The Urgency Of Forgiveness In These End Times

Forgiveness is the number one need and should be the number one priority of every single soul on this planet. This is especially true since it is apparent that we are living in the end times, the last days. Here is a vid I just made concerning the issue of forgiveness in these chaotic times. Share it!

Justification: The Crown Doctine Of Forgiveness

In 1919, G.H. Gerberding, gave this wonderful definition of justification, "Justification is an act of God, by which He accounts or adjudges a person righteous in His sight. It is not a change in the person's nature, but it is a change in his standing in the sight of God. Before justification he stands in the sight of God, guilty and condemned. Through justification he stands before God free from guilt and condemnation; he is acquitted, released, regarded and treated as if he had never been guilty or condemned. The justified person stands in the sight of God, as if he really had never  committed a sin and were perfectly innocent."
 Romans 3 contains these wonderful verses...

²¹But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
 ²²Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:
 ²³For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
 ²⁴Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
 ²⁵Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
 ²⁶To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
 ²⁷Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.
Notice what verse 24 says...justified freely. The word "freely" ,δωρεάν dōrean, means undeservedly. We never merit God's forgiveness. We do not deserve to be declared innocent in His sight. It is of grace through faith...by believing in the redemptive work of Christ. There it is again...the sole requirement to secure God's pardon is "faith". Have you believed on the Lord Jesus Christ? Do so today!

How "Not" To Be Forgiven Part 5: Walk An Aisle During An Altar Call

One of the techniques that is commonly employed in evangelical protestant churches that is used to "secure" decisions is called the "altar call". The origin of the altar call can be traced back to a preacher named Charles Finney. Finney asked people to "come forward" (down the aisle) and sit on the "anxious seat" or "mourner's bench". It was his feeling that sinners needed to be invited to do something in response to his sermons. It is my conviction that walking an aisle and responding to an altar call are just not a good idea and do not lead to forgiveness of sins.
The main reason that I would submit for that conviction is that it simply is not found in the Scriptures. On the day of Pentecost it tells us that 3000 souls were saved and there is no mention of an altar call. In fact, there is no mention of an altar call anywhere in the New Testament. The reason the 3000 souls were saved that day was because they "believed". That's the one requirement that keeps getting muddled in todays murky theology or lack of it! I recently sat under a preacher who actually said this toward the conclusion of his sermon..."we ask people to make a public decision and walk this aisle because Jesus died publicly". That was the sole reason that he gave for walking the aisle that morning! Incredible.
Now, you may have walked an aisle and responded during an altar call and very much be a forgiven person. But you are forgiven because you "believed" and no other reason. You are forgiven the moment you are convinced that what Jesus did on that cross 2000 years ago is sufficient payment for your sins. Trust Christ today!