Pastor's Bible Study

The thrust of this truth for believers is that our Savior not only delivered us from sin and its judgment, but also delivers us from uncertainty and doubt about the deliverance. If God has already made sure our rescue from sin, death, and future judgment, how could our present spiritual life possibly be in jeopardy? How can a Christian, whose past and future salvation are secured by God, be insecure during the time between? If sin was no barrier to the beginning of our redemption, how can it become a barrier to its completion? If sin in the greatest degree could not prevent our becoming reconciled, how can sin in lesser degree prevent our staying reconciled? If God’s grace covers the sins even of His enemies, how much more does it cover the sins of His children?

Salvation is wholly by grace. What do we mean when we say that salvation is wholly by grace? We might say it this way – salvation is only by grace. You cannot earn it, work for it, deserve it, or be worthy of it. There is nothing that you can add to the grace of God or else God’s grace wouldn’t be grace.
The bottom line is that salvation is a gift that we receive when we put our faith and trust in the finished work of Jesus Christ on the cross.

Jesus, was selected, appointed, chosen, and anointed by God to become the sacrifice for the sin of the whole human race.

Jesus is God robed in the flesh of humanity.

The importance of virgin birth of Jesus Christ cannot be overstated. If Jesus were not born of a virgin, then Jesus was a man like you or me. He had a sin nature like you or me. If Jesus were not born of a virgin, then he could not be the Son of God, he could not be sinless, he could not be a substitutionary sacrifice, he could not be the Savior of mankind.

The word “trinity” is derived from two Latin words: “Tres,” which means three, and “unitas,” which means unity. The meaning of the word trinity is “three in one unity.”
There are not three Gods. There is only one God. In the totality of His essence, He is revealed to us in the scriptures as Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

Is the Bible the Word of God? There are two possible answers. Yes or No. It either is or isn’t.
If you are not clear on the understanding of what the Bible is, then you will not be clear on any other truth that relates to genuine Christianity. Christians believe that the Bible is the inspired, inerrant, and infallible Word of God.

After a person has become a believer, they need to proceed in the area of discipleship, i.e. become a learner and follower of Jesus. This deals not only with acquiring knowledge about Jesus, but even more importantly, applying that knowledge to our attitudes and behavior.

Paul is coming to the end of his letter to Timothy and to the end of his life. He knows that his trial could be any day now and his expectation is a sentence of death which would be carried out swiftly. As hard as it was for Paul, he was gracious. He exuded grace in the face of death. The Apostle Paul at this point in his life has no one with him but Luke. And yet when you hear his final parting words in this letter he has no bitterness toward anyone and no anxiety regarding his impending death.

Paul is coming to the end of his letter to Timothy and to the end of his life. He knows that his trial could be any day now and his expectation is a sentence of death which would be carried out swiftly. In these moments he is alone and lonely. Leadership and loneliness go hand in hand.
Paul had always had an entourage, students he taught, people he ministered to. Now he is alone. The lonely leader closes his letter with a touching plea for Timothy to come and spend some time with him. “Come before winter” (2 Tim. 4:21).