{"id":677,"date":"2011-09-07T11:32:36","date_gmt":"2011-09-07T15:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/?p=677"},"modified":"2011-09-07T11:32:36","modified_gmt":"2011-09-07T15:32:36","slug":"salvation-is-open-to-all","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/?page_id=677","title":{"rendered":"Salvation is open to all"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are many people out there that think they have done something in the past that was so horrible and so disgusting that God will never forgive them. \u00a0\u00a0They are ashamed of some of the despicable acts in which they have willingly participated.\u00a0 Others have been abused and somehow feel it was their fault and they feel that they are less than worthless.\u00a0 Still, there are those who has used God\u2019s name in vain, denied that there is a god, or even blasphemed his name.\u00a0 They have this sense of guilt that\u2019s ever present and they have this inner awareness that there is just no hope for them.\u00a0 This is called condemnation and Jesus did not come to condemn; John 3:17, <\/span>\u201cFor God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Friends, there is good news; Jesus came just for you; Mt. 9:13, \u201c<\/span>\u2026..for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.\u201d\u00a0 Jesus came for the sinners<\/em> and he promised to forgive them for their sins; Mark. 3:28, <\/span>\u201cverily I say unto you, all sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme.\u201d\u00a0 All sin will be forgiven; regardless of its magnitude!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The gift of forgiveness or salvation is available to all; John 3:16, \u201c<\/span>\u2026..God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.\u201d\u00a0 Salvation is for everyone; Rom. 1:16, \u201c\u2026..I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth.\u201d\u00a0 Scripture clearly states that whosoever and everyone<\/em> has the hand of salvation extended to them and all forms of sin and all kinds of sin will be forgiven.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 There is only one requirement to receive this gift of salvation.\u00a0 You must repent and turn from your past; Luke 13:1-3, \u201c\u2026.. except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish<\/span>.\u201d\u00a0 Relax, all of you have an escape route from your past sins; it is believing that Jesus Christ died for your sins and you have to repent or change your former lifestyle.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 There is probably someone out there thinking that they have missed the mark, because there is one sin for which no one can be forgiven.\u00a0 That is absolutely correct; it is the unpardonable sin; or blasphemy of the Holy Ghost.\u00a0 No one can be forgiven for this sin; Mt. 12:32, <\/span>\u201c\u2026..whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world<\/em> to come.\u201d\u00a0 The unpardonable sin is entirely different from all other sins.\u00a0 One must first have the Holy Ghost working prevalently in their life before he or she can commit the unpardonable sin.\u00a0\u00a0 If you are worried that you might have committed this atrocious sin; you are safe.\u00a0 The unpardonable sin cannot be accidental; its takes a conscious effort.\u00a0 One has to know exactly what they are doing.\u00a0 Just like one cannot commit rape accidentally; one cannot commit the unpardonable sin accidentally. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Salvation is truly available to all.\u00a0 It is not God\u2019s will that any man should perish; 2 Pet. 3:9, \u201c<\/span>\u2026..Lord is not slack concerning his promise\u2026..but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.\u201d\u00a0 So if you haven\u2019t repented, please do so now because you are a whosoever<\/em>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There are many people out there that think they have done something in the past that was so horrible and so disgusting that God will never forgive them. \u00a0\u00a0They are ashamed of some of the despicable acts in which they have willingly participated.\u00a0 Others have been abused and somehow feel it was their fault and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-677","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=677"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":678,"href":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/677\/revisions\/678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}