{"id":9268,"date":"2022-10-12T18:45:24","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T23:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abidingfathers.org\/?p=9268"},"modified":"2022-10-12T18:45:24","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T23:45:24","slug":"death-to-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/af2.musiimes.space\/index.php\/2022\/10\/12\/death-to-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Death to Life!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Eternal salvation<\/h3>\n<p>If you could take one scripture in all of the New Testament that amplifies the gospel message, this is it. And if there\u2019s any doubt in your mind as to whether you have eternal salvation, examine this closely. Jesus speaking to the crowd and his disciples, so it is Spirit-filled truth. It is so clear.<\/p>\n<h3>Truly, truly<\/h3>\n<p>When Jesus begins with truly, truly, he means for us to listen carefully; that it\u2019s extremely important. So what is he saying?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Whoever\u00a0<u>hears<\/u>\u00a0his words of truth, the gospel in particular<\/li>\n<li>And\u00a0<u>believes<\/u>\u00a0God, his Father, is the one who sent him<\/li>\n<li><u>HAS<\/u>\u00a0eternal life\u2014not possibly, maybe, but HAS-immediate<\/li>\n<li><u>Does not<\/u>\u00a0come into judgment as a non-believer<\/li>\n<li>And get this\u2014<u>has passed from death to life<\/u>!!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Grace and mercy<\/h3>\n<p>Are any of you reading this looking for good news in today\u2019s world? Well, this is not only good news, it\u2019s the best news ever. No longer under condemnation or judgment for sin; instant eternal life upon believing and receiving; and immediately going from death to life. Can you begin to imagine the grace and mercy packed in this one expression from the One who has ensured this truth is valid, trustworthy and fulfilled?<\/p>\n<p>It is signed, sealed and delivered through the sacrifice of his own life on the cross. Wow, what a Savior, what a Lord, what truth and assurance to live victoriously! His last words were\u2014<strong><em>\u201cit is finished\u201d<\/em><\/strong>. Do you believe it? If not, come see me. And share these truths with your family, soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eternal salvation If you could take one scripture in all of the New Testament that amplifies the gospel message, this is it. And if there\u2019s any doubt in your mind as to whether you have eternal salvation, examine this closely. Jesus speaking to the crowd and his disciples, so it is Spirit-filled truth. It is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60,77,228],"tags":[402,403,243,127],"class_list":["post-9268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abiding","category-blessing","category-weekly-devotional","tag-assurance-of-salvation","tag-eternal-life","tag-gospel","tag-salvation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/af2.musiimes.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/af2.musiimes.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/af2.musiimes.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/af2.musiimes.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/af2.musiimes.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/af2.musiimes.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9268\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/af2.musiimes.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/af2.musiimes.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/af2.musiimes.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/af2.musiimes.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}