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A FAITH THAT DID NOT SAVE

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Acts 8:9-25 A faith that does not save is a "dead faith" this is only mere intellectual belief or empty professions that lack… genuine repentance, a changed heart, and resulting good works.  It’s an outward emotional response or profession that fades away when tested by life or persecution.  It’s knowing facts about God, or Jesus, without personal trust or surrender, because even demons believe and shudder, but they do not have saving faith.  It’s living the exact same sinful lifestyle without any inner change or evidence of the Holy Spirit.  Faith doesn't save sinners; Jesus does.  Faith is simply the means through which the merit and work of Christ are applied to us.  There are so many people like the account of the rich young man, who think by doing they will enter Heaven, apart from repentance and faith in Christ alone.  There are so many people who will go so far, just so long as it doesn’t require any change, or giving up something to ...
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PERSECUTION LEADS TO JOY

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  Acts 8:1-8 On Sunday January 8 th , 1956, on the shore of a lonely river deep in the Ecuadorian jungle, five missionaries were brutally murdered by primitive Acua Indians. News of the massacre shocked the world. To some, their death seemed a senseless tragedy. Many decried the promising missionaries cut short, the five young wives grieving of their husbands, the children left fatherless.   How does one find joy in that?   At first glance, Stephen’s death may seem pointless, here is a man with a promising career cut so short.  Stephen, was a powerhouse for the gospel, a incredible preacher, with a deep knowledge of the Old Testament… snuffed out by evil men .  And you say, “Persecution leads to joy, that is a pretty crazy  thing to say that persecution leads to joy.  We never associate joy with persecution, pain, or suffering.  We call those terrible times; events we wish we could forget; because we look at things from a self-centered...
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