Rediscover the Gospel

Grace Romanian Pentecostal Church Houston, Texas - February 22nd, 2026

Matthew 25:14–30 (LEB)  14For it is like a man going on a journey. He summoned his own slaves and handed over his property to them.  15And to one he gave five talents, and to another two, and to another one, to each one according to his own ability, and he went on a journey immediately.  16The one who had received the five talents went out and traded with them and gained five more.  17In the same...

Objections Against Eternal Salvation (Part XII) Suicide Many Christians have wondered at least once in their lives: Is suicide an unpardonable sin? Do believers who commit suicide lose their salvation and go straight to hell? Most people, even believers, answer “yes” to this question because suicide leaves no room for repentance; a person enters eternity with unconfessed and, therefore, unforgiven...

Objections Against Eternal Salvation (Part XI) Divorce and Remarriage – Introduction Divorce has long been a complex and controversial topic in the church. In our culture today, many people are affected by it in one way or another. We all know someone, whether a family member or close friend, who has experienced the pain of a broken marriage. Or maybe you have gone through or are going through a d...

Salvation in the Old Testament and Apostasy Cases in the Bible What about the cases recorded in Scripture as actual apostasy in the faith? Among such examples are Lot, King Saul, Solomon, Judas Iscariot—Jesus’s disciple—Ananias, Hymenaeus and Philetus, Demas, etc. First, let’s deal with the Old Testament individuals who lived before Jesus’s death and resurrection. About some of the more prominent...

  License to Sin   Another objection to the doctrine of the perseverance of the saints (or eternal security) is that it tends to lead believers to indolence and license to sin. However, this is a perversion of the doctrine, possible only to the unregenerate people since the certainty of success is the most powerful incentive to walk in holiness to the born-again believers. The fact that God ensure...

OBJECTIONS AGAINST ETERNAL SALVATION (PART IX) Jude 1:3–7 (The Post-Salvation Unbelief) Jude 1:1–7 (NKJV) 1 Jude, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to those who are called, sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ: 2 Mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. 3 Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it nec...

OBJECTIONS AGAINST ETERNAL SALVATION (PART VIII) Romans 11:16-24 (The Severity of God) Romans 11:16–24 (NKJV) 16 For if the firstfruit is holy, the lump is also holy; and if the root is holy, so are the branches. 17 And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and with them became a partaker of the root and fatness of the olive tree, 18...

OBJECTIONS AGAINST ETERNAL SALVATION (PART VII) Matthew 18:21–35 (The Unmerciful Servant) Matthew 18:21–35 (NKJV) 21 Then Peter came to Him and said, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?” 22 Jesus said to him, “I don’t say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven. 23 Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king who wanted...

OBJECTIONS AGAINST ETERNAL SALVATION (PART VI) John 15:1–6 (Abiding in the Vine) John 15:1–6 (NKJV) 1 I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in Me that doesn’t bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3 You are already clean because of the Word which I have spoken to you. 4 Abide in Me, and I in you. As the br...

OBJECTIONS AGAINST ETERNAL SALVATION (PART V) Matthew 25:1–13 (The Ten Virgins) Matthew 25:1–13 (NKJV) 1 Then the Kingdom of Heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 2 Now five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3 Those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them, 4 but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamp...

1 Timothy 4:1–5 (Departing from the Faith) 1 Timothy 4:1–5 (NKJV) 1 Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, 2 speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron, 3 forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgivi...

OBJECTIONS AGAINST ETERNAL SALVATION (PART III) Galatians 5:19–21 (The Practice of Fleshly Works) Galatians 5:19–21 (NKJV) 19 Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, 21 envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of w...

OBJECTION AGAINST ETERNAL SALVATION (PART II) Hebrews 3:12–14 (Falling Away from God) Hebrews 3:12–14 (NASB95) 12 Take care, brethren, that there not be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart that falls away from the living God. 13 But encourage one another day after day, as long as it’s still called “Today,” so that none of you will be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. 14 For we have be...

OBJECTIONS AGAINST ETERNAL SALVATION (PART I) Principles of Interpretation Whenever we approach a biblical passage that apparently contradicts believers’ eternal security of salvation, we can utilize several principles or tools to help us understand the correct and intended meaning of that text. First, we need to look at the historical and cultural context of the book to which the passage belongs...

PROOFS OF ETERNAL SALVATION (PART II) Perfect World versus Fallen World Let’s see another proof of the security of salvation. Lucifer himself and the first Adam fell away into sin in a perfect world and from a position of perfect holiness. Even more so, in a world full of evil, temptations, and of all the appetites and bad habits working against you as a believer, the probability of you falling fr...

PROOFS OF ETERNAL SALVATION (PART I) Introduction Am I still saved? Was I ever saved in the first place? Have you ever had these kinds of questions come to your mind as a born-again believer? I know I had them eating away at me many times, although I thought I was a genuine believer in Christ, born again, baptized in water, and saved. Why? Because I was still sinning as a Christian and sometimes r...

Introduction Hebrews 3:7–4:16 (NKJV) 7 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you will hear His voice, 8 Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, in the day of trial in the wilderness, 9 Where your fathers tested Me, tried Me, and saw My works forty years. 10 Therefore I was angry with that generation, and said, ‘They always go astray in their heart, and they have not known My ways.’...

Jesus – The Imprint of the Father Hebrews 1:1–3 (NKJV) 1God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, 2has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds;3who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His...

In this message are described the oldest tricks used by the devil to deceive Christians into believing something that is not true or not believing what is true.

Introduction There was a king of the Moabites named Balak and the children of Israel had just defeated the Amorites and were on their way to Moab. And the Moabites were afraid. So, Balak, the king of Moab calls Balaam, a man who had contact with the spirit world, to curse Israel. But Balaam could not curse them even though he tried several times and from different places. Numbers 23:16–20 (NKJV) 1...

THE BELIEVER'S SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY The Three Realms There are 3 realms in which believers are involved: The physical, visible, and earthly realm (or the first heaven) – world governments, political structures, all systems and cultures belong to this realm. The spiritual, invisible, and demonic realm (or the second heaven) – here we have demonic spiritual authorities that are behind the authority s...

Introduction Today, I would like to talk about a very exciting topic and of much interest among Christians and that is, how to hear God’s voice. In spite of an abundance of Christian materials and sermons available today, many believers still struggle to hear God’s voice and have a genuine desire to know how God speaks to His people in the New Testament. In our discussion today, I will try to prov...

The Power of the Lord’s Supper Introduction Let’s first read the famous passage on the Lord’s Supper from 1 Corinthians 11:17-34:   1 Corinthians 11:17–34 (NKJV)  17 Now in giving these instructions I don’t praise you, since you come together not for the better but for the worse.  18 For first of all, when you come together as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you, and in part I beli...

Objections to One-Time Confession Some might say, “But what about what Isaiah said in chapter 59 verse 2 that our sins put a separation wall between us and God, that they hide His face from us and that He will not hear us? Doesn’t that mean that we come out of fellowship with God and that we need to confess our sins to Him in order for Him to hear us again?” No, it doesn’t. Isaiah lived before the...