What Is The Bible, Dr. Silas C. Nair
I was born in an orthodox Hindu family. My grandfather was a very religious practicing Hindu and I learned my spiritual lessons from him. Disparity in life, poverty, and the inability of his god to either save him from his cheating relations or to protect him from evils disillusioned me. I rejected idols as of no value. I became an atheist but still continued to be a Hindu. Towards the end of my teenage I moved to Bombay and became enchanted by communist ideologies. Then again, the exploitation of the masses was something that I could not tolerate and left communism also.
I looked for answers to the riddles of life but could find none. I was searching for truth without knowing if there was truth, because all around me I could find only the opposite. Then for the first time in my life I heard the gospel. What impressed me then was the absolute trust of the preacher on the One he was preaching. The next day I went again to hear the preaching. As the Lord opened the heart of Lydia, that “she attended unto the things which were spoken by Paul” (Acts 16.14), the Lord opened my heart also to receive the word spoken and I was gloriously converted.
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Silas C. Nair, silasnair@sify.com
Salvation is received in a very simple manner. Man as a sinner is doomed for destruction. But the God of love sent His Son to pay the penalty on man’s behalf. Jesus Christ died for the sinner and thus paid the penalty. God has accepted this and raised Jesus Christ from the dead. Man only needs to repent of his sin and turn to Christ for salvation. When he does this and puts his faith in Him he is saved. His sins are forgiven and he becomes a child of God. This is salvation as defined by Bible.
In salvation a repentant sinner is justified, which means he is declared as not-a-sinner. His standing before God is changed. He is also regenerated. This means a new life – life not simply of eternal duration, but life of eternal quality – is given to him. He is also adopted into the family of God. This means that he becomes an adult child of God with all the privileges of this position. He is sanctified, i.e. set apart for service to God. The blessings of salvation do not end here. In the plan of God he is already glorified and one day he will change his place to be with God forever in his glorified body.
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So Great Salvation
By Silas C. Nair, silasnair@sify.com
Man generally has an idea that all is not well with him and that he needs some help from outside source. So, for a long, time he has been trying to find out what is wrong with him. He came up with many answers at different times. A look into all this will serve as a good background to our study of salvation.
Anthropology, a study or doctrine of man, is a very interesting subject. Theological anthropology deals with man in his relation to God whereas scientific anthropology deals with his psycho-physical organism and natural history. But this scientific anthropology is no more scientific than theological anthropology, but merely deals with different aspects of the doctrine of man.
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Which Doctrines Are Fundamental And Why, Dr. Silas C. Nair
All Scripture is inspired of God and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction and for instruction in righteousness (1 Tim. 3.16). There is nothing superfluous in the Word and every word is important. In fact apostle Paul writes about revelation: “which things we speak not in the words which man’s wisdom teaches but which the Holy Ghost teaches comparing spiritual things with spiritual (1 Cor. 2.13). The Lord also said: Heaven and earth will pass away but not His words Therefore all of the Scriptures are necessary for us.
Yet, when we systematize the doctrines we find the following eleven doctrines are fundamental to our faith because they cover the whole of the scriptures In the word below we attempt a brief survey of the fundamental doctrines. of the Scriptures.
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What is meant by Fundamentals, Dr. Silas C. Nair
‘What is meant by Fundamentals’ is a simple question and can be answered in simple words. But we need to know the background well before we can understand it correctly. First, therefore, I will try to explain the background.
Introduction: The Lord Jesus Christ promised to return. His coming was promised to those who believed in Him, i.e. the Church. The hope of the Church is that when He returns the Church will be caught up (which is called the Rapture) and the Church as the Bride of Christ will be with Him forever.
He is also the King of the Jews. But when the Jews rejected and crucified Him, the Kingdom that He promised to them was postponed. Therefore when he comes He will set up His kingdom in Jerusalem and rule as the King of kings for a thousand years. This is what is called the millennial rule of Christ.
During the apostolic era itself the believers expected their Lord to return. This is what is called the imminent return of Jesus Christ, i.e. His return could take place any time.
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