Sentences with phrase «about my salvation experience»

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If you believe that Christian doctrine is essentially an attempt to capture dimensions of human experience that defy precise expression in language because of personal and cultural limitations, then the truth about God, the human condition, salvation, and the like can never be adequately posited once and for all; on the contrary, the church must express ever and anew its experience of the divine as mediated through Jesus Christ.

Jeremy it just hit me like a bolt of lightning i am so excited about this thought that salvation has nothing to do with eternal life but is speaking of losing the ability to be an overcomer in Christ.Having been there as a carnal christian i always believed in Jesus but i felt i did nt have the power to live a christian life so i felt like a hippocrite i was still subject to sin and sinful desires.So in that sense i had never received salvation because i had never been an overcomer in the first place.So i can see how a christian could lose there salvation having once walked by faith but that does nt effect there eternal life in Christ.Just so others know i am now walking by faith and am an overcomer i know what it is like to experience the power of the holy spirit and to not be overcome by my old nature that is what Jesus wants us all to experience rather than being a victim of the enemy.Whether we are an overcomer or not does nt effect our eternal life.brentnz

While hymns covered just about every subject, those which found particular favor in nineteenth century America were based on a personal experience of Jesus and the gospel, particularly in regard to faith («Blessed Assurance, Jesus is Mine»), the atonement of Jesus («When I Survey the Wondrous Cross»), confession («Just As I Am, Without One Plea»), dedication («Nearer, My God, to Thee»), following Jesus» example («Saviour, Like a Shepherd Lead Us»), and salvation («Amazing Grace!

The New Testament is part of that tradition, not separated from it; therefore, its significance is in reporting the earliest ways, so far as we can recover them, in which Jesus was understood by men and women who themselves were caught up in that tradition and who found (as Houlden notes) «an experience of salvation, of new well - being in relation to God» in their response to the event about which the witness spoke (p. 135).

It is possible for people who have been enlightened about salvation, who have fully experienced salvation, who have come to participate with the Holy Spirit in a deep and vital way, who have fully experienced the Word of God and the powers of the age to come, it is very possible for them to fall away.

The film is based on the true story of Pearson who after a life - changing experience challenges the faith of his congregation by preaching about universal salvation.

Her salvation comes through the intervention of others, and we never get a sense of why or how she came to the conclusion to write about her experiences or, indeed, how she got to a place where she could enjoy a suburban life with a husband and children.