What is Faith? (Individual Messages)
Grace Romanian Pentecostal Church Houston, Texas - February 22nd, 2026
Jun 07, 2026•12 min•Season 2Ep. 17
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The Parable of the Talents and Eternal Security (Individual Messages)
Matthew 25:14–30 (LEB) 14For it is like a man going on a journey. He summoned his own slaves and handed over his property to them. 15And to one he gave five talents, and to another two, and to another one, to each one according to his own ability, and he went on a journey immediately. 16The one who had received the five talents went out and traded with them and gained five more. 17In the same way the one who had the two gained two more. 18But the one who had received the one went away and dug up...
Sep 30, 2025•17 min•Season 2Ep. 16
Session 15 - Suicide (Saved for Eternity)
Objections Against Eternal Salvation (Part XII) Suicide Many Christians have wondered at least once in their lives: Is suicide an unpardonable sin? Do believers who commit suicide lose their salvation and go straight to hell? Most people, even believers, answer “yes” to this question because suicide leaves no room for repentance; a person enters eternity with unconfessed and, therefore, unforgiven sin. Such a conclusion is based on the assumption that believers’ sins are forgiven in time, depend...
Sep 11, 2024•18 min•Season 8Ep. 15
Session 14 - Divorce and Remarriage (Saved for Eternity)
Objections Against Eternal Salvation (Part XI) Divorce and Remarriage – Introduction Divorce has long been a complex and controversial topic in the church. In our culture today, many people are affected by it in one way or another. We all know someone, whether a family member or close friend, who has experienced the pain of a broken marriage. Or maybe you have gone through or are going through a divorce right now. If so, I’m sure I don’t have to tell you how painful and devastating it can be for...
Aug 27, 2024•47 min•Season 8Ep. 14
Session 13 - Apostasy Cases (Saved for Eternity)
Salvation in the Old Testament and Apostasy Cases in the Bible What about the cases recorded in Scripture as actual apostasy in the faith? Among such examples are Lot, King Saul, Solomon, Judas Iscariot—Jesus’s disciple—Ananias, Hymenaeus and Philetus, Demas, etc. First, let’s deal with the Old Testament individuals who lived before Jesus’s death and resurrection. About some of the more prominent figures of the Old Testament, like Adam, Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Joshua, Da...
Aug 09, 2024•35 min•Season 8Ep. 13
Session 12 - Eternal Security and Free Will (Saved for Eternity)
License to Sin Another objection to the doctrine of the perseverance of the saints (or eternal security) is that it tends to lead believers to indolence and license to sin. However, this is a perversion of the doctrine, possible only to the unregenerate people since the certainty of success is the most powerful incentive to walk in holiness to the born-again believers. The fact that God ensures true believers they will not lose salvation until the end doesn’t cancel the need for good works and s...
Jul 13, 2024•23 min•Season 8Ep. 12
Session 11 - The Post-Salvation Unbelief (Saved for Eternity)
OBJECTIONS AGAINST ETERNAL SALVATION (PART IX) Jude 1:3–7 (The Post-Salvation Unbelief) Jude 1:1–7 (NKJV) 1 Jude, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to those who are called, sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ: 2 Mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. 3 Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all deliv...
Jun 21, 2024•41 min•Season 8Ep. 11
Session 10 - Continuing in Faith (Saved for Eternity)
OBJECTIONS AGAINST ETERNAL SALVATION (PART VIII) Romans 11:16-24 (The Severity of God) Romans 11:16–24 (NKJV) 16 For if the firstfruit is holy, the lump is also holy; and if the root is holy, so are the branches. 17 And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and with them became a partaker of the root and fatness of the olive tree, 18 do not boast against the branches. But if you do boast, remember that you do not support the root, ...
Jun 07, 2024•29 min•Season 8Ep. 10
Session 9 - The Unpardonable Sin (Saved for Eternity)
OBJECTIONS AGAINST ETERNAL SALVATION (PART VII) Matthew 18:21–35 (The Unmerciful Servant) Matthew 18:21–35 (NKJV) 21 Then Peter came to Him and said, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?” 22 Jesus said to him, “I don’t say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven. 23 Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. 24 And when he had begun to settle accounts, one was brought ...
Dec 14, 2023•30 min•Season 8Ep. 9
Session 8 - Abiding in the Vine (Saved for Eternity)
OBJECTIONS AGAINST ETERNAL SALVATION (PART VI) John 15:1–6 (Abiding in the Vine) John 15:1–6 (NKJV) 1 I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in Me that doesn’t bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3 You are already clean because of the Word which I have spoken to you. 4 Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in...
Dec 04, 2023•31 min•Season 8Ep. 8
Session 7 - The Ten Virgins (Saved for Eternity)
OBJECTIONS AGAINST ETERNAL SALVATION (PART V) Matthew 25:1–13 (The Ten Virgins) Matthew 25:1–13 (NKJV) 1 Then the Kingdom of Heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 2 Now five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3 Those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them, 4 but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 5 But while the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept. 6 And at midnight a cry was...
Nov 29, 2023•30 min•Season 8Ep. 7
Session 6 - The Book of Life (Saved for Eternity)
1 Timothy 4:1–5 (Departing from the Faith) 1 Timothy 4:1–5 (NKJV) 1 Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, 2 speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron, 3 forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. 4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to b...
Nov 19, 2023•29 min•Season 8Ep. 6
Session 5 - Many Will Fall Away (Saved for Eternity)
OBJECTIONS AGAINST ETERNAL SALVATION (PART III) Galatians 5:19–21 (The Practice of Fleshly Works) Galatians 5:19–21 (NKJV) 19 Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, 21 envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such thing...
Nov 02, 2023•28 min•Season 8Ep. 5
Session 4 - The Pursuit of Sanctification (Saved for Eternity)
OBJECTION AGAINST ETERNAL SALVATION (PART II) Hebrews 3:12–14 (Falling Away from God) Hebrews 3:12–14 (NASB95) 12 Take care, brethren, that there not be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart that falls away from the living God. 13 But encourage one another day after day, as long as it’s still called “Today,” so that none of you will be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. 14 For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our assurance firm until the end. Some Ch...
Oct 22, 2023•27 min•Season 8Ep. 4
Session 3 - Renewal Impossibility and the Willful Sin (Saved for Eternity)
OBJECTIONS AGAINST ETERNAL SALVATION (PART I) Principles of Interpretation Whenever we approach a biblical passage that apparently contradicts believers’ eternal security of salvation, we can utilize several principles or tools to help us understand the correct and intended meaning of that text. First, we need to look at the historical and cultural context of the book to which the passage belongs and search for answers to questions like the following: Who is the author of the book? In what perio...
Oct 11, 2023•33 min•Season 8Ep. 3
Session 2 - Proofs of the Eternal Salvation Part II (Saved for Eternity)
PROOFS OF ETERNAL SALVATION (PART II) Perfect World versus Fallen World Let’s see another proof of the security of salvation. Lucifer himself and the first Adam fell away into sin in a perfect world and from a position of perfect holiness. Even more so, in a world full of evil, temptations, and of all the appetites and bad habits working against you as a believer, the probability of you falling from salvation is a million to one unless God keeps you and maintains your salvation intact by the pow...
Oct 06, 2023•26 min•Season 8Ep. 2
Session 1 - Proofs of the Eternal Salvation Part I (Saved for Eternity)
PROOFS OF ETERNAL SALVATION (PART I) Introduction Am I still saved? Was I ever saved in the first place? Have you ever had these kinds of questions come to your mind as a born-again believer? I know I had them eating away at me many times, although I thought I was a genuine believer in Christ, born again, baptized in water, and saved. Why? Because I was still sinning as a Christian and sometimes repeatedly in the same area. When that happened, I was feeling ashamed and sorry, and I was wondering...
Sep 27, 2023•24 min•Season 8Ep. 1
Faith's Rest (Individual Messages)
Introduction Hebrews 3:7–4:16 (NKJV) 7 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you will hear His voice, 8 Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, in the day of trial in the wilderness, 9 Where your fathers tested Me, tried Me, and saw My works forty years. 10 Therefore I was angry with that generation, and said, ‘They always go astray in their heart, and they have not known My ways.’ 11 So I swore in My wrath, ‘They shall not enter My rest.’ ” 12 Beware, brethren, lest there be in ...
Aug 03, 2023•28 min•Season 2Ep. 15
Session 3 - Jesus Is Always Always (God Is Always Faithful Series)
Jesus – The Imprint of the Father Hebrews 1:1–3 (NKJV) 1God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, 2has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds;3who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, I...
Jul 31, 2023•28 min•Season 7Ep. 3
Session 2 - The Oldest Tricks of the Devil (God Is Always Faithful Series)
In this message are described the oldest tricks used by the devil to deceive Christians into believing something that is not true or not believing what is true.
Mar 26, 2023•39 min•Season 7Ep. 2
Session 1 - God Is Always Faithful (God Is Always Faithful Series)
Introduction There was a king of the Moabites named Balak and the children of Israel had just defeated the Amorites and were on their way to Moab. And the Moabites were afraid. So, Balak, the king of Moab calls Balaam, a man who had contact with the spirit world, to curse Israel. But Balaam could not curse them even though he tried several times and from different places. Numbers 23:16–20 (NKJV) 16 Then the Lord met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, “Go back to Balak, and thus you s...
Feb 28, 2023•36 min•Season 7Ep. 1
The Believer's Spiritual Authority (Individual Messages)
THE BELIEVER'S SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY The Three Realms There are 3 realms in which believers are involved: The physical, visible, and earthly realm (or the first heaven) – world governments, political structures, all systems and cultures belong to this realm. The spiritual, invisible, and demonic realm (or the second heaven) – here we have demonic spiritual authorities that are behind the authority structures, cultures and systems of the earth. They have authority over and influence the physical re...
Jan 22, 2023•42 min•Season 2Ep. 14
How to Hear God's Voice (Individual Messages)
Introduction Today, I would like to talk about a very exciting topic and of much interest among Christians and that is, how to hear God’s voice. In spite of an abundance of Christian materials and sermons available today, many believers still struggle to hear God’s voice and have a genuine desire to know how God speaks to His people in the New Testament. In our discussion today, I will try to provide answers to 5 questions: „Why Do We Need to Hear God? Does God speak today to all born-again beli...
Oct 25, 2021•45 min•Season 2Ep. 13
Session 17 - Confession of Sins and the Lord's Supper (The Glory of Righteousness)
The Power of the Lord’s Supper Introduction Let’s first read the famous passage on the Lord’s Supper from 1 Corinthians 11:17-34: 1 Corinthians 11:17–34 (NKJV) 17 Now in giving these instructions I don’t praise you, since you come together not for the better but for the worse. 18 For first of all, when you come together as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it. 19 For there must also be factions among you, that those who are approved may be recognized amon...
Aug 20, 2021•32 min•Season 6Ep. 17
Session 16 - What to Do When We Sinned (The Glory of Righteousness)
Objections to One-Time Confession Some might say, “But what about what Isaiah said in chapter 59 verse 2 that our sins put a separation wall between us and God, that they hide His face from us and that He will not hear us? Doesn’t that mean that we come out of fellowship with God and that we need to confess our sins to Him in order for Him to hear us again?” No, it doesn’t. Isaiah lived before the cross, Jesus had not paid for his sins yet, and Isaiah was not a new creation in Christ. Indeed, du...
Aug 10, 2021•21 min•Season 6Ep. 16
Session 15 - Confession of Sins in 1 John 1:9 (The Glory of Righteousness)
Confession of Sins in 1 John 1:9 1 John 1:5–2:1 (NKJV) 5 This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. 6 If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and don’t practice the truth. 7 But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin. 8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the ...
Aug 02, 2021•31 min•Season 6Ep. 15
Session 14 - Confession of Sins (James 5:14-16) (The Glory of Righteousness)
Confession of Sins Romans 8:1 says this: Romans 8:1 (NKJV) 1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. Many Christians read the above passage and again they add in their mind, without even realizing, the following: “Yes, there is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus [ as long as they don’t have any unconfessed sins in their lives ]. ” However, that is not true. As we will ...
Jun 20, 2021•17 min•Season 6Ep. 14
Session 13 - Believers Cannot Sin (The Glory of Righteousness)
BELIEVERS CANNOT SIN (1 JOHN 3:9) 1 John 3:9 (NKJV) 9 Whoever has been born of God doesn’t sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God. Many people struggle to understand this passage because its context clearly shows that Christians still sin: 1 John 1:8 (NKJV) 8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 1 John 1:10 (NKJV) 10 If we say that we haven’t sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us. 1 John 2:1...
May 04, 2021•18 min•Season 6Ep. 13
Session 12 - Condemnation and Future Sins (The Glory of Righteousness)
Free of Condemnation Another way your conscience is cleansed of the consciousness of sins is by realizing and acknowledging in your mind and heart that, even when you sinned, you still remain free of condemnation. Let’s read the most famous passage on freedom of condemnation found in Romans 8:1-2: Romans 8:1–2 (NKJV) 1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in...
Apr 24, 2021•29 min•Season 6Ep. 12
Session 11 - The Great Exchange (The Glory of Righteousness)
The Great Exchange 2 Corinthians 5:21 says the following: 2 Corinthians 5:21 (NKJV) 21 For He ( God, the Father) made Him ( Jesus Christ) Who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. Question: In what way was Jesus Christ made sin on the cross? Was He made sin only legally OR was He made sin vitally in His nature as well, meaning in His spirit? Then, in what way were believers made righteousness? We have already seen and proved earlier that believers ha...
Mar 31, 2021•25 min•Season 6Ep. 11
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