John 1:3

John 1:1-3, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.”

The Bible is very clear that Jesus is the Creator. Jesus is not merely “a god” as the cult of Jehovah's Witnesses teach; but rather, Jesus is “the almighty” God (Revelation 1:8).

All (and I mean all) of the Devil's modern Bible revisions corrupt this passage in John 1:3, changing “by him” to “through him.” It is obvious why the Devil's crowd changed this passage, to corrupt the deity of Jesus. Unsaved unbelievers and modernists don't believe that Jesus is the Savior. They reject Him as Creator, God and Messiah.

I cannot warn you enough to avoid the modern English Bible revisions. The Devil hates Jesus and wants to do everything in his power to take as many people to Hell with him. Satan is a liar (John 8:44). The Devil blinds the minds of unbelievers to make sure they never find the truth of the Gospel (2nd Corinthians 4:4). The job of Christian believers is to teach people the truth, so that they can be saved (Luke 8:15).

John 3:5

John 3:3-7, “Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born? Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.”

Many false prophets errantly teach that Jesus in John 3:5 was requiring water baptism to get to Heaven. This false teaching in theology is called Baptismal Regeneration. John 3:5, “Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.” Case in point, here is a disturbing quote from Catholic.com...

Catholic Perspective

Jesus is speaking to a Jewish leader named Nicodemus who has begun to accept Jesus’ authority to speak on behalf of God. When Jesus says that one must be “born anew” or “born from above” to see the kingdom of God, Nicodemus asks how one can be “born again.” Jesus answers him with this unmistakable reference to baptism.

This reference becomes clearer in the context of the passage, since Jesus and his disciples go and baptize people after this encounter. The Church Fathers unanimously agreed this verse referred to baptismal regeneration. [emphasis added]

SOURCE: John 3:5, Catholic Answers

Catholic.com are WRONG! What they are teaching is another gospel accursed by God. John 3:5, “Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.” Verse 6 explains verse 5, “That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.” Birth by water simply refers to the physical human birth, that is, of the flesh. A baby spends 9 months inside its mother's water bag in her womb; hence, born of water.

The second birth by the Holy Spirit of God is a spiritual birth. This birth can only be obtained by trusting Jesus Christ as one's personal Savior apart from all works. Adding water baptism to one's faith cannot produce the new birth. Only wholly leaning on Jesus' name produces the new birth. John 6:40, “And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.” John 6:47, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.” Faith is the only righteous thing that I can do.

The Bible is very clear that water baptism is NOT required or allowed to be saved. Let us make several biblical observations which evidence that baptism is not necessary to be saved:

1. No one in the Old Testament was baptized to be saved. Acts 10:43 says they were all saved by faith in Christ. Galatians 1:6-7 says there's always been only one Gospel.
2. The repentant thief on the cross didn't get baptized. All he could do is trust Christ.
3. The Apostle John tells us how to “know” we are saved in 1st John 5:13, yet he doesn't mention baptism even once. Surely if being baptized is required to get to Heaven, John would have stressed the importance to be water baptized, but he didn't.
4. The Apostle Paul didn't baptize his converts, he said Christ only sent him to preach the Gospel (1st Corinthians 1:17). Paul never would have said such a thing if baptism were necessary to be saved.
5. When the Ethiopian eunuch in Acts 8:36-39 asked to be water baptized, Brother Phillip told him that he first needed to be saved by trusting on Jesus as the Son of God.
6. The Gospel of John is God's Gospel tract according to John 20:31. Yet, we don't find any teaching to be water baptized in the Gospel of John to get to Heaven. We do find the word “believe” mentioned 85 times (e.g., John 3:16, 6:28-29, 11:25-26).
7. In Acts 16:30-31 when the Philippian jailer asked Paul and Silas what he needed to do to be saved, they simply told him to: “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.” Paul and Silas didn't tell the jailer to get water baptized, turn from his sins or become a Christ follower; they just told him to BELIEVE that Jesus did it all for him through Calvary's cross. BELIEVE IT, Oh guilty sinner, and you will be instantly and forever saved.
8. The Apostle Paul defines “the gospel” (Good News) in 1st Corinthians 15:1-4 by which all who believe it are saved; yet, Paul doesn't mention baptism.
9. Baptism is the public profession of one's faith; an outward snapshot of what has happened inwardly. The Gospel symbolizes Jesus' death on the cross, burial and resurrection in which we trust for eternal life.

Shame on anyone who falsely teaches that John 3:5 teaches Baptismal Regeneration. Jesus was simply teaching Nicodemus that to be born of the flesh (water) is one thing, but to be born of the Spirit (Holy Spirit) is another. Notice that “Spirit” in John 3:5 is capitalized, meaning it refers to God's Holy Spirit. 1st John 3:24, “And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.” This verse refers to the blessed indwelling Holy Spirit, which only a child of God can have (Romans 8:9; 1st Corinthians 3:16-17). The unsaved man doesn't have the Holy Spirit and cannot understand the things of God (1st Corinthians 2:14-16).

Many churchgoers have been woefully misled to trust in water baptism to get them into Heaven, which guarantees that they won't be allowed into Heaven (Luke 13:23-24; Acts 15:1).

I remember an article in 2003 that appeared in the Chicago Tribune titled, "Facing Uncertain Death, Troops Line Up For Baptism." That is so sad. Those young soldiers are being given false hope. Getting dunked into a church baptistery no more makes one a Christian, than walking into a garage would make you an automobile. My Mom's mother was a Christian, but never got baptized. What those troops need is to be born-again, which happens by faith alone in Jesus Christ because of what He did through Calvary's cross to pay our debt of sin.

Salvation is not a reward for the righteous, it is a gift for the guilty!

Salvation is not doing your best, it is having Christ's best put to your account through receiving Him by faith.

Turning away from sinful ways would be a work. Faith puts all of the merit where it belongs, on the object of our faith, Jesus and His work.

If to “repent” means to forsake our sinful ways TO BE SAVED, but Jesus already paid for our sins by dying on the cross, then what are we repenting from?

The true Gospel always points you to CHRIST; a false gospel always points to YOU.

John 10:28-29

John 10:26-29, “But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.”

The inspired Holy Bible teaches 'ONCE SAVED, ALWAYS SAVED' (OSAS). This Bible doctrine in theology is called Eternal Security. Some preachers and theologians make the error of making a distinction between Eternal Security and Eternal Life. These are not two separate doctrines, but one and the same teaching.

Here are some helpful words from one of my favorite soulwinning preachers, Pastor A. Ray Stanford (1916-2012)...

CHAPTER II – Eternal Security

Eternal security is not a separate doctrine from salvation.
If you are not saved forever, you are not saved.

Those who think they are saved now but could lose their salvation later, have one of two problems: (1) either they are trusting to some degree in their works to save them, or (2) they do not understand that by trusting Christ as their Saviour, their destiny is in God's hands. Perhaps they have had little or no Bible teaching and do not realize that God has determined that all who believe will go to heaven when they die.

The first group, those who think leading a poor Christian life will result in a loss of their salvation, actually need to have the plan of salvation made clear to them. Somewhere they have not fully understood that Christ's death paid for ALL their sin, that their works have NOTHING to do with their salvation, and that only their FAITH IN CHRIST will save them. You would answer their questions just as you would almost any lost person's; it is a clear-cut problem of “grace and works.” You just stay with the gospel until they see the light.

An illustration that has clarified the issue for many with this problem deals with the definition of the word “Saviour.” What is a Saviour? Suppose you are drowning. There you are out in the middle of the ocean. Suppose someone were to throw you a book, Three Easy Lessons on How to Swim. Would he be a Saviour? No! Perhaps he could be called an “educator.”

Now suppose a man got out of his boat, jumped in along side you, and demonstrated various swimming strokes showing you just how you ought to do it. Would he be a Saviour? Of course not. He would merely be an “example.”

All right, what if he took you into his boat, dried you off, fed you, took you ten miles from shore-and then threw you out again into the ocean? Would he be a Saviour? By all means, no! He would be as a “deceiver,” a “probation officer,'' one who starts a heroic act and then quits right in the middle. He certainly would not be a Saviour!

A Saviour is one who takes you safely all the way to shore! When God says He gives you eternal life and that He will never cast you out or lose you, He means it because He is the true Saviour! If you do not trust Christ to take you all the way to heaven, then you have not trusted Him as your Saviour. Let's examine Christ's own promise in John 6:37, “All that the Father giveth Me shall come to Me; and him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out.” He says those who come to Him will not be cast out for any reason.

To bring home this truth, use an illustration from family life. What kind of a parent would you be if, when your child was disobedient, you kicked him out and said, “Go to hell, I'm through with you!” Rather, the proper parent says, “Come on in!” and the parent has ways and means to deal with the disobedient child.

God never casts out His children! God has other ways and means to deal with them, which we will discuss in Chapter Three.

Some would say, “All right, God won't cast me out, but I could get out of my own will and choice.” The Lord anticipated such doubts and answers them clearly in John 6:39, “And this is the Father's will which hath sent Me, that of all which he hath given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.” It is God's will that no saved person would ever become lost. He says He will “lose nothing,'' and you are at least something! You could never be saved and lost again. God saves you forever. This is HIS will! ...

SOURCE: Pastor A. Ray Stanford, 'Personal Evangelism Handbook,' chapter 2 - Eternal Security

Amen and amen, that is excellent truth. The subject of eternal security is hotly debated today in churches and on social media. If you want to start a religious feud real quick online in a  forum, just start talking about OSAS (ONCE SAVED, ALWAYS SAVED). Some people get angry real quick when you claim to be saved forever, regardless of how you choose to live. There are many false prophets today (e.g., Steve Pettit, Dan Corner, David W. Cloud and Ray Comfort) who falsely teach that you cannot know you are going to Heaven unless you turn away from your sinful ways. But that is a works-based-salvation, and not God's free grace.

Dear reader, no one has ever turned from his or her sinful ways. You may have cleaned-up your life of your past sinful habits, but you still sin every day. Psalms 130:3, “If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?” The believer's assurance of eternal life is solely based in the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ on the cross, His burial and bodily resurrection three days later from the dead. This is the Gospel (i.e., the Good News) according to 1st Corinthians 15:1-4. Your performance, behavior and commitment as a child of God to serve Christ has absolutely nothing to do with your eternal security. If it did, then eternal life couldn't be a “free gift” (Romans 5:18).

John 20:17

John 20:13-17, “And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him. And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus. Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away. Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master. Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.”

I would like to comment on Jesus' words spoken to Mary Magdalene, “Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father.” I am saddened that ALL of the Devil's modern Bible revisions change and corrupt this important Scripture passage. The following is a comparison between the inspired King James Bible versus the popular English Standard Version (ESV) which is officially used by the cult at Bob Jones University...

KING JAMES BIBLE (KJB) - John 20:17, “Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.” [emphasis added]

ENGLISH STANDARD VERSION (ESV) - John 20:17, Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” [emphasis added]

There is a very big difference between not touching someone (before they physically make contact with you), versus not clinging to someone (which implies that they are already holding you). Mary never made contact with Jesus' physical body. If she had she would have corrupted Him. Jesus was sinless. He had just sacrificed Himself as the Lamb of God for the sins of the world (John 1:29). If Mary would have touched Jesus before He ascended with His literal liquid blood to present Himself before God the Father, then all would have been in vain. It was imperative that Mary not touch Jesus in any way. Yet, the Devil's modern Bibles pervert this passage to convey a very different thought to the reader.

Please stay away from the Devil's modern Bible versions. Only the King James Bible is inspired and reliable in the English language today.