Four dimensions in which salvation can be seen:1. Transcendent Dimension – the eternal purpose of God and the slaying of the Lamb before the foundation of the world, predestination, justification, adoption.2. Historical Dimension – the Fall, the Covenants, Israel, Incarnation, Death, and Atonement.3. Empirical Dimension – conversion, regeneration, sanctification.4. Eschatological Dimension – glorification, consummation, eternal life.Our Focus: Empirical Dimension – Conversion, Regeneration, Sanctification.© Domenic Marbaniang, February 14, 2...
Dangers of Pitfall
Dangers of PitfallI Cor. 10:12; 2 Chr. 15:2; Ps. 62:1 (NIV)Domenic Marbaniang7 Feb 2006INTRODUCTION1. The Context of 1 Cor. 10: - Body needed to be kept in subjection (9:27)2. The Israelites were saved but soon fell from the faith in Christ. (10:7-10).3. To be pleasing to God is of utmost importance. (v5)4. Check your confidence (v12); Trust in God (v13)I. The Fall of Asa1. The Counsel of God (1 Chr....
Flee Lust!
Lust's arms are a tangling web.Its gazes alone conjuring,Frail souls to fall and ebbInto Hell's unquenchable fury.My soul was high upon the crestOf holy thoughts and musings.But sooner were its yearnings wrestTo idolatrous lurings.Wild, drunk, and debauched turned I,As lust its blood-drenched sword out drew.It left my heart of love all dry,As loveless lust sought more for new.Lust's arrows are sharp and heavyPiercing through man's entrails.Then leaving its victim void and wearyIt falls away with no avails.True, remorse does first sooth the woundBut...
