Author: Real Christianity development

If we extend the train analogy, what would happen if, as time passed, the refugee got more and more relaxed and casual and chose to get off the train?  What if he was to get out at a station and wander off to buy a …

A good way to look at the assurance passages is to consider yourself to be held in the palm of God’s hand. He will never drop you or make any mistake with you. Nor will He ever forsake you or reject you merely because you have let …

Each of these two schools of thought, the people who emphasise assurance and those who emphasise warning, tend to focus only on the verses which support their view.  They often ignore anything that doesn’t suit them.  There is something about human nature which causes us …

Now let’s examine a very grim passage. It clearly seems to be speaking about those who have been real believers but have ended up turning away from their faith.  The Bible uses very stark language.  It says they have “trampled under foot the Son of …

Let’s now consider a series of verses, all of which focus on the question of fruit. These verses all address the crucial importance of what a person really is and what fruit their lives produce, if any. I have included a long series of passages because …

11“Now the parable is this: the seed is the word of God.12“Those beside the road are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their heart, so that they will not believe and be saved.13“Those on the rocky soil …

These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life. 1 John 5:13 (NASB) 27My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; 28and I …