In John 10:27-29, Pastor Adrian Rogers preaches on the eternal security of the true believer, explaining how Jesus gives His sheep eternal life so they shall never perish and no one can pluck them from His or the Father’s hand. He provides eight [...]

In this second message of “Back to the Basics,” Pastor Adrian Rogers preaches from 1 John 5:11-13 on how to be saved and truly know it with rock-solid assurance. He explains salvation by grace through faith in Jesus Christ alone—not self or [...]

Bill Johnson calls people with lingering accident effects, cancer, blood diseases, tormenting headaches, and head trauma to stand for healing prayer. The church prays boldly, rebuking trauma, infirmity, cancer, and affliction—many report [...]

Summary This sermon, based on 1 John and other Scriptures, urges believers to test themselves for true salvation using three key tests from the Apostle John: (1) Right believing—confessing Jesus as Lord, the incarnate Son of God who died and rose [...]

Summary The sermon, titled "Experience True Salvation," explores what genuine salvation entails based on 2 Peter 1. True salvation offers God's rich provisions: forgiveness of sins, a new divine nature, the Holy Spirit, and precious [...]

In John 19, Jesus' declaration «It is finished» (Tetelestai in Greek) from the cross proclaims the complete fulfillment of the Father’s work, the perfect sacrifice, the paid debt of sin, and ultimate victory, calling believers to embrace [...]

1 Timothy 1:16 However, for this reason, I obtain mercy, that in me first, Christ Jesus might show all longsuffering as a pattern for those who are going to believe in Him for everlasting life. Paul saw his salvation as a pattern that God was [...]

We are starting a new collection today at Passion City Church, and I’m so excited about it. We have come out of «Breath on a Page,» looking at the miracle of Scripture, and in that collection, we were particularly focused on 2 Timothy chapter 3, [...]

For some reason, they didn’t include healing in salvation. It was viewed as something that God could do if He wanted to, but it wasn’t considered a part of the package. Yet, the word salvation actually means deliverance, healing, and forgiveness. [...]

One of my greatest privileges in life, I’ve got to meet a lot of famous people. I don’t think I’ve ever been more honored in my life than when I got to meet Dr. Billy Graham. Some of you, many of you know who Dr. Graham is. Greatest evangelists in [...]

We want to live by faith, and we serve the God that is more than enough. Thank You, Jesus. Father, we come before the reading of the Word of the living God, and we thank you for blessing it and blessing us. And we give You praise and honor for the [...]

At Christmas time, you’ll often hear the phrase, «Jesus is the reason for the season,» but do you really understand what that means? I’m Pastor Jeff Schreve, and today I’m gonna share three discoveries concerning the real meaning of Christmas and [...]

Today, we will discuss the test of true salvation, according to the Apostle John. Before I tell you what John has to say, will you please read this together? The Bible tells us, everybody together, «Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith; [...]

It’s essential that you live with confidence and certainty in your Christian life. The blessed assurance of knowing that your sins are forgiven, that you’re on your way to heaven, that you have eternal life and that you can never lose it. That we [...]

Sometimes we talk as if sin is greater than grace. Sin is not greater than grace. We have more faith in sin to send us to hell than faith for grace to send us to heaven. Somehow or another we think sin is more powerful than grace. "Oh, you know [...]

If you are a man, and this may not just be men, it may be everybody. But you found yourself struggling, with sin, and you feel like every time God looks at you, he looks at you and sees the sin in your life. And that's a very interesting thing [...]

In this powerful evangelistic message from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Billy Graham addresses the reality of death as both a judgment for sin and a merciful limit that prevents eternal life in corruption, drawing from Genesis 3 where God guards the [...]

Ephesians 2:8-9 says this: "For by grace you have been saved through faith". And even the faith that saves us, Paul tells us, is not the result of our own works. It's the gift of God. Sometimes people get a funny idea that faith is a [...]

In this sermon from 1 John 1:5-2:2, Dr. Stanley explains that true confession of sin for believers isn't just admitting wrongdoing—it's agreeing with God about it, taking full responsibility, and naming it specifically. He stresses that [...]

Yeshua said, "You did not choose me, I chose you". To really give a powerful example, think about the Apostle Shaul, we call him in Hebrew, the Apostle Paul. Here he is on his way to Damascus, right, to arrest any Jew that believed in [...]

Now I want to turn the tables on you. I want to ask you the final question. And I won't embarrass you, I really want a response. I'm not trying to draw you out; I just want to know as a matter of interest. The second question was will the [...]

The most important question that I believe you can ever ask is this: if there's a heaven, how can I enter heaven? Today if you notice, modern people, whether you like it or not, have this mindset: life someday will be judged. There will be a [...]

Let's come now to predestination. And it's not surprising because this is probably one of the most difficult areas of Christian truth, fully to understand and rightly to divide. Let me say at the beginning that I don't believe in the [...]

There is no person that God cannot save! There is no promise that God will not keep! There is nothing that our God cannot do! Take your Bibles and turn with me to 1 John, and we'll begin with the fifth chapter. There's a tombstone in [...]

Harrison Okene survived 60 hours trapped in an air pocket at the bottom of the ocean after his tugboat sank off Nigeria, crying out to Jesus in total helplessness until rescuers pulled him to safety. This dramatic rescue mirrors our spiritual [...]

So, she takes her son, she lays him in the bed of the prophet. You heard the saying, "You've made your bed now, lie in it". Well, that's what she did. She was so filled with faith because she didn't wait for the tragedy to [...]

Verse 32, "Elisha came into the house, there was the child, lying dead on his bed. He went in therefore, shut the door behind the two of them, and prayed to the Lord. And he went up and lay on the child, and put his mouth on his mouth, his eyes [...]

In Genesis 7, God instructs Noah to bring seven pairs of clean animals and birds onto the ark—extra ones set apart specifically for sacrifice—pointing to the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ. The sermon highlights the seventh dove released by [...]

Baruch Hashem, blessings to you, my beloved friends. Thank you for letting me minister to you today. We're looking at the Gospel of John, two foundational scriptures from John chapter one. Reading the Word of God, chapter one verse three says [...]

Peace be with you. Friends, I'm going to admit something to you. I'm a little bit reluctant to talk about the topic of our Gospel for today, because it's this famously controversial matter of how many will be saved. So someone asks [...]

Well, today on Bible Nerds, we are talking about baptism, that thing where somebody gets dunked underwater by somebody else, and it's all for the name and glory of Jesus, and people go crazy, that's what we're talking about today, [...]

This is an excerpt from: The Cross At The Center - Part 1 I want to give you a number of different reasons why we need the cross at the center, why nothing else must ever be allowed to take the place of the cross in the church in general, and in [...]

Peace be with you. Friends, for this fourth Sunday of Easter, our first reading is from one of the magnificent early kerygmatic sermons of St. Peter. The "kerygma" means the basic proclamation. So here's Peter, in the earliest days, [...]

I began in Romans chapter 9 as I described the urgent prophetic anointing that Paul had to reach Jewish people. I'm continuing today now with Romans 10. 1. Brethren, Paul says, "My heart's desire and my prayer to God for them," [...]

So, Mark chapter 11, if you come around to the fourth verse, "They went their way and found a colt tied by the door", and so forth, just like he said. "Certain of them stood there and said, 'What do we do to loosen the [...]

Today I want to share with you the importance of making choices. Tell me, make good choices. The truth is, whether you like it or not, we make thousands of decisions every day. I was shocked. You Google the internet and you'll find out. In [...]

Beloved, labels have never saved anyone. Labels have never taken anyone to heaven. And our passage for today in Luke 13 beginning at verse 23, some unknown person asked Jesus, "Lord, will those who are saved be few"? Listen carefully to [...]

In 1 John 5:13, John writes so believers can know—truly know—they have eternal life through faith in Jesus. The preacher explains salvation as God returning to dwell in man's spirit, bringing pardon, peace, power, presence, and perfection in [...]

In this sermon "Saved by Grace," Dr. Stanley explains from Ephesians 2:1-10 why so many believers struggle—because they don't grasp what truly happened at salvation. He shows that we were spiritually dead in sin, but God, rich in [...]

There is a Bible right next to my laptop in my office. I got it back in 2003. So just before I said I do and got married. And if you can somehow page through this Bible after church, you would find some pages that look you know not brand new but [...]

Jesus sat down began to teach. "The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman caught in adultery, having set her in the center of the court, they said to Him, 'Teacher, this woman has been caught in adultery, in the very act.' Now in [...]

This is an excerpt from: Complete Salvation And How To Receive It - Part 2 What I've described is what God has done, the provision He's made. I've told you already it's perfectly perfect, it's completely complete. But, it [...]

This is an excerpt from: Complete Salvation And How To Receive It - Part 2 The second side of identification is we identify ourselves with Jesus. This we do by faith. We do it because the Bible says it's true. Here are the five steps of [...]

This is an excerpt from: Complete Salvation And How To Receive It - Part 2 Let's look, first of all, at this glorious two titles that were given to Him in 1 Corinthians 15:45. Now these are often misquoted by Christians. It's important to [...]

This is an excerpt from: Complete Salvation And How To Receive It - Part 1 I want to draw your attention to something which probably is not familiar to most of you because it does not come out in any translation of the Bible that I know. But there [...]

This is an excerpt from: Complete Salvation And How To Receive It - Part 1 Now, our appropriating the benefits of the sacrifice is progressive. I don't believe there's one person here this evening, myself included, who has appropriated as [...]

We're continuing now with the theme 'Complete Salvation and How To Receive It.' In the previous session I explained that salvation is not just having your sins forgiven, though that's marvelous. It's not even just being born [...]

Dr. Stanley confronts the unease many feel when asked if they're sure of eternal life if they died today—restlessness, doubt, or defensiveness often signals uncertainty. Using 1 John 5:13, he explains believers can know with absolute [...]

Dr. Stanley explains why salvation alone isn't enough for a godly life—many believers stay in rebellion because they accept Jesus as Savior but not as Lord. Drawing from Romans 14 and other scriptures, he stresses that God wants us to live [...]

Does baptism save you? The other day in church I was talking about the blessings of baptism, reading certain Bible passages. And someone texted me the question, I want to get it word for word, they said, "Salvation comes through your [...]