November 16th 2025
Your Salvation Is A Free Gift From God And Can Only Be Obtained By You Becoming A Believer And Follower Of Jesus Christ.
Mark 8:35-36 (NIV)
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me and for the gospel will save it. What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?
If you live your life seeking the pleasures of this cursed world, and do not allow time to seek knowledge by studying of your Bible, it will possibly cause you to lose your immortal soul to the torments of hell. The most important project to complete in your lifetime is to become convinced that Jesus Christ was sent to this earth to live as the Son of Man as the example for all humans to pattern their life after to have their immortal soul end up in heaven. Your salvation is a free gift from God and can only be obtained by you becoming a believer and follower of Jesus Christ.
When you choose to become a follower of Jesus Christ, you are born again, and thus, you no longer face the second death! You immediately become part of the Body of Christ, and you are now a child of God. So, you become part of “God’s chosen people.” As Paul wrote, Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. (Colossians 3:12-13). This puts you in a position to be able to forgive other people who may somehow mistreat you.
Jusus disciples asked Him to teach them how to pray. He said to them, "When you pray, say: "‘Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread. Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And lead us not into temptation.’" (Luke 11:2-4). Of course we call this The Lord’s Prayer, and we have modified it slightly. To me an important part of this prayer emphasizes the ability that salvation gives us a vastly improved ability to forgive others who may have sinned against us. Maybe the most important part of this prayer starts with you forgiving yourself for being a sinner.
Being born again also improves our ability to identify our actions that would lead us into temptation in this world. In the Lord’s Prayer we ask Jesus to not lead us into temptation, and that might be meant to enforce our need to be developing our ability to identify sinful opportunities and to say no to participating! John wrote about believers working on development of a love for this world and spending too much time pursuing worldly actions. Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world. (1 John 2:15-16). If you are proud of participating in worldly lifestyles that our Bible tells us God dislikes, then you are loving the world, instead of loving God!
Peter wrote about how we should become slaves for God. For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people. Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as God’s slaves. (1 Peter 2:15-16). Remember, at that time it was common for people to have servants also known as slaves. This does not seem like a good ad for enticing someone to become a Christian. However, as true believers it is a good practice to restrain yourself from worldly temptations, and to confine your thoughts to seeking to do good deeds. If you are criticized for doing good, you should feel blessed and appreciated by Jesus.
Job is interesting as he did not sin, but God used him as an example of someone who suffered unfairly, but he did not ever blame God, nor did he ever curse God. Job did not understand why he was treated poorly and unfairly, yet he never turned away from God. he still marveled at how great God is and how God loves us even when we lose everything we value in this cursed world! God’s voice thunders in marvelous ways; he does great things beyond our understanding. He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ and to the rain shower, ‘Be a mighty downpour.’ (Job 37:5-6). Job believed that God created everything seen and unseen, therefore, we cannot have a good reason to disagree with what God does for or against us!
Peter wrote about the perfect sacrifice that Jesus was, so He could atone for all the sins committed by mankind on this cursed earth. For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit, through whom also he went and preached to the spirits in prison who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water, and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a good conscience towards God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who has gone into heaven and is at God’s right hand—with angels, authorities and powers in submission to him. (1 Peter 3:18-22).
Earthly Christian churches do not agree on the salvation plan, as some profess that baptism is required for salvation. This commentary will not provide an answer to this question. Paul wrote to the church in Rome about the personal commitment required for gaining salvation and it does not include a mention of baptism. That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved. (Romans 10:9-10).
Is interesting to me as a Young Earth Creationist that Peter believed to Biblical accounts of the Worldwide Flood of Noah. Peter believed there was a worldwide flood and that Noah built an ark to save mankind and the animals to repopulate the earth after the flood, as evidenced by his reference to it here! Some professing Christian churches teach that there was not a worldwide Flood, but only local floods over millions of years. If this were true, then there would be no fossils and no coal and oils deposits either. As you can see, I do not believe in evolution! What do you believe?
On Tuesday, November 11th we celebrated Veteran’s Day! To all those reading this who served our country in this Way, I wish to express my thanks for your service, and know that God blessed you for doing so!
Your brother in life through Adam, your brother in eternity through Jesus,
Bob Moak
Mark 8:35-36 (NIV)
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me and for the gospel will save it. What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?
If you live your life seeking the pleasures of this cursed world, and do not allow time to seek knowledge by studying of your Bible, it will possibly cause you to lose your immortal soul to the torments of hell. The most important project to complete in your lifetime is to become convinced that Jesus Christ was sent to this earth to live as the Son of Man as the example for all humans to pattern their life after to have their immortal soul end up in heaven. Your salvation is a free gift from God and can only be obtained by you becoming a believer and follower of Jesus Christ.
When you choose to become a follower of Jesus Christ, you are born again, and thus, you no longer face the second death! You immediately become part of the Body of Christ, and you are now a child of God. So, you become part of “God’s chosen people.” As Paul wrote, Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. (Colossians 3:12-13). This puts you in a position to be able to forgive other people who may somehow mistreat you.
Jusus disciples asked Him to teach them how to pray. He said to them, "When you pray, say: "‘Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread. Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And lead us not into temptation.’" (Luke 11:2-4). Of course we call this The Lord’s Prayer, and we have modified it slightly. To me an important part of this prayer emphasizes the ability that salvation gives us a vastly improved ability to forgive others who may have sinned against us. Maybe the most important part of this prayer starts with you forgiving yourself for being a sinner.
Being born again also improves our ability to identify our actions that would lead us into temptation in this world. In the Lord’s Prayer we ask Jesus to not lead us into temptation, and that might be meant to enforce our need to be developing our ability to identify sinful opportunities and to say no to participating! John wrote about believers working on development of a love for this world and spending too much time pursuing worldly actions. Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world. (1 John 2:15-16). If you are proud of participating in worldly lifestyles that our Bible tells us God dislikes, then you are loving the world, instead of loving God!
Peter wrote about how we should become slaves for God. For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people. Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as God’s slaves. (1 Peter 2:15-16). Remember, at that time it was common for people to have servants also known as slaves. This does not seem like a good ad for enticing someone to become a Christian. However, as true believers it is a good practice to restrain yourself from worldly temptations, and to confine your thoughts to seeking to do good deeds. If you are criticized for doing good, you should feel blessed and appreciated by Jesus.
Job is interesting as he did not sin, but God used him as an example of someone who suffered unfairly, but he did not ever blame God, nor did he ever curse God. Job did not understand why he was treated poorly and unfairly, yet he never turned away from God. he still marveled at how great God is and how God loves us even when we lose everything we value in this cursed world! God’s voice thunders in marvelous ways; he does great things beyond our understanding. He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ and to the rain shower, ‘Be a mighty downpour.’ (Job 37:5-6). Job believed that God created everything seen and unseen, therefore, we cannot have a good reason to disagree with what God does for or against us!
Peter wrote about the perfect sacrifice that Jesus was, so He could atone for all the sins committed by mankind on this cursed earth. For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit, through whom also he went and preached to the spirits in prison who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water, and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a good conscience towards God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who has gone into heaven and is at God’s right hand—with angels, authorities and powers in submission to him. (1 Peter 3:18-22).
Earthly Christian churches do not agree on the salvation plan, as some profess that baptism is required for salvation. This commentary will not provide an answer to this question. Paul wrote to the church in Rome about the personal commitment required for gaining salvation and it does not include a mention of baptism. That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved. (Romans 10:9-10).
Is interesting to me as a Young Earth Creationist that Peter believed to Biblical accounts of the Worldwide Flood of Noah. Peter believed there was a worldwide flood and that Noah built an ark to save mankind and the animals to repopulate the earth after the flood, as evidenced by his reference to it here! Some professing Christian churches teach that there was not a worldwide Flood, but only local floods over millions of years. If this were true, then there would be no fossils and no coal and oils deposits either. As you can see, I do not believe in evolution! What do you believe?
On Tuesday, November 11th we celebrated Veteran’s Day! To all those reading this who served our country in this Way, I wish to express my thanks for your service, and know that God blessed you for doing so!
Your brother in life through Adam, your brother in eternity through Jesus,
Bob Moak