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To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 Once we understand what the Bible teaches about salvation, we know that grace is unmerited favor, and we thank God every day for the grace that made us citizens of heaven. Lets learn more about grace, giving God the glory for it!

To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 Many try to gain heaven through their own efforts. They think that if their good deeds outweigh their bad, theyll make it. Others hope keeping the sacraments will ensure their eternal future. So, whats the truth?

To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 If a marathon runner gets on the wrong route, they will never win the race, no matter how hard they try. Sincerity is great, but its not enough, especially when it comes to this all-important matter: the salvation of our souls.

To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 Believers of all ages will one day inhabit the New Jerusalem. The Bible says its both gigantic and glorious. The book of Revelation gives us the details, and if you are a follower of Jesus, it is your future home.

To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 No eye has seen the things God has prepared for those who love Him. The Bible tantalizes us with glimpses of what is yet to come. Its a mystery, but its a glorious mystery. Lets pull back the curtain for a peek at the age to come.

To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 Many people cant accept the idea of God judging unbelievers eternally in hell, especially those whove never heard the Gospel. Fairness would seem to demand another solution. So why does the justice of God require such severe punishment? Is the Gospel the only way to be made right with God?

To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 Medieval art portrays the afterlife with saints in glory above and sinners in torment below. Hell is portrayed as a place of fire, which the lost will inhabit for eternity. In our enlightened age, however, hell is no longer taken seriously.

To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 Many people think God is more tolerant now than He was in the days of Old Testament Israel. Christians dont stone people for sin like the Hebrews did. So has God changed? In this message, we learn that God has not changed His mind toward sin.

To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 In the Old Testament, God seems harsh. In the New Testament, He is seen as a God of love. Some wonder if a kinder, gentler God emerged after Jesus came. But God has not changed in His attributes and purposes. He still judges sin and draws near to the repentant.

To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 If youre a dad and your son is gravely ill in the hospital, you would do anything to trade places and bear your sons pain. The same is true for God the Father. When His Son Jesus agonized on the cross, God felt the pain His Son was enduring, knowing that Jesus was paying the price for our sin.

To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 The death of Jesus on a Roman cross is the turning point of history. That act of obedience to the Father secured the salvation of all who believe on His Son. Jesus said, There is no greater love than a man lay down His life for His friends.

To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 The relationship between the Father and the Son is crucial for understanding Christianity. Because of the Fathers love, Jesus came and died as a sacrifice to satisfy Gods justice so that guilty sinners can be forgiven. That is an expression of love that can never be fully understood.

To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 God is incomprehensible. He is so vast that our tiny minds cannot fathom His immensity. Theologians have wrestled with the nature of God for centuries, trying to sort out how the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit relate to each other. But its not a problem to be solved; its a mystery at which we marvel.

To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 To ask why God does what He does is to go where angels fear to tread. Paul wrote, How unsearchable are His judgments, and His ways past finding out. Gods purposes are unable to be thwarted. We must learn to accept His sovereignty and obey His commands.

To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 Long before any of us were born, the life-giving God set His creation in motion. These creative actions were grounded in His eternal decisions. Theologians call these decisions decrees, non-negotiable orders God laid downwhich govern creation, redemption, and history.