In these end times, I believe the most important topic to comprehend has to do with one's personal salvation (sanctification, redemption, etc,). Many, I believe, are deceived to follow false paths and false doctrine leading to false beliefs & dubious assuredness re: their own state of 'salvation'. They (we, mostly all) have been deceived and indoctrinated to believe 'mainstream' lies produced by mainstream 'religion', which I wholeheartedly believe is more a tool of the adversary than of the Almighty; reliance upon their false beliefs and doctrine means one has no understanding, or bases for Truth.
[Hos 4:6 KJV] 6 *My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children*.
Specifically, what is typically being purveyed by religious institutions ['churches'] is an instant, no-effort, infallible method to 'salvation'--the 'alter call' & 'sinner's prayer'--but it is false, and unscriptural. It IS certainly apropos for these latter generations, craving 'easy' & instant gratification; the doctrine provides 'ear-tickling' solutions for those wishing to be 'saved', yet who are unwilling to invest time or energy to understand it, much less truly achieve.
PROBLEM: Much of the misinformation, &/or disinformation, which leads one into false beliefs & practices arises from the 'trusted' institutions one is socioculturally bound into believing; the so-called 'church'. Their 'teachings' on SALVATION, and how one achieves it, is more often an outright, unscriptural PACK OF LIES, which has no bearing or basis on scripture. However, as Children of the Most High, we are tasked with searching for and testing all matters of faith & scripture, in order that we know the Truth, and understand the Way of the Father. [1Th 5:21 KJV] 21 *Prove all things; hold fast that which is good* ...
In my understanding, and according to scripture, the key to understanding salvation is that it is an *ongoing process*, or a 'race' to the end, whence one undergoes judgement. One must *overcome & endure* hardships, trials and temptations, afflictions & attacks*, in order to reach the final destination ('finish' line); we are to be tried, &/or refined along the way...
(see:[Ecc 9:11 KJV] 11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race [is] not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
[1Co 9:24 KJV] 24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
[Heb 12:1 KJV] 1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset [us], and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, )
[1Th 5:21, 23 KJV] 21 Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. ... 23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and [I pray God] your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless *unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ*.
The true path to eternal salvation, and the key to entering into the rest, &/or the Kingdom, is to enter the 'race', and with effort and trials, to overcome sin and evil residing within, and affecting oneself. One must overcome the evil, and defeat the 'dragons' of the self and the world. In this series, I hope to convey that which I have come to understand is involved in the 'race', or the process, and the steps involved...
May all viewers, listeners &/or readers gain a blessing of the Most High for discernment and action, upon hearing and recognizing Truth and understanding the Way. Amein.
(see:[Ecc 9:11 KJV] 11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race [is] not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
[1Co 9:24 KJV] 24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
[Heb 12:1 KJV] 1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset [us], and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, )
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ON YT, the full series ... Videos 1-4:
Path to the Kingdom (intro-p1) A Process of Salvation [updated ver.]
[This video] https://youtu.be/YQK_PG_66hc
[NEW VERSION] https://youtu.be/YQK_PG_66hc
PROCESS & Path to the Kingdom (Pt 2); B.O.S.
https://youtu.be/KscSzqhIP8E
PROCESS & Path to the Kingdom (Pt 3); "OBEY"
https://youtu.be/VwkGNgaPi5k
PROCESS & Path to the Kingdom (Pt 4); "SERVE"
https://youtu.be/DEy8SQ4TfMs
