Tag Archives: salvation

1 Corinthians 3 and Works Burned Up By Fire

Posted on 04/28/2010 by Paul Pavao

If you practice drunkenness, adultery, division, envy, greed, selfish ambitions and such things, then you will not be saved so as through fire, you will be told by Christ that he does not know you. Continue reading →

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A Quick Overview of Salvation

Posted on 04/25/2010 by Paul Pavao

Describing salvation in this way terrifies Evangelicals. I was going to say it stumbles them, but that’s not true. Their own doctrine stumbles them and causes the majority of them to be unsaved. Continue reading →

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Judgment & Eternal Life

Posted on 04/25/2010 by Paul Pavao

A comment was left on my last post about the judgment. A decent answer is far too long to leave as a comment, so here’s my response. Please note that rather than quote long sections of her comment and whole … Continue reading →

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Finding the Truth: Do We Have Assurance or Must We Merit Salvation?

Posted on 01/09/2010 by Paul Pavao

I am saying that the same effort to walk in the light and walk by the Spirit that allows you to experience continual forgiveness and the the righteousness of Christ will also produce practical, visible righteousness in your life. Continue reading →

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David Servant and Grace

Posted on 11/17/2009 by Paul Pavao

I put David Servant’s name in the title because I’d like this post to be found under his name to provide him a little free advertising. I do that because what he provides is good, very good. I’m not going … Continue reading →

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Obedience and Christian “Salvation”

Posted on 09/26/2009 by Paul Pavao

What is salvation? I like to use the example of a saved drowning person. The saved person is the one who’s standing on the shore. The unsaved person is the one in the water, flapping their arms in the air … Continue reading →

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There Is None Righteous; No, Not One

Posted on 11/05/2008 by Paul Pavao

The  Bible says in Romans 3:10 that there is none righteous, no, not one.  Why is that? It is not because all of us have committed at least some small sin somewhere in our lives so that we’re therefore guilty … Continue reading →

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Romans and Romans

Posted on 11/04/2008 by Paul Pavao

We’ve been going through Romans in a Bible study on Tuesday and Thursday mornings before work. It’s pretty neat. I want to talk about some of the things we talk about there–for two reasons. One, they’re radical and life-changing. Two, … Continue reading →

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Amazing Grace

Posted on 10/28/2008 by Paul Pavao

The song Amazing Grace was written by John Newton, an ex-slaver who repented. It’s easy to think that the amazing part of grace is that God forgave him for his horrible past. This isn’t true, however. What do you call … Continue reading →

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Knowing What You Believe

Posted on 08/05/2008 by Paul Pavao

Recently I bought an Old Testament Survey on clearance from christianbooks.com. “Surveys” give the background, culture, and other details of the books of the Bible. I’ve never read one before, but I’ve been intrigued ever since Noah told me some … Continue reading →

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