The issue in eternal salvation is faith in Jesus Christ. The moment a person simply personally believes in Jesus Christ as Savior he is born again and eternally secure.
The issue after salvation is spiritual growth. The key to the Christian life and spiritual growth is rebounding from sin. The moment a person believes in Christ he is filled with the Holy Spirit. But the first time the believer commits a sin after salvation he loses the filling of the Spirit and enters into a state of carnality. He is still saved but is under the control of his sin nature. But God has graciously provided the means of recovering the filling of the Spirit.
My original pastor/teacher, R. B. Thieme, JR. referred to the means of the recovery of the filling of the Spirit as the rebound technique. He wrote a book edited from his lectures and unpublished notes called
'Rebound & Keep Moving' which explains this simplest yet most incredible concept in the spiritual life which opens the door to the wonderful freedom the grace of God offers to every believer in Jesus Christ.
There is also an online presentation of that book. And so for the benefit of whoever may be interested, I wanted to provide a link to it.
Here it is. --> http://www.rbthieme.org/PDF/Rebound_...ep_Moving!.pdf
The topics covered are;
What About Sin?
What About Grace?
Grace For The Believer And Unbeliever
Why Rebound?
The Rebel Within
Understanding the Sin Nature
The Area of Weakness
The Area of Strength
The Sin Nature Has Two Trends
The Lust Pattern
The Standard of God is Absolute
Eternal Relationship --- the Top Circle
Temporal Fellowship --- the Bottom Circle
Does Carnality Shock You?
Is Your List Complete?
God's List of Sins
Two Distinct Ministries of the Holy Spirit
Rebound!
Confess to God Alone
Forgiveness by Grace Alone
The Prodigal Son
After Confession, What?
Isolate Your Sins
Forget your Sins and Keep Moving
Self-Judgment or Divine Discipline
Rebound for Spiritual Advance
David: Failure and Recovery
David the Spiritual Giant
David the Carnal Giant
David's Schemes
Was it Worth it?
David's Rebound
What a Price to Pay
The Divine Training Program
Do Not Fail the Grace of God
Here again is the link --> http://www.rbthieme.org/PDF/Rebound_...ep_Moving!.pdf
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