tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post6964761953257307811..comments2023-10-07T04:07:56.527-04:00Comments on The End Time: A plea for your salvationElizabeth Pratahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04341086233512507156noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-70296453499220550552014-03-08T05:44:14.415-05:002014-03-08T05:44:14.415-05:00Shannon asked "Can the dead revive themselves...Shannon asked "Can the dead revive themselves and be saved/born again?" and of course the answer is no. The eternal interplay between man's responsibility for his sin and the complete INability of man to effect his own salvation, thus relying completely on the effectual call of the Spirit, is a mystery.<br /><br />We know salvation has two parts, the Holy Spirit's drawing of man and man's repentance. Without faith there is no salvation- yet man can't generate his own faith. Yet there is also a necessary repentance, which the Spirit gives also and man continues in after salvation. These things are reconciled in God's mind, and when we get there we'll perhaps see more fully how it all fits.Elizabeth Pratahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04341086233512507156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-11389449935706687282014-03-07T10:11:17.310-05:002014-03-07T10:11:17.310-05:00Such a necessary and timely post Elizabeth. It cer...Such a necessary and timely post Elizabeth. It certainly appears that we are nearing the end of the age of grace and it becomes very urgent for people to hear and heed this message. KemBlankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09061360792746708898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-81968397878955802922014-03-07T09:26:48.475-05:002014-03-07T09:26:48.475-05:00Can the dead revive themselves and be saved/born a...Can the dead revive themselves and be saved/born again?<br /><br />JOHN 3:6<br />That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.<br /><br />ROMANS 5:12 <br />“Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned” <br /><br />ROMANS 3:10,11<br />"...as it is written, "THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS, NOT EVEN ONE; 11 THERE IS NONE WHO UNDERSTANDS, THERE IS NONE WHO SEEKS FOR GOD;…"<br /><br />PSALM 14:2,3 <br />The LORD has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God. They have all turned aside, together they have become corrupt; There is no one who does good, not even one.<br /><br />Can a dead person repent? <br /><br />JOHN 6:63a <br />It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. <br /><br />See JOHN 11 Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead.<br /><br />JOHN 3:3 Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”<br /><br />Most are on the broad path that leads to darkness. <br />MATTHEW 7:13,14 <br />Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it."<br /><br />Those on that broad path are not drawn to salvation because they love their sin and hide in darkness. It is the LORD who knows the heart and grants repentance accordingly.<br /><br />JOHN 3:19,20<br />"This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil."For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.…<br /><br />See Parable of the Sower MATTHEW 13<br /><br />Shannonnoreply@blogger.com