Hello there! I hope you won't mind, but I have a lot of tough questions for you, and hope you won't mind carefully considering each one. Do you suppose that you could be much more precise as to what actually is the finished work of the cross at Calvary that The Lord Jesus Christ did? What specifically did He do and for what purpose? Have you considered that Jesus fulfilled every prophecy written about Him concerning the very Gospel for salvation, and this also relates to the very necessity to become Born Again? How does a man become born again? Is it by the will of the flesh, since it is a matter of record that Donnie Swaggart said more than once that "a person can be born again, lost again, born again, lost again, born again, lost again, ....." to the unpteeth time, and whatever "state" the person was in at the time of their death determine their fate of destiny? REALLY? Would this also have something to do with the will of man? REALLY? What is written in John 1:1-14; highlighting verses 12 & 13? What is written in verse 13? BORN AGAIN BY WHOM? Did you catch that? The answer is God! Not the will of man, nor the will of the flesh, but of God! Do you understand what that means? It means what is written; You can't will yourself to be saved! It just doesn't work like that. Are their other passages in the Bible that can give us further clarification of God's role in saving mankind? Did you catch that in verse 12 Who is it that does the saving? What POWER? What POWER FOR WHAT? Oh? POWER TO BECOME SONS OF GOD! Compare those holy words with The Lord Jesus Christ's words in John 14:6. If you like red letters, there's a red letter edition of The King James Bible, where Jesus' words are printed in red ink. John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. What is the role of The Holy Ghost during the moment of a man's conversion? What does The Holy Ghost do and accomplish? Now, I'm certain that you have heard, or at least read in the Bible where the person being saved is SEALED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT, and have you also read and understood that this is the circumcision of the heart that is made without hands? Who does the sealing? Man or God? Oh, we both know that Pentecostalism, along with many others deny the SEALING POWER of THE HOLY GHOST. They say that a man, by his own will, can break that seal. REALLY? Did we just not read in John 1:12-13 that salvation has absolutely nothing to do with the will of man? Furthermore, have you also not read in the Bible where it is Jesus that openeth a door that NO MAN can shut, and how He also closeth a door that NO MAN can open? Who is man? Is not man the fallen sinful creature that Jesus Christ came to be crucified for? Also, have you not read in the scriptures where Jesus Christ made it perfectly clear that He came not to call the righteous to repentance, but sinners? And, did you also read in 1Timothy 1 where Apostle Paul said that this is a FAITHFUL saying that Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners, with the providing of the list of all of the various types of sinners? Did you catch the word, "faithful", as well as the holy words, "according to the glorious gospel of the Blessed God"? If you read that passage most thoroughly, Jesus is our only answer to a good conscience. Again, I ask, have you also read in the Bible where people are saved by Jesus' righteousness, not their own? Have you ever actually read Apostle Paul's epistle to the churches at Galatia to grasp the fullness within the context to be able to comprehend what this single verse, Galatians 1:6 truly pertains to? Who is Apostle Paul in relationship to the Gentiles? Did you read when, where, how, why, and to what extent Apostle Paul withstood Apostle Peter to the face? How was it and why was it spoken, as written of how Peter and the other men that were with him, did not walk uprightly according to the truth of the Gospel? What did Paul say to Peter? How did Peter respond? What did Peter do after that? Did they get into a fist fight? OR did Peter humble himself with repentance? Did Peter, at any time lose his salvation? Did you notice that Paul was personally called and chosen by The Lord Jesus Christ, not only to be saved, but appointed and anointed with the FULLNESS of The Holy Ghost to be the very Apostle to the Gentiles? We know that Jimmy Swaggart was not, is not, nor ever will be the Apostle to the Gentiles, therefore, there's no way he could have more light than Apostle Paul did, as Jimmy Swaggart proclaimed before an International SBN Television audience, since Apostle Paul was CHOSEN by The True Light, Whom is The Lord God Almighty in the flesh, The True and Living Lord Jesus Christ! Did you catch that sermon and/or episode, if you did hear it live in person when Jimmy said that? No, he didn't come out and say that he was an Apostle, at least, not to the best of my knowledge, but how can one possibly suggest that they have more light than what was received by Apostle Paul, himself, from The True Light? You see, Jimmy was painting and boasting himself to be greater than Apostle Paul. Now, what's wrong with that? Is Jimmy's name written in the Bible? We certainly can observe that Jimmy has placed his own words in red ink, of his own wisdom and whatever, in amongst the words of The True and Living Lord Jesus Christ, Whom SPOKE THROUGH Apostle Paul! What did Jesus say about NOT ADDING TO NOR DIMINISHING FROM His words? Would you agree that it was presumptuous of Jimmy to do that? Has Jimmy never heard the written words of Hebrews 4:12? Have you? Is it Jimmy that revealeth understanding? OR IS IT THE HOLY GHOST THAT REVEALETH UNDERSTANDING? Know ye not that The Holy Ghost is God Almighty? Know ye not that The Holy Ghost is The Spirit of Christ, WHOM BREATHED THE HOLY SCRIPTURES? You see, Jesus Christ is the only way for salvation. Either a man is saved or man is not saved. There is no in between. The problem is that a whole lot of folks have placed their trust in man, rather than in God. They have followed after false teachers that deny the saving power of God, as they erroneously teach with the wisdom of their own words, thus leading multitudes to hell, who lose out on salvation because they became self-righteous being misled and misguided into believing in and becoming dependant upon their own will, and the will of other men, instead of the will of God to truly be born again. Apostle Paul spoke very clearly about the subject of "will worship" in the context of his epistle to saints and faithful brethren at Colosse. Have you ever prayed and meditated on those words of God written in the Book of Colossians? While reading the context, you'll find that Apostle Paul most adequately links "will worship" to the enemies of the cross of Christ. There is a reason why Apostle Paul gave distinct criteria in 2Corinthians 11 on how to spot a false Apostle. What else has Pentecostalism, including the Swaggarts, erred concerning the Scriptures? What will you do? Will you, by your own will continue following after the Swaggarts and Pentecostalism, or will you seek The Lord, according to His will, in repentance for the free gift of genuine salvation, which is eternal life?
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