Doctrine of the Temple of Prayer Christian Center

How to be Saved (page 2)
THE CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE OF SALVATION
by Bishop E.M. Love

Christ Separated From God. There is a thinking that the Godhead is a mystery, but the Godhead is not a mystery to a believer, a believer has believed God. Note, (John 3:16) (For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son.") Here we have a separation of God and Christ. If you think towards the Godhead as being incomprehensible, (incomprehensible means that it cannot be understood), then you have confused yourself. If you look at (John 3:16) the bible separates God and Christ right away. Immediately at the beginning of salvation. To a believer the Godhead is not a mystery, if it was a mystery then you woul don't know what you believe, so therefore your belief would not be clarified.

The Trinity. If you think towards them as being a trinity (in the sense that they are three personalities in one, one person who is manifesting himself in three different people), that's confusion. The reason I say that is confusion, is you are not believing according to the scripture.
(Acts 16:30) says ("What must I do to be saved?") Believe that God is a trinity, no! Believe that God and the Father and Holy Ghost are all one person, no! You don't find that as an application of belief to be saved. The Apostle Paul said to the jailer, believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. You say well, what does that mean believe on the Lord Jesus Christ? Should I believe that he is God? The scripture did not say that, it did not say that believe he is God and thou shall be saved. Should I believe that he is the Holy Ghost? The scripture did not say believe that he is a spirit. Believe he is a spirit and thou shall be saved. The scripture did not say believe that he is a trinity, one of the Gods in the Godhead and thou shall be saved. The scripture does not say it that way.

How To Be Saved? First of all, we must know how to believe and we must first know what to believe. The Apostle Paul says in (Acts 16:30) he said it again, ("What must I do to be saved?") The Apostle Paul said believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. All of these other things that men have injected into salvation and into the Godhead, and all these other applications that are placed in the doctrine of salvation, has us thinking that we are saved this way, it is not scriptural.

The Godhead Is Not A Mystery. The Godhead is not incomprehensible to a believer. The Godhead is not a mystery to a believer. Why? A believer has accepted Jesus Christ as the son of God. A believer receives him as Jesus and not God. You have received him as Jesus. You have received him as the son. In the process you are also going to become a son. How are you a son? If God is a mystery and if the Godhead is incomprehensible, then how is Christ a son? We are sons of God in the same way that Jesus is a son of God. We have been born of God and we have been born of the spirit of God. Jesus was born of God. He was the first born of God, we have also been born in his likeness.
So therefore, how to be saved is how to believe. When we talk about what must I do to be saved? How to be saved? You first must know what to believe. You first must believe what to believe. You must believe those things that you must believe. Some of the things that we have been accustomed to I have separated them, I want to bring you right to the hard scripture I want to bring you right to the facts.

The Separation of God and Christ. You will probably be told and probably have been told that the Godhead is a mystery that it's incomprehensible it cannot be understood. You're probably been told that you cannot separate Christ from God. The bible here in (John 3:16) [which is the most simplest scripture in all the bible] did it immediately, immediately this scripture separates God from Christ, because the bible says ("God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son. ") The bible is also telling me that God did not come, (John 3:16) ("but sent his son") so God did not come.
Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shall be saved. What must you believe?
Salvation is predicated on what you believe. The Apostle Paul told the jailer what he must believe. Salvation is guaranteed if you believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. When you believe on the Lord Jesus Christ you have separated him from God, you separate him from the angels, you have separated him from the archangel and you have made him a son. You have made him the son of God in the same way that you are going to be a son of God. You have taken the mystery away because you have not believed on a confusion but you have believed on the truth as the bible puts it. How to be saved? You must first know what to believe in order to be saved. Let me read (John 3:16) ("For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believeth in him shall not perish,") not whosoever believeth on God, but ("whosoever believeth in him shall not perish but have everlasting life.") That is what you must believe. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shall be saved.
You might say, I've believed on Christ all my life.. Fine! If you can separate the things that I have separated for you then you can see Christ clearly. (John 3:16) separates the son. ("God sent his son and that whosoever believe on him ") not on God. God took himself out of the way of salvation because he sent salvation in Christ. He took himself out away from it.
In our second segment we're going to tell you what you must do to complete your salvation. We have just instructed you throughout this first segment as to what you must believe. How To Be Saved. You cannot be saved until you first believe. You cannot be saved until you believe what you must believe first. You cannot be saved until you become a believer. Become a believer of what?
You might say well I believe in God that's fine, the devil does to, the devil believe in God and tremble, but the bible does not tell us this. The bible tells us that ("God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son and whosoever believeth in him.") There must be a separation in the out set of your belief You must single out what you must believe. So you'll know who you are dealing with. So from that point on this is the foundation, What you must believe, what you must believe is the foundation of your salvation and throughout eternity you will have an understanding as to how you are saved. What you must do to be saved and how to be saved and what saved you. You will have an understanding as to what saved you.
I know that salvation is a questionable issue because we have so many sayings that we go by. There is a saying that say I can be saved by my own belief. You can believe anything. When I look out on the world today and see how there are over a thousand different doctrines of salvation, the people are believing anything. If you're going to say salvation is by people's own belief then, why did God send his only begotten son? Why did Jesus go to the cross and die for our sins? That he might pave the way for our salvation. Therefore, you cannot be saved by your own belief.

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