THE 4 MOST IMPORTANT

MEANINGS OF CHRISTMAS

FIRST: CHRISTMAS

MEANS SALVATION AND

ETERNAL LIFE

intro:Matthew 10:8  Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons.  Freely you have received, freely give. 

Luke 19:10  “For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost." 

Acts 4:12  Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved." John 14:6 (NIV)Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

( CEV ) Only Jesus has the power to save! His name is the only one in all the world that can save anyone. 

UNDERSTANDING THE CLOSE INSEPARABLE

CONNECTION OF  ETERNAL LIFE, ENTERING

THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND SALVATION…

LUKE 18:18-26Luke 18:18  A certain ruler asked him, "Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?" Luke 18:19  Why do you call me good? Jesus answered. "No one is good--except God alone. Luke 18:20  You know the commandments: 'Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and mother.' " 

Luke 18:21  All these I have kept since I was a boy, he said. Luke 18:22  When Jesus heard this, he said to him, "You still lack one thing. Sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."

Luke 18:23 When he heard this, he became very sad, because he was a man of great wealth. Luke 18:24 Jesus looked at him and said, "How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!

Luke 18:25 Indeed, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." Luke 18:26 Those who heard this asked, "Who then can be saved?”

YOU DON’T LOSE YOUR SALVATION AND ETERNAL LIFE

YOU HAVE RECEIVED FROM THE LORD JESUS.

REASONS WE BELIEVE THE DOCTRINE OF ETERNAL

SECURITY AND ONCE SAVED, SAVED FOREVER.

NOTE: GENUINELY ACCEPTED THE LORD JESUS AND REGENERATED.

1John 2:19 They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us.

(ISV) They left us, but they were not part of us, for if they had been part of us, they would have stayed with us. They simply made it clear that none of them was really part of us.

(TPV) Bagamat sila’y dating kasamahan natin, hindi natin tunay na kaisa ang mga taong iyon. Sapagkat kung sila’y tunay na atin, nanatili sana silang kasama natin. Ngunit umalis sila, kaya’t maliwanag na silang lahat ay di tunay na atin.1John 5:18 We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the one who was born of God keeps him safe, and the evil one cannot harm him.

7 STRONG BIBLICAL

SUPPORTS

1.) THE GIFT OF ETERNAL LIFE AND SALVATION IS

IRREVOCABLE

Ephesians 2:8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God-- not by works, so that no one can boast.

Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 11:29 for God's gifts and his call are irrevocable

2.)THE RELATIONSHIP “FATHER -CHILD” IS PERMANENTLY

ETERNAL.John 1:12 Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God-- John 1:13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God. note: You are a child of God forever !

3.) THE SPIRIT THAT IS MADE ALIVE IS ETERNAL. BORN-AGAIN IS IRREVERSIBLE.

1Corinthians15:22 For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. Romans 8:10 But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness

Ephesians 2:5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions--it is by grace you have been saved. Colossians 2:13 When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins,

John 3:3 In reply Jesus declared, "I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again. "

John 3:6 (NIV)Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit[a] gives birth to spirit.

2Corinthians 4:18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

4.) SALVATION AND ETERNAL LIFE IS A CALLING THAT IS ALSO

IRREVOCABLE1Timothy 6:12 Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses. Romans 11:29 for God's gifts and his call are irrevocable

Romans 8:30 (NIV)And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.

John 10:3 (NIV)The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.