvation? (10/07/2013); Of War and Judgment (10/08/2013)



DWILSO1034”, be encouraged! The many separations from our Savior Jesus Christ that Christians must endure until his Second Coming have been rendered less damaging by the empty tomb, and continuing blessed assurances. The certainty of salvation is being established by GOD as ongoing truth among mankind, the holy angels, and all Creation (i.e., the hills, the mountains, the valleys, the waters). Included have been the active presence of divinity on the earth using human flesh (we say, Incarnation) as Jesus Christ; covenants, proclamations, promises, and prophecy; the granting of forgiveness and new life to sinners through water baptism (i.e., the death and burial of ones inborn spirit with its rebirth (resurrection) from divine seed); the sacred gifts from the Holy Spirit (we also say, the Comforter; the Holy Ghost; the Spirit of Prophecy; the Spirit of Truth); and that the children of GOD through Jesus Christ who are the new creation will be marked and sealed. In the same way a man who buys a house makes a long-term commitment of indefinite duration and shows “good faith” by providing partial payment up front (we say, a down payment; an earnest; a pledge) divinity has responded to the character and nature of finite created beings and living creatures with divine operations and process that respond to their personhood. Consider again the following that uses language from the Bible:

(1.) 1st Peter 4: 14-16, King James Version (KJV): 14 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified. 15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other mens matters. 16 Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.

(2.) 2nd Peter 1: 3-5, KJV: 3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: 4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. 5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;

(3.) 2nd Corinthians 5: 4-7, KJV: 4 For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life. 5 Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit. 6 Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: 7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)

(4.) Galatians 5: 17, KJV: 17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

(5.) Romans 8: 26-27, KJV: 26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. 27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.

There is far more that should be said, correctly examined, and spiritually apprehended. (For example, (6.) Romans 8: 5-9, KJV: 5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. 6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. 7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. 8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. 9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.) Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according to your faith.

THE BLACK PHOENIX
Washington, DC

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