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What exactly is salvation?

You see, when you look at the Bible verses that are referred to most commonly used to lay the framework of the sinner's prayer, like John 3:16, and Romans 10:9, you have to dig deeper into scripture to see what is really being said. Let's take a look at those verses starting with John 3:16 in this entry. John 3:16  For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. "believeth" come from the Greek word-  πισ τεύω   ( pisteuó ).  This means to  believe, entrust.  It;s root is the Greek word  πίστις, εως, ἡ ( pistis ), which is closer to "have faith in" than to believe.  "should not perish" comes from the Greek Word-  ἀπόληται   ( apolētai ).  This means  to destroy fully, literally or figuratively.  In other words, complete and utter destruction; Or maybe a good way to think of it is as being lost to never be found, this would be the ...

Introduction to Salvation Issues

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His lord said unto him, Well done,  thou  good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.  Matthew 25:21 Hello! God bless you this day! My name is Glenn and I have been feeling the Holy Spirit lead me to get back to writing as I had in my younger days, but this time to focus on the topic of "salvation issues". I am going to be writing about God, about scriptures, and about what has been weighing on my heart and been drawing me into prayer and keeping me there recently and I suspect into the future, or as long as He continues to bring this topic to me in our time together. So what exactly are "Salvation Issues"? The answer you would get entirely depends on who you talk to.   Visit any Baptist Church in North America and talk to someone in leadership and chances are you will get an answer like, "In the Gospels (Mathew, Mark Luke, and John) you will find the way to ...