Book of Jeremiah
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For we are unto God, a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish: To the one we are the savour of death unto death, and to the other the savour of life. And who is sufficient for these things? For we are not as many who corrupt the words of God, but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we of Christ.
II Corinthians 2:14,15,16,17
When Paul preached the Gospel it is said that two things happened. A riot and a revival. Those who were teaching false doctrine, those who were "corrupting the Word of God", those who were perishing and resisting the glorious light of the Gospel strongly opposed Paul and the Gospel He preached. They accused him of being insane because they despised the Message of the Gospel that he brought and because the light of God's Word exposed how great their darkness was. They were perishing. The message of Jesus Christ which Paul brought was as the stench of death unto death to them.
But for those who heard the Gospel of Jesus Christ and received it there was a different response. The Gospel Paul preached was fragrant and full of life to them that received. They accepted the Words of Christ eagerly and so they received Paul joyfully knowing that Paul was speaking of Jesus Christ. He was bringing Christ and the Good News of Salvation through Jesus Christ crucified.
Wherever Paul was sent to preach the Gospel we see that souls were saved. People were baptized in the Holy Spirit. Lives were transformed and families were restored. We cannot find salvation in religion, in man, in a denomination nor will we find it in organized religious institutions or in any other entity. What is the church? The Church are those who have believed on Christ. We as the body of Christ are the church. Christ is the head of the Church. Not man. How can we become part of the body of Christ and become a part His Church? We must be born again. We must repent of our sins, invite Jesus Christ into our hearts to become our Lord and our Savior according to Romans 10:9,10.
In Christ there is true liberty. On Christ the solid rock we stand. All other ground is sinking sand. Jesus Christ alone is the rock and it is upon this rock that the Church is built. The Church is not built upon any man, upon any doctrine that differs from the Doctrine of Jesus Christ. We who have received Christ as our Lord and Savior are the Church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. To God be the glory!
(Scriptures quoted here are from Authorized King James Bible)
II Corinthians 2:14,15,16,17
When Paul preached the Gospel it is said that two things happened. A riot and a revival. Those who were teaching false doctrine, those who were "corrupting the Word of God", those who were perishing and resisting the glorious light of the Gospel strongly opposed Paul and the Gospel He preached. They accused him of being insane because they despised the Message of the Gospel that he brought and because the light of God's Word exposed how great their darkness was. They were perishing. The message of Jesus Christ which Paul brought was as the stench of death unto death to them.
But for those who heard the Gospel of Jesus Christ and received it there was a different response. The Gospel Paul preached was fragrant and full of life to them that received. They accepted the Words of Christ eagerly and so they received Paul joyfully knowing that Paul was speaking of Jesus Christ. He was bringing Christ and the Good News of Salvation through Jesus Christ crucified.
Wherever Paul was sent to preach the Gospel we see that souls were saved. People were baptized in the Holy Spirit. Lives were transformed and families were restored. We cannot find salvation in religion, in man, in a denomination nor will we find it in organized religious institutions or in any other entity. What is the church? The Church are those who have believed on Christ. We as the body of Christ are the church. Christ is the head of the Church. Not man. How can we become part of the body of Christ and become a part His Church? We must be born again. We must repent of our sins, invite Jesus Christ into our hearts to become our Lord and our Savior according to Romans 10:9,10.
In Christ there is true liberty. On Christ the solid rock we stand. All other ground is sinking sand. Jesus Christ alone is the rock and it is upon this rock that the Church is built. The Church is not built upon any man, upon any doctrine that differs from the Doctrine of Jesus Christ. We who have received Christ as our Lord and Savior are the Church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. To God be the glory!
(Scriptures quoted here are from Authorized King James Bible)
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