Hold Fast

Q: What does the Bible say about Christ dying for us?

The Bible teaches that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures, providing salvation and reconciliation to God. Romans 5:6-8 powerfully underscores the doctrine that Christ died for us while we were yet sinners, showcasing the depth of God's love and grace. This profound truth reveals that our salvation is not based on any merit of our own, but entirely on the sacrificial death of Jesus, who took upon Himself the penalty for our sins. This is reinforced throughout scripture, affirming that through His death and resurrection, believers are restored to a right relationship with God, receiving grace and mercy freely offered in Christ.

Q: How do we know the doctrine of salvation is true?

The doctrine of salvation is true as it is revealed in the scripture and confirmed by the resurrection of Jesus Christ. We are assured of the truth of the doctrine of salvation through several key points highlighted in scripture. Ephesians 2:8-9 emphasizes that salvation is a gift from God, secured by grace through faith, not by works. This doctrine is also validated by the resurrection of Christ, as stated in Romans 4:25, underscoring the power of God to justify those who believe. Furthermore, the transformation in believers' lives and the witness of the Holy Spirit bear testimony to the reality of this salvation. Historical facts, theological consistency, and personal experience collectively affirm the veracity of salvation doctrine.

Q: Why is holding fast to sound doctrine important for Christians?

Holding fast to sound doctrine is crucial for Christians as it preserves the integrity of the gospel and strengthens their faith. Holding fast to sound doctrine is vital for Christians because it undergirds their faith and safeguards them against false teachings. In 2 Timothy 1:13, Paul instructs Timothy to hold fast the form of sound words he received, emphasizing the importance of doctrinal integrity. Sound doctrine provides clarity and assurance regarding the nature of God, sin, and salvation, allowing believers to navigate challenges and remain steadfast in faith. Additionally, as they hold firmly to the truth, they become effective in sharing the gospel with others, ultimately fulfilling their calling to be witnesses for Christ in the world.

Now tonight, the Lord willing,
I'm going to bring a message from Romans 5, Romans the 5th
chapter. I'll be speaking from the first
11 verses, Romans 5, 1 through 11. Tonight on the subject, Christ
died for us. Christ died for us. That's the
message tonight from Romans 5, the first 11 verses. Now, when
the book of 2 Timothy was written, Paul was in prison. And he wrote this epistle, 1
and 2 Timothy, to a young man whose name was Timothy. If you
look at chapter 4 of 2 Timothy verse 6, Paul was aware of the
fact that his days were numbered. It wouldn't be long before he
would be called away. 2 Timothy chapter 4 verse 6,
he says, for I am now ready to be offered, to be poured out
as a drink offering. on the sacrifice. The time of
my departure, he doesn't call it death, he looks forward to
it. He said, to live is Christ, to
die is gain. He said, I'm really in a straight
betwixt the two. I have a desire to depart and
be with Christ, which is far better. The time of my departure
is at hand, and in verse 7 he said, I fought a good fight,
I've finished my course, I've kept the faith. Henceforth there's
laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous
judge, shall give me at that day, and not to me only, but
unto all them also that love his appearing." So Paul in prison
awaiting his departure, writes to young Timothy, a man whom
he greatly loved. Let's look at 2 Timothy 1. Paul
loved Timothy with a genuine affection. He says in verse 1
of 2 Timothy chapter 1, Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by
the will of God, God put me in the ministry, he said, According
to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus. That's my
message. That's my dispensation. That's
my objective to make known Christ. And he says I'm writing to Timothy.
Now watch this. My dearly beloved son. Timothy
was not Paul's natural son. Paul didn't have any. Paul wasn't
married. He didn't have any children.
But Timothy was his son in the faith, his son in the gospel. Paul preached the gospel to him
and he came to know Christ. And he desired for Timothy, listen,
grace, mercy, and peace. From God the Father in Christ
Jesus our Lord. Here this old veteran, soldier,
missionary, preacher of the gospel, writing to a young man whom he
dearly loved, dearly loved, calls him my beloved son, and prays
for him grace, mercy, and peace. Look at verse 3. I thank God. I thank God whom I served from
my forefathers with a pure conscience. I'm no hypocrite, Paul is saying.
What I preach, I believe. I've served God with a pure conscience.
That without ceasing, Timothy, I have remembrance of you in
my prayer night and day. I pray for you. I call you to
mind constantly and I pray for you. I pray for you. And then in verse 4, he said,
I desire to see you, greatly desiring to see you. Paul not
only loved Timothy and prayed for Timothy, But he enjoyed Timothy's
fellowship. He enjoyed being with him. He
longed to see him. I greatly desire to see you,
being mindful of your tears. What tears is he talking about?
He's talking about when they parted. When Paul was arrested
and taken away and Timothy wept. Timothy was sorry to see him
go. That I may be filled with joy. Timothy's presence and fellowship
made Paul happy. He said, I want to see you. that
I may be filled with joy. Now watch this. He didn't hesitate
to call Timothy's faith genuine and sincere. Listen to verse
5. When I call to remembrance the unfamed faith that's in you. What is unfamed? That's a big
word. It just means it's genuine. It's
without wax. It's without hypocrisy. You know
what wax does? They have a way now, a figurine,
even they use wax on people who are killed in wrecks, who severely
damage their heads. They can make it look normal
again with wax, fill in. And they do that with statues
and figurines and things like that, where there's a mark, they
put the wax on it. And he said, your faith is without
wax. It's real. It's the real thing. Genuine and sincere. I call to
remember it's your unfeigned faith that's in you, which dwelt
first in your grandmother. I know your grandmother. She
believed God. She believed Christ. And I know
your mother. He said that same genuine, unfeigned,
sincere faith was in your mother. And I am persuaded it's in you
too. I tell you that's high words
from an apostle, perhaps the greatest of apostles. But he
paid Timothy even a higher compliment than that. Would you hold that
place a minute and turn to Philippians? Turn to the book of Philippians
in chapter 2. Philippians 2, listen to this,
Philippians 2 verse 19. He's talking now to the church
at Philippi and he said, verse 19, I trust in the Lord Jesus
to send Timotheus, that's Timothy, shortly to you, that I also may
be of good comfort when I know your state, for I have no man so dear to me, like-minded, who
will naturally care for your state than Timothy. For all seek
their own, and not the things of Christ. But you know the proof
of Timothy, that as a son with a father he hath served me in
the gospel." Now that's high praise, isn't
it? But, now watch what's coming. But, and I'm not going over that,
you've heard all I need to say about that. But all of this did
not keep Paul, the apostle, in this last letter, in this last
communication with Timothy. It didn't keep him. From warning
Timothy, that's right, warning Timothy to continue in the faith. That's what the next few verses,
that's what it is, warning him. How precious is this? I wish,
I'm not going over to you, I just, but recall how precious this
man is to Paul. These favorable things he said
about him. what he meant to him. But Paul,
in the next few verses, keeps coming back warning Timothy to
continue in the faith. Because, you see, Paul had seen
so many turn away from the gospel. Let me just show you, briefly,
here in 2 Timothy 1.15. This thou knowest. that all they
which are in Asia be turned away from me, of whom are figellous
and homogenous." These men were at one time very important in the
program of the church. Turn to 2 Timothy 4. Listen to
this. 2 Timothy 4, verse 10. 2 Timothy 4.10, for Demas hath
forsaken me, having loved this present world. He mentions Demas
in some of his other epistles. He said, Demas sends greetings
to you. Demas, my companion, my helper. Now he's quit. Look down at verse
11. Only Luke is with me. Take Mark and bring him with
thee. He's profitable to me for the ministry. Look at verse 14.
Alexander the coppersmith, he did me much evil. How did he
do that? He got into the church, into
the ministry, and turned on Paul. The Lord rewarded him according
to his works. Verse 16. At my first answer, at my first
trial, no man stood with me. All men pursued me. I pray God
it may not be late to their charge. So Paul has seen so many turn away from
the gospel, that here as he writes to his beloved son in the faith,
he warns him, don't quit. And he gives six statements here. Now let's look at them. First
of all, in verse six. All these things I said, wherefore
I put you in remembrance, Timothy. I want you to remember now what
I'm saying. Sixth thing. That you stir up the gift of
God which is in you by the putting on of my hands. What's he saying
here? Exercise your gifts. God has
given you gifts. God has given you grace. God
has given you a knowledge, an understanding of the gospel.
Stir it up. Fan the flame. Keep burning those
gifts and those graces that God's put within you. What does he
mean here, which is in you by the putting on of my hands? He
didn't mean at all that by the putting on of his hands, power
and grace and gifts and ability were given. They don't flow through
Paul, they flow from God. But Paul putting his hands upon
Timothy is Paul publicly acknowledging that this is the man God sent.
This is the man that God's blessed. This is the man that speaks for
God. This is Timothy. And I'm saying
that these gifts that God has given him are from the Lord. And you hear it. And that's what
we do back when we put you up here to lead the singing. We're
laying hands on you. This church is saying, this man
is leading our congregation in singing. When you men preach
and teach, when you make your elders and preachers, we're saying,
we don't give men grace. God gives grace. We don't give
men the ability to preach. We don't give men a knowledge
of God. We don't give men a heart to
love God. The love of God is shed upon
our hearts by the Holy Ghost. But when we lay hands on them,
when we say they have our approval, they have our recognition, they
have our attention, and I'm telling you, when God in His church singled
you out and say that. And we lay hands suddenly on
no man. Lay hands suddenly on no man. Be careful who you designate
for this particular place. But He said now that you are
there, stir it up. Fan the flame. That's right.
Stir up the gift. Don't you be indifferent. One
moment, don't you for one moment ever take lightly that responsibility. God help you if you do. Stir
up that gift. It doesn't matter how old you
get, you keep stirring it up. And then he said in verse 7,
but God hasn't given us a spirit of fear. We're not afraid of
men, not afraid of principalities and powers. God's given us a
spirit of power and love and a sound mind. So verse 8, be
not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord. Now he just got through saying
Timothy is the best man I've got. Timothy is my beloved son. Timothy, I pray for him continually. Timothy has the grace of God. Timothy has the mercy. And here
he is telling Timothy don't be ashamed of the gospel. Why does Timothy have to be told
this? Because Timothy's a man. Timothy's a man. And that's all
he is. In the flesh is a man. And he
says, Timothy, at no time, don't you be ashamed of the gospel
of our Lord. At no time before no man are
you ever to be ashamed of the gospel of God's grace. Paul quoted
David, he said, I believe, therefore I've spoken. Don't you, Timothy,
ever compromise your gospel. Don't ever do it. Don't be ashamed
of the testimony of Christ. Don't be ashamed of the gospel.
Now watch this next line, and thirdly, don't be ashamed of
me, God's prisoner. I'm not the prisoner of Nero,
the prisoner of Rome, the prisoner of the Pharisees. I'm His prisoner,
Christ's prisoner. Don't be ashamed of me. Don't
be ashamed to be identified with those who are identified with
Christ. I tell you this, now listen, and I've run into this
these 40 years. I'm going to bring a message
one of these days on the importance of public worship and public
identification with Christ. Public worship is more important
than private worship. I make good on that. I can make
good on that. Public worship is when you publicly
declare where you stand. When you publicly acclaim whom
you believe. when you publicly identify with
Christ Jesus, when you publicly confess Him. It's more important
than private worship. God said where two or three are
met together in my name, I'll be in their midst. A man can
privately claim to worship and publicly deny and disclaim everything
he privately holds to. And that's one of the subtleties
of Satan, to try to get a man to go it alone. Oh, I believe the Word of God,
but not like Paul. I believe the Word of God, but
not like those people. I believe the Word of God, and
I'll just do my worshiping by myself alone. I can't find anybody
in harmony or full accord with me. Find something wrong with
all of God's servants, and you know what you're doing? You're
avoiding the offense of the cross and conflict for the gospel.
That's what you're doing. You can keep it privately in
your home or privately in your little circle and never be called
to account for what you really believe. It's the subtlety of
Satan. And that's the reason Paul said
to Timothy, now listen to me, stir up, fan that flame, that
gift. And don't you be ashamed of the
gospel. And don't you be ashamed of anybody who preaches it. Whatever
their afflictions or infirmities or failures, you've got plenty
of them yourself. So don't you ever be ashamed
of somebody who preaches the gospel. Stand with him. Stand
with him. Because when you don't stand
with him, you're denying what he preaches. And it's easy. It's the subtlety of Satan. He's
a subtle crafty... Paul said, I'm not ignorant of
his devices. I'm not, we play right into his
hands. Now look at the next line, but be thou, fourthly, be thou
a partaker of the afflictions of the gospel. Now the gospel is the gospel
of peace, and yet because of the depravity of the human heart,
the human heart, it brings trouble, and it brings division, and it
brings persecution. And Paul is warning Timothy of
that. He says, now Timothy, and all these good things he said,
but he still comes back with this warning. Be ready to be
afflicted. It's not an easy route. It's
not an easy road. Be ready to be a partaker of
the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God.
Now look at verse 13. Skip down. I'll come back to
the other. Verse 13. Hold fast, get a good grip on,
and hold fast the form of sound words, sound doctrine, which
you've heard of me, which I preach to you in faith and love which
is in Christ Jesus. Hold to them. And verse 14, and
that good thing which was committed to you. by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth
in us. What is that good thing that
was committed to Timothy? What would you say is that? As
I looked at this, I thought, here Paul tells him, now Timothy,
son, I'm leaving. And my confidence and my love
and just think so much of you. But now stir up that give. Stir
it up. And don't be ashamed of the gospel.
Don't be ashamed of those who preach the gospel. You be ready
to suffer for the gospel. And hold fast. You can't take the edge off the
gospel. If you take the offense out,
you take the gospel over. Just hold fast these sound words.
Just stand. And having done all, stand. And don't move. Stand there.
And hold fast those sound words. And that good thing committed
to you. What is it? I'll tell you what
it is. It's the gospel. That's what it is. That good
thing. That precious, excellent, good
thing is the gospel of the mercy of God in Christ Jesus. It's
a... He said it's committed to you. It's entrusted to you. entrusted to you. It's a treasure. It's God's treasure that God's
put in this earthen vessel. It's committed to you to preach. It must be kept free. Keep it. Keep it free from your traditions. Keep it free from error. Keep
it free from your personality. Keep it free from your own desires. Keep it free from intellectualism
and enticing words of man's wisdom. Keep it free! of all these things
it would take away from its own glory. Because you're going to
give an account, Timothy. These are words of warning. I don't care how fine a man you
are. You're still a man. I don't care how much I love
you. You're still going through a battle. You better keep it. Keep that good thing. Are you amazed That Paul would
speak so highly of Timothy and then issue these such strong
warnings? Does that amaze you? Well, it
shouldn't. Hold that verse right there,
that place, and turn to 1 Corinthians 9. 1 Corinthians 9. Listen to this. This is what Paul said about
himself. Listen. 1 Corinthians 9, 27. But I keep under my body, and
I bring it into subjection, lest that by any means, when I preach
to others, I myself should be a castaway." That's why he warns Timothy. Now, I think this whole thing
is summed up in verse 13. Let's go back to verse 13. If I can spend a few moments
on verse 13, hold fast, that's the title of this message, hold
fast to sound words. Verse 13, hold fast, this is
the summary about, you just hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me in
faith and love, which in Christ Jesus. Four things. What are these sound words? What
are these sound words? Secondly, reasons for holding
fast to these sound words. Thirdly, some dangers we face. Definite dangers. And then fourthly,
two things that will enable us to hold fast to these sound words.
Very simple. What are the sound words? I told
you I'd come back to verse 9. Hear those sound words. Hear those sound words. Here's
a summary of his gospel. Verse 9. Who hath saved us and called
us with a holy calling. He saved us. God saved us. He called us. Salvation is the work of God
for us and in us. It's not our work for God, it's
God's work for us. It pleased the Lord to make you
His people. It pleased the Lord that in Christ
should all fullness dwell. It pleased the Lord to bruise
Him. It pleased the Lord to reveal His Son in me. He saved us. He called us whom He foreknew. He predestinated to be conformed
to the image of His Son. Whom He predestinated, He called.
Whom He called, He justified. Whom He justified, He glorified.
What shall we say of these things? If God be for us, who can be
against us? He saved us. Look at the next
line. Not according to our works. Our
works have nothing to do with it. Salvation is not by works,
it's not by human merits. Salvation is not by what I do
for God. It's not according to our works,
it's according to His own purpose. His own grace. His will, His
purpose, His grace. Our Lord Jesus in our Sunday
School lesson this morning, He said, Lo, I come to do thy will,
O God. by the which will we are sanctified
through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
It's God's will, not my will. We're born not of the will of
the flesh, not of the will of man, born of God. It's not of
him that willeth nor of him that willeth, it's of God that showeth
mercy. These are sound words. He saved us, he called us, not
according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace,
listen, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world
began. given us in Christ Jesus. In
Christ Jesus now, in Christ Jesus in Old Testament days, never
in the law. In Christ Jesus before we fell,
in Christ Jesus before the world began. Christ Jesus is the surety
of the everlasting covenant. He's the Lamb slain before the
foundation of the world. We're chosen in Christ. He's
the same yesterday, today, and forever. And He saved us and
He called us and it wasn't based on what we did, it was based
on His purpose and His will and His grace which was given us,
not sold to us, not loaned to us, given to us in Christ before
this world began. Those are sound words. And watch verse 10. And all of
this that God purposed and planned and decreed is now made manifest. It was pictured in the Old Testament,
it was promised in the Old Testament, it was prophesied in the Old
Testament, but now the reality and the manifestation and the
revelation of it is all in the appearance of Jesus Christ. That's
the reason when Simeon took that infant child Jesus up in his
arms, he said, I've seen thy salvation. He didn't say, I've
seen the Messiah. He did. He didn't say, I've seen
Mary's son. He did. He didn't say, I've seen
God manifest in human flesh. He did. He said, I've seen the
whole plan of salvation. I've seen the whole scheme. I've
seen salvation from eternity past to eternity future. I see
it every bit right here in this person. I've seen thy salvation. All of this that God purposed
and planned and decreed and in his covenant is manifested, is
revealed right here by the appearing of Jesus Christ. In the beginning was the Word.
And the Word was made flesh. And the Word was with God and
dwelt among us. And the Word was God and we beheld
His glory. I'm telling you, salvation, redemption,
eternal life, acceptance with God is not when I walk down an
aisle, shake a preacher's hand and say, I finally made my decision
to accept Jesus as my personal Savior. Salvation is not in that
walk, it's in Christ. It's not in my decision, it's
in His decision. I'm simply receiving what He
gave me. I'm simply acknowledging what
He gave me. I'm simply making known publicly
what God's made known privately. God saved us and God called us. And God did it according to his
will and his purpose which was given us before this world ever
began. And it's manifested by the appearing
of Jesus Christ, now watch this, who hath abolished death. He
slew death. He put death away. He effectually
did it. Christ didn't come to try to
do anything. He came to do it. He abolished death. I tell you
this. Those whom he loved, he loves
now, and he'll always love. Those whom he elected, he now
looks with favor upon in Christ, the same way he elected them
in Christ, and they'll be glorified in Christ. And when Christ Jesus
came to this world, he didn't come to make an effort to save
people, he didn't come to set a precedence or set a pattern,
make a pattern, or die as an example. He came down here representing
a covenant people. Who they are, I don't know. God
knows. The Lord knoweth them that He is. I don't know who
they are. But He knows. And our Lord came down here representing
them. He died for them. He was buried
for them, He rose again, because He lives, every one of them live
and will never die. Never die. We might have the
inconvenience of putting this body aside some day, and the
inconvenience of going back to the death, but we're not going
to die. You say, I'd like to be one of them. Then come to
Christ. You say, I wish Christ died for
me. Then believe on Him. That's right, believe on him,
receive him. Commit thyself to him. You see, Paul said to that
bunch of Thessalonica, he said, I know you're God's elect. I
know you're God's elect. Well, how do you know? Our gospel
came to you, not in word only, but in power. And you became
followers of the Lord. And you turned from your idols
to serve the living God. And you became examples in your
conduct and conversation, and you became witnesses of what
you believe. That's how I know you aren't
a God's elect. You don't know God's elect by
the fact they got some peculiar stamp on their forehead. You
know them by the fact they love Christ. They believe Christ. And he abolished death, and he
brought, listen, verse 10, life and immortality to life through
the gospel. Now those are sound words. All
right, I said I was going to give you some reasons for holding
to these sound words. Well, turn to 1 Timothy 4. I'll give you two reasons. 1 Timothy 4. He said to Timothy, now you hold
fast these sound words. You hold them fast. Hold on. And I'll tell you why. 1 Timothy
4, start with verse 13. Now till I come, you give attention,
attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. And neglect not
the gift that's in you, which was given thee by prophecy with
the laying on of the hands of the presbytery. He's already
said that. Meditate upon these things. Give yourself wholly
to them. What? Reading, exhortation, doctrine. That you may, that thy profiting
may appear in all things. Take heed to yourself and to
your doctrine. Continue in it. For in so doing,
here's two good reasons. You'll save yourself and the
folks that hear you. That's all the reason I need,
isn't it, Richard? Brethren, why are you preaching what you
preach? I want to be saved, and I want you to be saved. Why are
you so dogmatic and so unbending and unmoving in the declaration
of this gospel? I want to be saved, and I want
you to be saved. That's all the reason I need.
That's all I need. You hold fast these sound words,
and in so doing, you'll save yourself. Because it's the truth
that makes you free, and you'll save them that hear you. Alright,
what's some dangers we face? Well, let's go back to our text,
2 Timothy. You see, these are the areas
that natural men hate. Let me give you this briefly.
It says, He saved us. We were sinners. That's why we
need to be saved. Men don't like to be called sinners.
He says He called us. We didn't call Him. He called
us. That's sovereign mercy. Not according to our works. You
see, men want to merit salvation. They want something to do with
it. Not according to our works, but according to His own purpose
and grace, free gift, given to us before the world began. Boy,
they hate that too. And in the sexual work, Christ
has brought abolished death and brought life. It's all Christ. So the dangers you face, you're
going to be ridiculed for preaching that, you're going to be laughed
at, you're going to be cut off. They'll talk about the smallness
of your congregation. How many do you have? Not very
many. You're going to be lonely, you're going to be in a minority,
you're going to be lied about, you're going to be talked about,
be lied on, misrepresented. It's not going to be easy. But he said you hold fast. And
here are the two great things that will help us hold fast.
Look down at verse 13, and I'll bring this to a close. I think it's very significant.
And I think we certainly need to listen to it. If Paul says all this to Timothy,
think what he would have to say to us. Now to verse 13, let me
look at it again. Hold fast the form of sound words. How? Which you've heard of me. Well, there's no use getting
busy in church work. I know there are a lot of preachers
who say, well, you just need to get busy. It's not to increase your social
activities. We need more social activities
for the young people. It's not to attend more meetings.
We don't need more meetings around here. I really don't believe
we do. I see some church bulletins,
and boy, I'm telling you, they're busy Sunday all day long, Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. I don't think we need
any more meetings. I'll tell you what it is. Two
things. in faith and love. Here's the
foundation. Here's all I need to believe
God and to love Him. That'll keep me in sound words. That'll keep me in the... Believe
God. Believe God. Look at Abraham. All of his... You look at Abraham
from the time God called him and told him he'd have a son.
All those years passed and God never contacted him again. He
just wandered around Cecil, out there in the wilderness. But
all the time believed in God. All the time believed in God.
Then he had all these trials, but he still believed God. And that's what I'm saying. We
don't need more activity. We don't need more social activities
and more of church work and things like that. We just need to, wherever
we are in the loneliness of a room or the busy activities of the
world or the job or wherever, we need, like old Abraham, just
to believe God. Unmoving, unbending, uncompromising,
I believe God. I believe God. I believe God. And not only did I believe him,
it's not a cold, heartless acceptance of a creed and mental
acceptance of facts. I love him. He's my God. And I love him. That's what our
Lord said to Peter when he was talking about him preaching.
He said, you love me? Then feed my sheep. You love me? Feed my lambs. That's all the
motivation you need, those two things right there. That's all
the motivation a believer needs is to believe God and to love
Him. That's it. And if I got to turn
the generator and try to generate some fire, boy, I don't know
what to do. But I'll tell you what I'd do
if I was you, I'd plug in to Conduction Power Company. It's
a lot easier. They got plenty of... So that's
the thing to do. Don't let us try to generate
this thing. Let's plug in to glory. Believe
Him and love Him. And the light'll burn and it'll
never go out. Because He's got plenty of grace.
Alright, Mike's gonna sing for us now.

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What does the Bible say about Christ dying for us?

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Why is holding fast to sound doctrine important for Christians?

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What does the Bible say about Christ dying for us?

How do we know the doctrine of salvation is true?

Why is holding fast to sound doctrine important for Christians?

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