Mindset For Success

For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not of yourselves, it is the gift of God - Ephesians 2:8 (NASB) For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. - 1 Corinthians 1:18 (NASB) Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him. - Romans 5:9 (NASB) Salvation has three aspects: • The Past: Justification -  We have been saved from the penalty of sin. • The Present: Sanctification -  We are being saved from the power of sin. • The Future: Glorification -  We will be saved from the presence of sin. The following are excerpts from John MacArthur's sermon Saved or Self-Deceived. In the feeble understandings of the anthropomorphic ideas, there was a moment in eternity when the Father determined to express His infinite and perfect love to the Son. And we can understand that there is an inter-Trinitarian love, the likes of which is inc

"Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of My Father who is in heaven. Many will say to Me on that day, ' Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?' And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you.' Leave me, you who practice lawlessness. - Matthew 7:21-23 (NASB) There are some who say they are saved before they ever have any sense they are lost. - Arthur Pink The following are excerpts from John MacArthur's sermon Saved or Self-Deceived. When all is said and done in terms of the ministry of the word of God, the most important thing that we do is preach the gospel of Jesus Christ. The most important thing we do is to tell people there is a heaven and there is a hell, and you will spend eternity in heaven or in hell, and then to tell people that there is a way to heaven, guaranteed, absolutely sure,

So then, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure. - Philippians 2:12-13 (NASB) What is the believer’s role in sanctification, and what is God’s role? The Christian working out, God working in. Paul says to these Philippian believers: you’ve got to work out your salvation. You say, “Now, what does this mean?” Lots of people have been very disturbed by that statement. Some people think that means work for your salvation. Some people think it means work at your salvation. Some people might think it means work up your salvation. But salvation is not by works. You can’t work at it. You can’t work for it. You can’t work it up. “For by grace are you saved through faith, that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God not of works, lest any man should boast,” Ephesians 2:8-9. Romans 3:21-24 is very cl

“Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. For the gate is narrow and the way is constricted that leads to life, and there are few who find it. “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven . Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, in Your name did we not prophesy, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name do many miracles?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.’ - Matthew 7:13-14, 21-23 (LSB) And when the Lord said these words, He was not speaking to irreligious people; he was speaking to fastidiously religious people. He was speaking to people who were religious to the max, I suppose we could say. They were obsessed with religion. In fact, they couldn’t divorce their social life, their civil life, their economic life, their fam