I didn't think this list was a list meant to discuss doctrine?  I remember
when I started a doctrinal discussion and was told that wasn't allowed?
Just curious that is all.  If you don't care to answer that will be ok too.
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From: "Reeva Parry" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 1:21 PM
Subject: The Need For Salvation


> The Need for Salvation
>
> Ephesians 2:1-3
>
> Christ-followers know the importance of being saved, but the world sees no
> need for rescue. Let's think about some key truths regarding man's need
for
> salvation.
> Those who don't have a personal relationship with God through His Son
Jesus
> are:
>
> Spiritually dead. Many people don't realize that there are three kinds of
> death - physical, eternal, and spiritual. Eternal death comes at the end
of
> the
> age, when all those who have refused Jesus as Savior are cast away from
God
> permanently (Matthew 25:41). Spiritual death occurred in the Garden of
Eden.
> Disobedience severed Adam and Eve's intimate connection to God and caused
> all of their descendants to be spiritually detached from Him. (Romans
5:12)
> We're
> born as "dead" people in need of new life.
>
> Living a life of sin. Our nature is to rebel against God, and that is
called
> sin. Over and over we choose what pleases us, not Him. Our efforts to free
> ourselves from the power of sin are in vain (John 8:34). Enslaved to sin,
we
> need someone to rescue us.
>
> Under divine wrath. Because of our disobedience, we are under God's
> judgment, awaiting punishment. All efforts to earn His approval and escape
> our sentence
> are insufficient. Sinful man has nothing acceptable to offer holy God. Our
> only hope of escape is for someone else to take our penalty.
>
> The good news is that the Lord has provided a way for all to pass from
> spiritual death to life, from the bondage of sin into freedom, and from
> condemnation
> to intimacy with Him. Jesus Christ alone is the way, and He meets every
need
> (John 14:6).
>
>
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