I am a 34 yr. old born-again believer in Jesus Christ. My sins were taken away by the blood of Jesus and His perfect life made me forever positionally righteous before the Father. The Father planning my eternity from the foundations of the world (Ephesians 1:3-5) The Son effecting the Divine work of the Father (Ephesians 1:5-7), with the Holy Spirit then applying that work and sealing me (Ephesians 1:13-14), so that I may be with Him for all eternity.

I love to research biblical doctrine so that I may "present yourself (myself) approved to God" (2 Timothy 2:15 NASB) and so that I may not be "tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine," (Ephesians 4:14 NASB).

My goal is to eventually go to college for BA, MA, and, as lofty as it may seem, a PHD in Theology. I want to go to Moody Bible Institute and Dallas Theological Seminary. Right now, because of finances, I simply cannot go. I pray that the Lord finds favor in finding a way to bring me to college. To Him be all the glory!

Meanwhile, I am studying all I can (writing a commentary/summary of every chapter of the Bible), reading what I can, and trying to do programs that give more info.

If you read this profile and have got this far. Please pray for me and message me. I would love to pray with you.

God bless and take care!

The Gospel:

1 John 4:10 "In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins."

Propitiation: relating to an appeasing or expiating, having placating or expiating force, expiatory; a means of appeasing or expiating, a propitiation. (Thayer's Lexicon)

Jesus Christ was our propitiatory sacrifice in that He appeased God's wrath of sin on His Son, thus becoming a substitutionary sacrifice for the atonement of our sins and, in living His life perfect, gave us future (present) righteousness.

Example:

Account + Death of Christ + His perfect life = Debt Free + Neverending Right-standing

Romans 3:25
"whom God displayed publicly as a propitiation in His blood through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness, because in the forbearance of God He passed over the sins previously committed;" (NASB)

1 John 2:2
"and He Himself is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for those of the whole world." (NASB)

Salvation: To know that Jesus Christ lived, died, and rose again on your behalf as a substitutionary sacrifice to take away our sins and impute positive righteousness to us.

Romans 3:23 "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God," (NASB)

Romans 6:23 "For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." (NASB)

1 Corinthians 15:1-5 "Now I make known to you, brethren, the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received, in which also you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that He appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. " (NASB)

God Bless you...if you have any questions in regards to salvation or God, please contact me!

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