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Subject:  The Safest Place in the World            MP3

 A man wrote to me today (10 Jan 05) complaining that he had somehow been led astray by a minister in his past.  I meditated on this for a while and came to the conclusion that if someone, anyone, leads you astray in the church, you are the one God will call a fool.  Why?  Because you and I are responsible for our own salvation (Philippians 2:12).  If you are led astray or fall away from the faith, it is you who will lose the Kingdom regardless of what happens to the alleged person who led you astray.

 If fact, if you are a firstfruit in the Body of Christ and in the Salvation Process....BY DEFINITION....you cannot be led astray at anytime!!  What definition?  The definition of the Salvation Process.  I often like to refer to the Salvation Process as being a room in the Body of Christ.  The ONLY beings allowed in that room are you, Christ and God the Father.  It is HOLY GROUND. 
 

The safest place in the Universe, spiritually speaking, is in the Salvation Process.  How can one there, by definition, be fooled or led astray?  IMPOSSIBLE.  Our church motto and a Bible verse say, "Let no man take your crown" (Revelation 3:11).  If one is active in his own Salvation Process "room" no one can.   No church, no minister, no member, no family member and no lying wolf and NO, not even Satan is allowed in there!!  It is Holy ground!!

Being active in the Salvation Process means you are immersing yourself into the Word of God (see sermons on this), overcoming sin, invoking the power of the Holy Spirit in the form of Godly principles and keeping the Law of God.  Your absolute trust is in Jesus Christ and the promises of the Bible.  If you are in the Salvation Process, you are justified before God and able to go forth in boldness to take the bread and wine of Christ at the Passover.  Being in this room means you are "in the faith" (2 Corinthians 13:5).  A person "in the faith" is spiritually safe AS LONG AS HE OR SHE REMAINS THERE.  There is no place more safe on Earth than this.  Being in the Salvation Process means you are one of the "wise virgins" of Matthew 25 and GUARANTEED for the Kingdom of God.

Don't let ANYONE stand there and claim they were led astray.  If they were, it is THEY who have judged themselves.

 

  
 

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