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Sanctification

Sanctification is becoming a rarely used work in pulpits, but an important one to learn and follow. The word sanctify means to be separated from the world , be holy and be for God’s purpose. Which basically means, the effective results or works as a result of our faith. After being saved, the Holy Spirit is in our bodies and work with us to reduce the frequency and eliminate the habit of sinning. This will be evident in our lives. We will start to bear the fruits of the Spirit (Gal 5:22) and less of the sins (Gal 5:19, 23). The secret to doing this is walk with the Spirit (Gal 5:16). This means spending time to pray, read the Bible and spend time with fellow Christians. It is mainly the work of the Spirit, but we have to do our parts to work with the Spirit (Heb 12:14, James 4:7–8). And we can see the results of our salvation with our increasing love for other people and decreasing urge to sin (1 John 3:10). We will still sin occasionally (1 John 1:10), but a truly saved Christi
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Salvation according to the Bible

Salvation according to the Bible If you ask your Christian friends or even friends that are from the same Church, how does a Christian become a Christian.  You will be surprised to hear differing answers.  The main cause of this confusion is the lack of understanding after reading the 4 Gospel books or many have not even finished reading them.  The "Sinner's Prayer" and "Roman Road" does not help too.  The simple act of a prayer can save someone from the clutches of the Devil is something many fundamentalist do not believe (e.g. Pastors John Macarthur, Justin Peters, David Platt). The misinterpretation of John 3:16 does not help too. These are the key points that a true Christian must understand and believe i) We are saved by faith in Jesus Christ, the Son of God ii) Jesus Christ died on the cross and his blood wash our sins and he resurrected 3 days later iii) We have to repent from all our sins and turn to Jesus and God .  Repentance means feeling sor
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The Singapore Christian Berean Blog

Greetings, This is my first blog.  Although I have been a Christian since my teens in the Eighties, it was only in the last 7 years that I got serious about my faith and reading the Bible.  I was away from the Church for many years and is currently attending a Church.  I realized to my shock that the Christian beliefs in Singapore has changed drastically in the last 40 years. I started to ask questions and faced many challenges both within and outside my circle of friends.  I have been described as like the Bereans in the Bible, that intently study the Scriptures to ensure that what Paul taught was Biblical.  In this blog, I hope to enlighten more Christians and encourage them to study the Word, so that they can be guarded against the many teachings that are questionable.  Some of those includes : i) What is the true Gospel ? ii) How do we read the Bible and interpret it correctly ?  iii) Are tongues and healings like what we saw in the book for Acts still for today? iv) Are t
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