John Woodward
Three Tenses of Salvation (part 3)
An Outline to Study and Share Salvation: past, present and future 3. The future tense: Believers in Jesus will be saved! “And do this [love one another], knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now our salvation [from the presence of sin] is nearer than when…
Read MoreThree Tenses of Salvation (part 2)
An Outline to Study and Share Salvation: past, present and future 2. Present tense salvation: believers in Jesus are being saved! “Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation [in your spiritual growth] with fear and…
Read MoreThree Tenses of Salvation (part 1)
An Outline to Study and Share Salvation: past, present and future 1. Past Tense: Believers in Jesus have been saved! The Lord Jesus Christ promised: “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed…
Read MoreExchanged Life Counseling in Biblical Context
(Outline by John Woodward ) The ministry of Exchanged Life counseling needs to be understood in the context of God’s total plan for the believer (Rom 8:28-30). A. The Christian life begins at conversion and continues with discipleship. 1. The New birth. (Matt 16:26; John 3:3-16) 2. Spiritual growth. (1 Pet 2:4; 2 Pet 3:18)…
Read MoreYou Who are Spiritual
There are many varieties of spirituality in our culture yet often these metaphysical paths are dead end streets. True spirituality needs to be properly related to God–the ultimate Spiritual Being. Jesus instructed us, “But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the…
Read MoreGod’s Guarantees (part 3 of 3)
[ Consider how God– the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit–has given believers special guarantees to encourage us to fully trust in Him.] My friend, Troy, has exciting plans for a Christian film he hopes to produce. Informed by his experience as an actor, and inspired by his own faith journey, he dove into…
Read MoreGod’s Guarantees (part 2)
[Let’s see how God– the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit–has given believers special guarantees to encourage us to fully trust in Him.] 2. God the Son has provided guarantees. When a friend and I were seated at a local restaurant, we greeted the waitress as we looked over the menu. She then surprised…
Read MoreGod’s Guarantees (part 1)
My dread of paying a big repair bill caused me some unneeded anxiety. I remember putting off a water heater replacement in our home. What started out as a slight leak in the unit, eventually required several full size towels per day to catch the leaking water! When I gave up and admitted that my…
Read MoreNotas De Gracia Introduccion
The purpose of Grace Notes is to highlight the dynamics of abundant living as summarized in Galatians 2:20: “I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God,…
Read MoreHandling Answers to Prayer
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened” (Matt. 7:7,8). Does God always answer prayer? Your personal experience may prompt you to reply,…
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