Tag: salvation
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Your salvation is a personal relationship
When you accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour, you entered a personal relationship with Him. Note the word ‘personal’, for it is significant in your salvation experience. Bob Gass in his devotional; ‘The UCB word for today’ highlights the personal nature of our salvation experience. He says that “you need to pray in…
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Work out your salvation
We have been saved by grace through faith, and that not of yourselves. Our salvation is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast (Ephesians 2:8-9). However, faith works together with and is perfected by works. James 2:26 says as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is…
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Salvation from life – By Femi Aribisala
A Good Samaritan rushed a friend suffering from appendicitis to the hospital. They got there in the nick of time. His appendix had already ruptured. The doctor said that they had to operate right away, and they promptly wheeled him into the theatre.
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Your salvation is a personal relationship
When you accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour, you entered a personal relationship with Him. Note the word ‘personal’, for it is significant in your salvation experience. Bob Gass in his devotional; ‘The UCB word for today’ highlights the personal nature of our salvation experience. He says that “you need to pray in…
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Don’t celebrate the coming of the New Year – By Femi Aribisala
Jesus says to His disciples: “You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavour, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.” (Matthew 5:13).
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Work out your salvation
We have been saved by grace through faith, and that not of yourselves. Our salvation is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast (Ephesians 2:8-9). However, faith works together with and is perfected by works. James 2:26 says as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is…
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Preaching another gospel – By Femi Aribisala
If we were to ask Christians what Jesus saves us from, many would say we are saved from the torments of hell. However, the hell Jesus spoke about is a real place called Gehenna; a valley outside Jerusalem where apostate Israelites sacrificed their children to idol gods. This later became a rubbish dump where criminals…
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The blessing of forgiveness – By Femi Aribisala
What exactly was the blessing the Lord promised Abraham? Was it that he would be rich in cattle and in lands and houses? If that was God’s intention, what would happen to the lands and houses after Abraham died? Abraham would have to relinquish them so they would stop being blessings to him.
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Your salvation is a personal relationship
[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Your salvation is a personal relationship
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Paying the price – Femi Aribisala
By Femi Aribisala Have you ever been to an expensive wedding that was a no holds barred affair? The champagne was ordered custom-made from France. The wedding cake was a three-story building. Forget about the wedding, but tell me, what happened to the marriage? One year later, they got divorced. What a waste of money.…