TO BE OR BEING?

TO BE OR BEING?

Tuesday, October 22, 2019

  Yesterday I wrote of the reality of the Trinity and from helpful Nave’s Topical Bible provided a list of related verses from God’s Word. The Trinity is but one of a number of doctrines presented in God’s Word, the Bible. There are others. I present a few of them:

• Trinity.  Mt.28:19; Jn.14:16-19;16:12-15; 2Cor.13:14; 1Pet.1:2.
• Deity of Christ.  Jn.10:30; Rom.1:3-4.
• Virgin birth of Christ.  Isa.7:14; Lk.1:35; Jn.1:14.
• Work of God’s Holy Spirit.  Ps.139:7-8; Lk.3:22; Jn.16:7-15; Act.5:3-4; Rom.8:26-27; 1Cor.2:10-11; Eph.4:30.
• Inspiration of God Word, the Bible.  2Tim.3:16; 2Pet.1:19-21.
• Christ’s blood atonement.  Heb.9:22; 1Pet.1:18-20.
• Necessity of new birth.  Jn.3:3-18; 1Jn.5:4-6.
• Believer’s maintenance of good works.  Jn.15:16-17; Eph.2:8-10; Titus 3:8-14.
• Resurrection of the saved and lost.  Jn.5:28-29; Rev.20:3-6.
• Reality and personality of Satan.  Gen.3:1-5; Lk.4:1-13; Rev.2:9-10.
• Endless punishment of unbelievers.  Jn.8:24; 2Thes.1:7-9; Rev.14:10-11.
• Endless blessedness of believers.  Jn.5:24; 14:1-6; Rom.8:18.

  Must people believe all of these and others to be a Christian? The answer is no.

  Trusting the John 1:1 Word Christians believe them because of who He is and they are, the John 1:12 family of God. Believing God’s Word is an innate characteristic of being His John 3:3 born-again son or daughter.

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