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Is Faith A Work?

Published October 23, 2011

Is Faith A Work?

Is faith some kind of “work” that some one does or can do? Believe it or not – according to the Bible – the answer is yes:

1 Thessalonians 1:3 – “Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father”

2 Thessalonians 1:11 – “Wherefore also we pray always for you, that… Continue reading →

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HEAVEN: What will it be like and who will be there?

Published August 28, 2011

HEAVEN: What will it be like and who will be there?

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This information is for people who think they are going to heaven, who think their good deeds will outweigh their bad deeds and that God will therefore grant them entrance to His eternal kingdom. Many such people will want to run out of heaven, since it will be so foreign to them and to their way of thinking. They will want to run from the King of Heaven if… Continue reading →

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Featured Gospel Message

Christ Died For The Ungodly

by Horatius Bonar

The divine testimony concerning man is, that he is a sinner. God bears witness against him, not for him; and testifies that "there is none righteous, no, not one"; that there is "none that doeth good"; none "that understandeth"; none that even seeks after God, and, still more, none that loves Him (Psa. 14:1-3; Rom. 3:10-12). God speaks of man kindly, but severely; as one yearning over a lost child, yet as one who will make no terms with sin, and will "by no means clear the guilty." <continued>