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I am the salt of the earth (Mt 5:13)
I am the light of the world (Mt5:14)
I am a child of God (Jn 1:12)
I am part of the vine, a channel of Christ’s life.(Jn 15:1,5)
I am Christ’s friend (Jn 15:15)
I am Chosen and Appointed by Christ to bear his fruit (Jn 15:16)
I am a slave of righteousness(Mt 5:13), (Rom 6:18)
I am enslaved to God (Rom 6:22)
I am a son of God, God is spiritually my Father (Rom 8:14-15; Gal 3:26; Gal 4:6)
I am a joint heir with Christ, sharing his inheritance with him (Rom 8:17)
I am a temple and a dwelling place of God. His spirit and his life dwells in me (1 Cor 3:16; 6:19)
I am united to the Lord and am one spirit with him. (1 Cor 6:17)
I am a member of Christ’s body (1 Cor 12:27; Eph 5:30)
I am a new creation (2 Cor 5:18-19)
I am reconciled to God and am a minister of reconciliation (2 Cor 5:18-19)
I am a son of God and one in Christ (Gal 3:26,28)
I am an heir of God since I am a son of God (Gal 4:6-7)
I am a saint (Eph 1:1; 1 Cor 1:2; Col 1:2)
I am God’s workmanship (Eph 2:10)
I am a fellow citizen with the rest of God’s family(Eph 2:19)
I am a prisoner of Christ (Eph 3:1; 4:1)
I am righteous and holy (Eph 4:24)
I am a citizen of heaven, seated in heaven right now (Phil 3:20;Eph 2:6)
I am hidden with Christ in God (Col 3:3)
I am the expression of the life of Christ because he is my life (Col 3:4)
I am chosen of God, holy and dearly loved(Col 3:12;1 Thess 1:4)
I am a son of light and not of darkness(1 Thess 5:5)
I am a holy partaker of a heavenly calling (Heb 3:1)
I am a partaker of Christ; I share in his life (Heb 3:14)
I am one of God’s living stones, being built up in Christ as a spiritual house (1 Pet 2:9-10)
I am a member of a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession (1 Pet 2:9-10)
I am an alien and stranger to this world in which I temporarily live (1 Pet 2:11)
I am an enemy of the devil (1 Pet 5:8)
I am a child of God and I will resemble Christ when He returns(1 Jn 3:1-2)
I am born of Christ and the evil one, the devil, cannot touch me (1 Jn 5:18)
I am not the great I am (Ex 3:14; Jn 8:24; 28,58) but by the grace of God, I am what I am (1 Cor 15:10)
October 25, 2003 @ Communities of Grace Fellowship
He is high and exalted and worthy of praise
In our hearts we will love and adore
He is high and exalted and worthy of praise
Holy is the Lord
Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord
Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord
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Now, I”m still an Arminian. On the other hand, with the help of a Berean friend abuGian, I realized that I am a 1-point Calvinist. (abuGian claims to be a 4-point Calvinist, that is, out of the 5 points of Calvinism.) The only point I previously agree with was the “T” of TULIP ” Total Depravity.
I could not fully agree with “P” ” Perseverance of the Saints ” a.k.a. Once Saved Always Saved (OSAS). I would always restate my belief as “Once Saved Almost Always Saved. I believed that a Christian, after being saved, can still “fall out of grace” by rejecting Christ later in his life.
With the help of the teachings of Pastor Prince of New Creation Church thru a series of tapes loaned to me by a friend from CCF, I am thinking of “crossing over” in as far as OSAS is concerned.
I believe that all sins have been forgiven at the cross. That is, your past, present and future sins. One common objection to OSAS is that the Bible mentioned something about an unpardonable sin — Speaking against the Holy Spirit. But what does that verse really say about the unpardonable sin”
Remember that when one accepts Jesus, the Holy Spirit resides “in you”. Does Matt. 12:32 say, you mention something bad against the Holy Spirit and suddenly He goes away” You curse your best friend with every available curse in the world, and he still stays and decides to remain as your friend. And the Holy Spirit cannot” What is he, a sensitive guy” :-) So, this verse is not about saying something bad about the Holy Spirit.
The context of the verse pertains to unbelieving Pharisees. I understand the unpardonable sin in this verse as applicable to unbelievers. The Holy Sprit is convicting every unbeliever”s heart, but one can choose to reject. This also means that a believer cannot commit the unpardonable sin! Why” Because a believer is no longer condemned and the Holy Spirit now resides in him.
Then, the issue of unbelieving after believing. I am more leaned to believe right now that if somebody is fully convinced about accepting something, there is no way that he will later on drop it like a hot potato ” or he has not believed at all in the first place! Imagine somebody who believed in Jesus as his Lord and Savior, then the Holy Spirit takes residence in him, transforms his character, as result, grew to love God and his fellowmen more and more, received both physical and spiritual blessings” then suddenly decides that he no longer believes in Jesus” Unlikely!
Therefore, if “one is “truly” saved, he is always saved”, till the end of times. We fall everyday, but grace abounds. Nothing can separate us from the love of God. And if somebody truly accepted and experienced Jesus, never will he ever reject Him in the future. If a “believer” does reject him later in his life, I doubt that he”s really converted at all.
I know the 5 points of Calvinism is like a chain. But I can only hold on to two. Predestination is something unimaginable for me. Not being able to tell anybody that Jesus died for him because you cannot be sure if he is elected to be saved or not, is far from my belief system.
T — Total depravity.
U — Unconditional election.
L — Limited atonement.
I — Irresistible grace.
P — Perseverence of the saints. (my version: Once “Truly” Saved, Always Saved)
Officially a 2-point Calvinist. -:)