If the Lord Jesus is the only Savior and Judge of all mankind, we should listen to Him. I am
amazed at how people claim to love Him but are unwilling to hear what He says about the most
basic things of life.
When the Lord Jesus, who bore the cross, speaks of how to be saved (and He is the Savior),
then why would anyone want to edit or correct Him and propose an alternative? The sinner’s
prayer is an alternative and quite modern and without biblical foundation. Sprinkling for baptism
is an alternative and does not accomplish what the word baptism means (an immersion).
Baptizing infants and small children is an alternative never found in the Scriptures. Faith is
necessary, but faith alone for salvation is a human construct that ignores many other things just
as necessary (love, repentance, and obedience).
If the Lord Jesus is the One who adds us to His church, which He purchased with His own
blood, then we should recognize that He is the One and only head of the church.
If we worship the Father in heaven and call Him our God, should we not seek to please Him
rather than ourselves? Loving means listening to the One we love to hear what He desires and
doing it. Let’s love Him first and foremost.

~Phil Sanders Facebook posting, Tuesday, July 17, 2018

“This is My beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased; hear Him!” (Matt. 17:5)
“If you love Me, you will keep My commandments” (John 14:15).

“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven; but he who does

the will of My Father who is in heaven” (Matt. 7:21).

Spending time in His Word each day is the only way I know to be sure of what the Lord’s
commands are for eternal life. Let’s not leave it to chance. Be sure to study the Bible each and
every day! ~P. Mowrer