HOW FALSE TEACHING HAS MADE SANCTIFICATION SLAVERY TO SIN

Edward O’Hara Fri 5/1/2020 2:19 PM… In this message I want to begin with a quote from one of today’s favorite “pastors”. But, to be fair this could come from just about any of today’s “pastors”. Because sadly they pretty much all teach the same view regarding sanctification.  “Salvation is coming to Christ; sanctification is growing in Christ. Salvation happens in a moment, bringing a sinner from spiritual death to life; sanctification is an ongoing process. Salvation is being forgiven of the past; sanctification is breaking free from the power of sin. This is something God does in our lives, and it never stops until we get to Heaven.” Is this Biblical? Does sanctification take the rest of our lives? The Biblical answer to this is an unequivocal no. Because Paul taught that sanctification is something that happens instantaneously to our…

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LEARN HOW EPHESIANS, LIKE ALL OF PAUL’S EPISTLES, REVEALS GOD’S AMAZING LOVE IN OUR REDEMPTION- VS.1-14

Edward O’Hara Mon 4/27/2020 12:45 PM… Paul’s letter to the Ephesians is an amazing letter. He teaches them about all the things he has in his other letters regarding salvation and our life in Christ. But, adds something he doesn’t say in most of his other letters. He adds that his doctrine is something that has never been taught or heard by anyone before. So starting with vs.1 in chapter1 we will look at what this means for us in the New Covenant. And see just how blessed we are to live in this time Paul referred to as “the dispensation of the grace of God”.  In the first 14 verses that we read in Eph.1 Paul addresses the issues that have confounded Churchianity because they have believed the false teachings of Augustine instead of Paul so that it has…

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3 KINDS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS

Edward O’Hara Fri 1/31/2020 9:58 AM Have you ever heard someone say that “If men could keep the law perfectly they would not need Jesus”? Because then they would have no sin? Is that statement really true? I mean, does this statement line up with what the Bible says? The answer is a resounding NO!! It does not agree with the Biblical narrative. But, is instead an example of the hypocritical righteousness of the Pharisees. And here’s just a few examples showing what a completely unBiblical conclusion a statement like that is.  The question, Is the righteousness that is reckoned to us that we are considered to be when we believe in Jesus’ righteousness that is of the law? Does the Bible teach that the righteousness that we receive by faith is the righteousness that Jesus gained from His having…

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A MARRIAGE MIRACLE THAT MANIFESTED GOD’S GLORY!

Edward O’Hara Fri 4/24/2020 1:16 PM… If you have not yet heard of or read the story of how Jesus turned the water to wine at a marriage feast in Cana you’re in for a treat. Because in it we find all the things that we need to know about what happens when we are saved. Which is why it is the first of Jesus’ many miracles. Because this is why the Bible says He came in John3:16,17. Because He so loved the world that He came not to condemn us, but to deliver us from the power of death to eternal life.  It has nothing to do with the way it is used by some to justify drinking alcohol. There is no justification for that, nor is it needed. It has only to do with the greatest miracle that ever…

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WHY IS RIGHTEOUSNESS BY WORKS TAUGHT IN ALMOST EVERY CHURCH TODAY?

Edward O’Hara Mon 4/20/2020 2:07 PM… Have you ever heard someone say becoming a Christian is to be “clothed with the righteousness of Christ”. I’ve heard that taught in regard to what happens when we are saved for as long as I can remember. But, what does that really mean? And more importantly does the Bible ever even actually say that? And even more importantly, What does this mean to you? In today’s message I will answer why is it so critically important that we understand this correctly. If you think it means that you are clothed with a righteousness that comes from Christ being the only one who was able to keep the law perfectly while living as a man on earth you are not alone. Because this is exactly what many in the pulpits teach. Even though any objective reading…

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You Are What You Eat! Do You Really Know From Whose Table You Are Eating?

Edward O’Hara Fri 4/17/2020 9:39 AM… Like Daniel and his friends that would not eat the food, the Babylonian king offered them, so if we are truly saved knowing Jesus Christ, we should refuse to eat the food of the Babylonian king today. We must be doing as Jesus told the Israelites and work while it is a day for the night is coming when no man can work.  What? You might be saying. How can we eat of the Babylonian king’s food? There is no king like that today! Oh, but there is. And so many eat from his table that those who call themselves the church are unrecognizable as the group of people that received the faith once delivered to the saints so many centuries ago. The great falling away is happening right in front of us and most not…

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PASSOVER- GOD’S LOVE IN ACTION!

Edward O’Hara Sun 4/12/2020 12:55 PM… While Churchianity is busy at this time of year telling people that Jesus’ sacrifice was God’s love being shown by Him punishing and killing Jesus in your place to satisfy the wrath of an angry God so that now He does not have to torture and kill them by casting them into hell. The true message of God’s love in the gospel still shines through the pages of the Bible as one of deliverance from death to life by a sacrifice of love and grace from a God who is love which shows His love for His creation.  We see this when we learn the Biblical purpose of Passover is that God becoming a man so that He could die a man’s death made Him able to join with a man in man’s death. So that…

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SEALED UNTO THE DAY OF REDEMPTION

Can someone who has come to saving faith in Jesus “lose” or “walk away” from their salvation? Is there Biblical evidence for this? So many believe it is possible that it seems there must be scriptural evidence for it, right? Um… No. There is none. But, just in case you won’t take my word for it let’s see what God says about it in His word, ok? To begin with let’s look at something Jesus taught Israel that many wrongly interpret to mean that New Covenant believers can lose their salvation. It is found in John15 where we see Jesus teaching the disciples about who He is and why they need to believe it. He said, “I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every…

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WHY JESUS HAD TO DIE PT.3

Edward O’Hara Thu 4/2/2020 2:35 PM… Please note that in this message there are no reasons given for Jesus’ death that have to do with the payment of a penalty for sin or any of its ramifications as so many who have been so deceived for so long teach. The reason for this is that none of that line of thinking comes from what the Bible says. So if you have had the misfortune of having been taught and have come to believe that death is a penalty for Adam’s sin, then pretty much everything you have believed about God, Jesus, and the atonement is a deception. And this message is specifically for you. Because that false teaching comes out of the false doctrines of the pagan gnostic Augustine who is the “doctor of theology” for the roman religion, and his disciples…

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JUSTICE: A BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVE

Edward O’Hara Sun 3/29/2020 3:05 PM… Paul tells those of us who are the true church that we are to judge those who are in the church in 1Cor.5:9-13. And not those that are without because God will judge them. God wants us to do this because the church is for the righteous. Not the unbeliever. But, have you noticed that most preachers speak of evil outside the church? Always speaking in their messages about the evil that is in the world and condemning them for it. I wonder why that is. Hmm? Don’t they realize that by judging among ourselves as Paul said we keep the church the church, and the world? So what could possibly be their motivation for judging those outside the church against Paul’s instructions? What drives them to do this?  In this message, I m…

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