This site is made in honor of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ who gave His life for me and whose blood has covered over my transgressions and thus reconciled me with the Father to whom forever be the glory!

This site contains pictures, videos, commentary, links, posts, writings,etc. meant to in one way or another, directly or indirectly lift up the Name, the ONLY name, under heaven, given to men, by which we must be saved, Jesus Christ.

The postings on this site are meant to provide the believer with uplifting testimony from the Spirit. If you are a believer and feel there is anything which may be perceived as detrimental to the cause and/or advancement of the Gospel, please let me know.

My personal writings are meant to inspire, instruct, and instill a grateful spirit, for I believe it is only right to give thanks to the One responsible for all things and to stay in constant contact with Him.

In addition, this site will in many ways help us to stay awake, as we await THE DAY! It is my firm belief that it is our generation that will come to see the events foretold and pre-ordained before the foundation of the earth spoken of through the prophets and to John, the beloved apostle who "testifies to everything he saw—that is, the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ" and whose unveiling declares that "Blessed is the one who reads the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near."

Like always, LET US REJOICE IN THE LORD, as we "await in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed."

AMEN.

Monday, February 28, 2011

Have grace and salvation always existed?

Was there salvation and grace before Christ?

This is a good question. I think that complicated/difficult questions are part of the walk. Why? because we dont know/have the answer to all questions. Many times, questions may be planted in our heads for different reasons. Many times, questions(seeds) are planted so that our faith may grow and in so doing build up the church. Other times, questions are planted by the enemy in an effort to grow and cultivate doubt. It's really about what we choose to take care of. What do we want to make grow? Our faith or our doubt?

But what the questions that we dont know the answers to can do is serve as a test of faith. In other words, if God were to ask "are you going to let a difficult question(since the important part is easy, Jesus IS God) stop you from believing in Me? This notion is similar to what took place in the garden. We wanted to KNOW, hence the fall. We weren't able to just BELIEVE.

Man has always been saved by faith since witnesses have ALWAYS existed (romans 1:20). Nowadays, the witness of God, is God incarnate, Jesus Christ. Salvation comes from accepting HIM. Before God manifested Himself in the flesh, the witness was the Law, which pointed towards the future, and God incarnate. Salvation came by believing what the Law said and what it pointed to. Before the Law, the witness was Creation. Salvation came by believing that God was responsible for Creation.

Faith is what saves. Whereas today, we look to the PAST in believing that God has already manifested Himself in the flesh, those who came before such manifestation looked ahead to the FUTURE.

The next questions then would be:

What about those who had no access to the law? Or what about those who have no knowledge of Jesus?

Well then, in that case, their witness would be creation. Where the law or God incarnate does not have the ability to witness, creation itself is the witness.

Grace and salvation have always existed since grace is part of the power of God and salvation a byproduct of that same grace.
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