Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 10, 2003
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OUR SALVATION “LORICA”—COMMUNION MEDIATION
A lorica was an ancient piece of armor that acted like a breastplate to shield its wearer from physical danger. But to the Celts of early Ireland, a lorica was also an oral chant that the pagan Druid magicians believed invoked magical powers of
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Contributed by Gene Gregory on Mar 8, 2004
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The wife of a Zulu chief attended a Salvation Army meeting and was saved. When her husband heard about it, he forbade her to go again. However, eager to hear more about Jesus, she went again. When her husband heard about it, he met her on her return trip and beat her savagely that he left her
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Baptist
Contributed by John Harvey on Jan 4, 2006
“One who receives this Word, and by it salvation, receives along with it the duty of passing this Word on…Where there is no mission there is no Church, and where there is
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Baptist
People even look at salvation and Christianity in this way, R.T.Kendall tells of a man he knew that illustrates this well. The man tried every Christian denomination, in his time had been a signed up as a member of thirteen different churches and just in case was baptised every way possible full
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
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It is dangerous to base our salvation experience entirely upon feeling. Knowing that, and acting upon it, are still sometimes strangers. Like the psychiatrist who took on a very disturbed man as a patient. The man thought he was dead. No matter what techniques the doctor tried, the man still
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United Methodist
Contributed by Andrew Hill on Feb 10, 2008
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The great problem with trying to earn salvation is that no-one has ever done it! It is not that there was anything wrong with the Law. The problem is with human beings. In the movie the ‘Sound of Music’ a young woman by the name of Maria is sent from a convent to become governess to the five
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"If salvation could be attained only by working hard, then surely horses and
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Contributed by David Tack on May 2, 2009
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"My faith is not the means of my salvation. It is only the means in which I secure [appropriate]
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SALVATION BRINGS FORGIVENESS...FOR YOU AND FOR OTHERS
This person was working in a certain company for may years. However for whatever reason, he was unable to get along well with the Supervisor. The relationship was like trying to stick adhesive tape on a bottle covered with grease. He never
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on May 12, 2010
Harry Ironside stated that salvation was like Noah inviting a pagan in his day to place his trust in God’s Word and come in to the ark. Some view salvation like Noah offering to put a peg on the outside of the ark. “If you just hang on through the storm, you’ll be saved.”
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Baptist
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I am often asked, "How can salvation be free, but, yet, Jesus said that we cannot by His disciple unless we forsake everything for Him?" (Luke 14). Let me explain the answer to this question in a story.
Once there was a man who collected and traded in pearls. He had a fine collection of
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 13, 2004
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But the joy for most of us has proven fleeting because we find that we need to be forgiven again and again and again. Christ died for us, but we remain (so we believe) deeply marred. It actually ends up producing a great deal of guilt. “After all that Christ has done for you … and now you’re
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Contributed by Todd Stiles on Oct 23, 2006
Mormons believe salvation comes in two parts: General and Individual. Generally, all of humanity will be saved when they are resurrected and judged according to their works. Individually, if a person wants to earn forgiveness from personal sins, they must meet certain requirements, including faith,
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Baptist
Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Oct 6, 2007
Colonel Henry Gariepy, retired Salvation Army officer and author in the United States offered an awakening word. “Even in what sometimes appears to be our religious duties to Christ we find ulterior motives. Have we not too often observed those who come to church for the bread that perishes? In
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Salvation Army
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