(PFYC 2025) Rev. Dwain Gailher- “Landmarks of Salvation”

Dive deep into the essential landmark of salvation as Rev. Dwain Gailher dismantles theological misconceptions that have limited God's redemptive plan. With remarkable clarity, he challenges the restrictive tenets of Calvinism while establishing three foundational truths that form the bedrock of Christian faith.

The sermon begins by addressing how seemingly intellectual theological frameworks can lead believers astray when they contradict Scripture's clear teaching. Rev. Dwain Gailher  systematically unpacks the troubling implications of TULIP doctrine (Total depravity, Unconditional election, Limited atonement, Irresistible grace, and Perseverance of saints), contrasting them with the Bible's repeated use of "whosoever"—a word appearing thirty times in relation to salvation.

What makes this message particularly compelling is its balance between theological depth and practical application. Young believers are challenged to stop "hitchhiking" spiritually—riding on the faith of family members without personal commitment. The speaker poignantly observes that while parents can pass down their name, home, and even religious traditions, they cannot transfer their salvation experience to their children.

The sermon reaches its pinnacle when exploring salvation's supernatural accomplishments. Through three Greek words for redemption, we witness Christ entering the slave market of sin, paying the highest price with His blood, leading us out from bondage, and breaking every chain. This powerful imagery illustrates complete liberation—"he whom the Son sets free is free indeed."

Whether you're questioning theological concepts that seem to limit God's grace or seeking to understand the difference between cultural Christianity and genuine faith, this message provides clarity without compromise. The landmark of salvation stands firm: universally available, individually appropriated, and supernaturally accomplished.

Ready to move beyond religious traditions to experience true spiritual transformation? Listen now and discover why God's redemptive plan includes you—no matter who you are or what you've done.

Chapters

• 0:00 Introduction to Holiness Preaching
• 8:25 Landmarks of Christian Faith
• 15:07 The Universal Availability of Salvation
• 21:51 Refuting Calvinism's Limitations
• 28:39 Individual Appropriation of Salvation
• 34:19 Supernatural Accomplishments of Salvation

Transcript

Speaker 1: 1:11

Greetings everyone. This is Brother David Webb from Hodgenville, kentucky. Thank you for listening to Holiness Preaching Online. We want to present to you today a great sermon from another great preacher.

Speaker 2: 1:29

Lord bless you, amen. Well, how are all you young folks doing today? How about all the old folks that are here, like me? Huh, praise the Lord. Man, that was great singing, wasn't it? Powerful songs, and it's been quite a while since I heard Landmark's song. That's tremendous, amen.

Speaker 2: 1:50

Well, I trust that if you have drifted away or strayed away from landmarks that God put in your life, you'll get back to them this week, and if you haven't, I hope you'll just establish the ones you have, praise the Lord youth conference. So I'm glad they let me come and that they invited me to say something. It's even better, well, kind of, but I'm honored to be here. I appreciate this board of directors and my thanks to brother trent brewer, who's helping me with a few slides from my outline here today. I'm thrilled to be with you and I trust that God will speak to your heart in these two days. Man, I mean, they come and go quick and you got to get in and get what you can from the Lord. Amen. Turn with me, if you would, to Titus, chapter three. If you don't mind, I know you've been standing, but if you'd please stand just for the reading of the word, I would appreciate that today. Amen.

Speaker 2: 3:02

Praise the Lord, titus, chapter three, and we'll begin reading at verse number three, for we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers, lust and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another. Wow, that's a terrible description, isn't it? Amen, thank God, that word in there is were we were. If you are like that today, you really need to hear my preaching today. Amen. But after that, the kindness and love of God, our Savior, toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness, which we have done, but according to his mercy. He saved us Praise the Lord by the washing of regeneration and renewing of the holy ghost, which he shed on us abundantly through jesus christ, our savior, that, being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. Amen. Let's settle the landmark of salvation today. What do you say? Amen, lord, we thank you today for your spirit. We feel in this place, my. This is an amazing crowd of your people, lord, and I'm so grateful that you've drawn them and brought them from all over this country and maybe from even other countries, I don't know. But I pray that you, here in this meeting, you would draw our hearts together, draw our minds together, for the Holy Ghost is called the Spirit of Truth and I pray that you will work truth into our hearts and make us strong in the faith. We pray it in Jesus' name, amen, you can be seated.

Speaker 2: 5:13

The theme, of course, is landmarks, landmarks of our Christian faith, here this year. Now, my Webster's dictionary, which is the Bible of word definitions, amen. Says, first of all, the basic definition of a landmark is it's an object to mark a boundary, all right. But the expanded definition of that is it's a conspicuous object. See, there is a difference, because there are some objects to mark a boundary that you can't even see them. But these are conspicuous objects, amen. They are objects that mark a course or serve as a guide. So here we are in PFYC for the next two days. We want to point out to you some doctrines that mark a boundary for truth in Christianity, amen. We want to remind you of some of the conspicuous, obvious and important doctrines, amen, that mark a course of divine truth and serve as a guide for your Christian life. You realize, like I preached a couple years ago, there are voices everywhere and they all proclaim that they're right, but they're not all right. God's truth is always right and that's what we want to settle in your hearts in these next two days Amen. And just like the Bible prohibited anyone from moving an old landmark for whatever reason, amen. We must not allow these biblical landmarks to be removed. They are markers of God's truth. His word has forever placed them and we must take heed to them if we want to make it safely to heaven.

Speaker 2: 7:06

I want to say, before I dig into this, that all of you young people are immensely blessed. Indeed, in my day which I know you weren't even alive, I know, but in my day we didn't have these kind of meetings. Gradually, youth camps became common, but we did not have this quality of meeting where these men, these board members and directors, are seriously concerned about biblical doctrine and they want you, young people, to hear it. They're not acting like you're so dumb you can't figure it out, amen. They're believing that you have enough discerning and enough ability spiritually to take in the truth and get these doctrines, because you can't grow a strong Christian life drinking the milk of Bible stories and hearing fast songs. Amen. Those all have their place, but you got to get in the meat of the word of God and know the doctrinal basis for what you believe and why you believe it Amen.

Speaker 2: 8:17

So we want to begin with a landmark of salvation today. And one thing is certain without salvation, as it is presented in the Bible, nobody can be a true Christian. No exceptions, nobody makes their own way to God. This is a landmark that cannot be ignored. It must not be neglected and should never be moved, amen. So I have three main points today that I want to share with you. The doctrine of salvation is huge and I'm going to approach part of it. Brother Rawson is going to deal with part of it, but we could never exhaust it in one day. But we're going to focus on part of it, but we could never exhaust it in one day, but we're going to focus on these certain areas.

Speaker 2: 8:57

I want to tell you, first of all, the availability of salvation is universal. The availability of salvation is universal, amen. It is vital that you young people understand that salvation is available to everyone who is ever born. You say duh? Everybody knows that. No, everybody doesn't seem to know that, amen. As a matter of fact, some people right in our own ranks, in our own churches, in our own fellowships, have been detoured away from the belief that the availability of salvation is universal. For there have been segments of Christianity through the years that have restricted the availability of salvation because they have misinterpreted the Bible. Amen salvation. Because they've misinterpreted the bible, amen the.

Speaker 2: 9:57

The famous man who who began this misdirection, was a good man, john calvin. He was a reformer, along with martin luther, back in the 1500s. They lived in a time when the, the Roman Catholic church, dominated the church world, and they backlashed against that because it was so ritualistic and the Pope and the priests had total authority. And so God began dealing with men like Martin Luther and John Calvin and others that were in that reformers day, and God began leading them out of the bottoms of Catholicism. Well, john Calvin, as he began meditating in the Scriptures, he believed that God was sovereign, not the church, and he was right. So he believed in the sovereignty of God. That's how it began in a real, very, very well, for lack of a better word a very innocent way amen. But he developed a framework of doctrine from that that has gone astray amen. He developed five major points of Calvinism and they are presented in an acrostic of the word tulip. Tulip is a beautiful flower, but it's a terrible doctrine. Amen, all right.

Speaker 2: 11:21

Now the very first one we agree with and the Bible agrees with. There's no question about the total depravity of man. All men are sinners by their nature and by their practice and no one can justify or save himself. That is absolutely true, amen. So I mentioned that Calvin began to emphasize the sovereignty of God. So let me make sure we all understand that the sovereignty of God is not false doctrine. We believe in and the Bible teaches the sovereignty of God, who exists in three persons Father, son and Holy Ghost. Amen. If you don't believe God is the sovereign of the universe, man, you're in bad trouble.

Speaker 2: 12:09

But the real problem began when Calvin and those who followed after him took the sovereignty of God to a next level. That was not and is not truly biblical. They reasoned in their mind okay, since God is sovereign, he can do anything he wants to do, and since God is sovereign, he does anything he wants to do. Nothing happens except he does it. And they gradually work their way to the fact that, since God is sovereign, god then determines who can be saved and who cannot be saved. They believe God determines this step by step, through what we now call predestination, whereby God arbitrarily determines who can and will be saved before they're ever born. And they call it unconditional election, that God elects some to be saved and elects some not to be saved. So he chooses to be saved and he chooses not to be saved, and he chooses not to be saved and the individual has nothing at all to do with that. It's all unconditionally elected by God. Wow.

Speaker 2: 13:26

That doctrine specifically ignores and undermines the fact that God, who is the sovereign creator, he did create all of the universe and all of the world by his own will, and he did create man and woman by his own sovereign will. But in doing so, god consciously and deliberately gave man a free will. Go with me back for a moment to the Garden of Eden. Okay, god decides, let us make man in our image and in our likeness. There's nobody there to tell him how to do it. He does it by himself. Adam couldn't give any input. He wasn't there yet. It's kind of like you trying to decide where your family went on vacation before you were ever born. You can't do that, you're not even there. So Adam didn't get to have any input on that. It was not man's idea to have a free will. God breathed into man the breath of life and man became a living soul, and part of that soul was a free will. Amen.

Speaker 2: 14:43

The doctrine of man's free will is not opposed to the doctrine of the sovereignty of God. You don't have to choose one or the other. Hear me, young people God is sovereign. Choose one or the other. Hear me, young people, god is sovereign. He rules the universe, amen. But as the sovereign creator, he created you with a free will.

Speaker 2: 15:08

So that idea that God, sovereign, totally does whatever he wants to do, decides who will be saved, whether or not man's will is involved, this idea that God sovereignly elected or predestined led to yet another step. All right, since God predestined who would be saved and who would not be saved ahead of time. Then, when Christ went to Calvary and died on the cross, the atonement that he provided only applied to those people who had already been elected by God. So they limited the atonement, because if you aren't one of the elect, jesus' blood does nothing for you. It's not for you, it's only for those who are elected.

Speaker 2: 15:58

Wow, so talk about a mess. How can people be led astray by this mess? They act like it's higher learning. They act like we are ignorant, and the fact of the matter is they have allowed their so-called genius to take them into error. And it gets even worse. Amen, because if you are elected and predestined by God to be saved and that atonement is especially for you then you've got to be saved, right? I mean, how can someone be predestined by God to be saved and then not be saved? And you say, yeah, but what if they don't want to be saved? No, that won't ever work. You can't have that happen. Come on on, how can somebody predestined by god not want to be saved? So what happens is?

Speaker 2: 16:59

They say, here's what happens god reaches to them with what they call irresistible grace. All right, it's not that god offers them salvation and they get a choice as to, yes, they will be saved or no. They won't be saved. But god's grace comes to those who are elect in a way. They cannot resist it. It is irresistible and there's no question as to whether or not you'll respond and repent. You will. You have to. You can't help it, you can't stop it. It's irresistible. And we got one more step, which is the cap. That is the worst of them all. It's called the perseverance of saints, which is more commonly known as eternal security, if you believe all the previous things that they believe. You have to believe this Because, since God has decided that some are elected to be saved and the atonement was provided only for those who were elected and they're not able to resist God's grace and they will certainly be saved then, once only one step remain once they have been saved, they can never be lost because, after all, god predestined them to be saved and he made the atonement especially for them and sent grace especially to them. And once they're saved, it's they're saved and that's the way it's going to be.

Speaker 2: 18:41

Calvinism has terribly twisted the doctrine of salvation. Amen. I'm not picking on denominations. I'm just saying to all of you young folks and you know what Some of you here today that are not so young anymore, you better be careful who you're listening to. Amen. They'll make it sound intellectual and spiritual when it's error. Stick with the book, friends. Stick with the book. Amen. They have twisted salvation and I know it sounds elementary, I know it does, but it can't be helped. Amen, the clear declaration of scripture about salvation. It is for whosoever. Amen. I'm going to tell you today just that. One word in itself defeats all the nonsense of Calvinism Amen.

Speaker 2: 19:33

The golden text of the Bible is that God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever Hallelujah, hallelujah. How do you limit that you don't? Whosoever believes in him shall not perish but have everlasting life. For whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. Hallelujah For the grace of God that brings salvation hath appeared to all men Thirty times in the New Testament. The word whosoever is used in connection with salvation or a decision to follow Jesus 30 times.

Speaker 2: 20:23

I'll tell you what we need to do before we move on. Let's take one minute and let's thank God today for the glory and rejoice in the fact that the availability of salvation is universal. Hallelujah, glory to God. It's for you. It's for you For every race, every nationality, every tongue, every tribe, every man, every woman, every boy, every girl, and that includes you. The devil may say to you you can't be saved. That's because the devil's a liar. You can be saved. God already made the plan for you to be saved. All you have to do is agree with it. Hallelujah, you can be saved. God already made the plan for you to be saved. All you have to do is agree with it. Hallelujah.

Speaker 2: 21:17

The availability of salvation is universal, the appropriation of salvation is individual. The appropriation of salvation is individual Because, while the word whosoever is the biggest word in the Bible I mean its scope covers it all it's also one of the smallest words in the Bible Amen. Because it opens the door of salvation to whosoever will believe and it opens the door of salvation to whosoever will call on the name of the Lord. Emphasizing the entire human race is encompassed in that word whosoever. But that word whosoever restricts the appropriation of salvation to whosoever. Then that huge universal availability comes down to one individual who appropriates salvation for themselves. Hallelujah, amen. We can sit here today and rejoice In the fact that salvation was given to a whole universe of people, but we also have to take the responsibility and understand that it's whatever individual who believes on Jesus Christ that will not perish but have everlasting life, and it's whatever individual who will call on the name of the Lord that will be saved. Amen. God so loved the world that he gave His only Son. That is universal availability. But whoever believes on Him, that's individual appropriation, hallelujah.

Speaker 2: 23:12

When you were born, you didn't even realize what all was going on. You automatically shared in your family name. When I was born, my name was already Gallagher my dad and my mom. They made it the goal of their life to take care of me. It was great. I didn't even appreciate it until later. I thought they weren't taking care of me as good as they used to, because then I had a brother and a sister. They fed me, they clothed me, they gave me a safe, warm place to live. They gave me toys and candy and birthday cake and ice cream. They oversaw my education. They let me drive their car. Sometimes that was pretty good, sometimes it wasn't so good, but at least I wasn't paying for it all.

Speaker 2: 24:08

On and on it went, all these privileges I received just because I was born in their family. You know, they went to church and they took me too, amen. They read the Bible and they read Bible stories to me too. They sang and they prayed and they shouted and they rejoiced when they were at church, and they speak in tongues as the Spirit of God gave utterance, amen. They lived lives of holiness and separation, and they saw to it that I did too. But my dad and mom could not pass their salvation on to me. They gave me a lot of advantages and a lot of great blessings in life, but they could not pass their salvation on to me, they could not believe on Jesus for me, they could not call on the name of the Lord in my place, amen.

Speaker 2: 25:03

There was a time when I had to appropriate salvation individually, amen. I had to believe on the Lord, jesus christ, as my own personal savior. I had to, with my own mouth and my own words and my own voice, call on the name of the lord so that I would be saved. Amen. Salvation must be appropriated individually. So everyone here today can be saved, but not everyone here today is saved. I dare say, if you're trying to hold on to mommy's apron strings, you're trying to hold on to daddy's coattail to make your way to heaven, it ain't going to happen. Hear me. If the Lord comes, nobody's going to heaven by hanging on to mama's apron or daddy's coat. You're going to have to be ready for yourself, amen.

Speaker 2: 26:10

John said about Jesus he came into his own, but his own received him not. So I mean, jesus brought salvation to them, he made it available, but they refused to accept it and appropriate it. But John said as many as received him To them, gave he power or authority to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name. Oh, hear me today, sir, hear me today, ma'am, hear me young man, young lady. Amen.

Speaker 2: 26:42

Listen, boys and girls, if you're here today, this great salvation that God has provided it is for you. But you must personally and individually believe and you must call on the name of the Lord so that you will be saved. You got to know that when you stand before God on judgment day, you do not stand there in a group. You can't stand there and hold on mom and dad's hand with all your siblings gathered around. You can't stand there in a congregation from your church. You can't stand there with a youth group. You stand there alone. And when you stand there with a youth group, you stand there alone. And when you stand there alone, what matters is not what mom and dad and grandma and grandpa and uncle and aunt and brother and sister and everybody else did. What matters is your personal experience with God. Amen. You say we're all saved. I hope it's true, but I'm telling somebody here today amen, you've been hitchhiking spiritually for a long time. Amen, you've been going along with the youth group, going along with the family, going along with the congregation, going along with the crowd, but you have not made that personal surrender to the Lord and it is time you must appropriate it individually. If you've not done that, don't leave this meeting until you do.

Speaker 2: 28:14

The availability of salvation is universal, the appropriation of salvation is individual and the accomplishments of salvation are supernatural. Hallelujah, the accomplishments of salvation really are supernatural. Hey, we don't have time to exhaust the accomplishments or the benefits of salvation. I'm only going to hit two highlights of salvation here today that are powerful and amazing. One of the amazing accomplishments of salvation is redemption. Hallelujah, hallelujah, amen, you are redeemed, praise God.

Speaker 2: 28:55

There are three Greek words that are translated into English forms of redeem or redeemed, or redemption or redeeming. Okay, all three of them are used in different, in different times. One word is agarazo, and that word is a picture of someone entering into a slave market. There's a slave up on the auction block and the auction is in process and and they're bidding for this person and this, this deliverer, comes right down into that slave market and makes the high bid and pays the price that is demanded Hallelujah. Well, spiritually, you and I, we were slaves. We were up on the block. The devil was bidding for your soul and he was bidding high, but Jesus came right where you were, placed the high bid and paid the price. Hallelujah, glory to god.

Speaker 2: 29:56

The second word is ex agarazo, and that means to purchase out of the slave market, amen. So the Lord, as the deliverer, came into that slave market, saw you up for bid, made the high bid, paid the price and did. He didn't just turn and walk away and leave you there. He took you by the arm and said come with me, son. And he took you out of the slave market. Hallelujah, he didn't leave you there for another auction, amen. He took you out from there to never go back again.

Speaker 2: 30:31

And the third Greek word is Lutro, l-u-t-r-o-o, amen. That means to set free by the paying of the price. So the Lord comes into the slave market. So the Lord comes into the slave market, makes the high bid, pays the price, leads you outside. And he doesn't walk away and leave you standing there with shackles and chains on your wrists, on your ankles, around your waist, and say I hope you'll do good, son, I wish you the best. No, no, no. He opens those shackles and removes them all. And the Bible says he whom the son sets free, hallelujah, he is free. Indeed, I want to tell you, young people here today, the devil has no hold on your life. You hear me, I know we hear about bondage and addictions and I know they're real, but I know who the deliverer is. Amen.

Speaker 2: 31:39

Redemption is a supernatural work of salvation. He will set you free. He will set you free. Hallelujah, praise the Lord.

Speaker 2: 31:58

John said the blood of Jesus Christ that was shed on Calvary Is the propitiation. It's an old English word that simply means. It's an old English word that simply means it was the complete payment, the satisfaction. When he walked in the slave market, he wasn't dealing with cash, he was dealing with his life. Hallelujah, amen. He paid the price by giving his life and shedding his blood and he did it for you, hallelujah.

Speaker 2: 32:30

And when you are redeemed by the blood of Jesus, amen, you are justified, which is a legal term Whereby those who were guilty of wrongdoing and they were sentenced to punishment. Now they are freed from that sin and they are pardoned from that indictment and it's removed from your record. Your friends will remember, some of them will bring it up, and sometimes on a regular basis. God doesn't remember those sins anymore. They have been covered by the blood. Hallelujah. What can wash away my sin? Nothing but the blood of Jesus. What can make me whole again? Nothing but the blood of Jesus. Oh precious is that flow. It makes me white as snow. No other found. I know nothing but the blood of Jesus.

Speaker 2: 33:37

Final point regeneration. One of those supernatural accomplishments of salvation, not only redemption but regeneration. Amen. When you were, when you were born because of God's original creation, you were made up of three parts spirit, soul and body. The spirit of man is that innermost being. It is invisible, it is immortal. It's that place God created and placed in man, whereby God can communicate with man and we can respond to God. It's the home of the conscience that God has placed in there to give us guidance as to what is right and wrong. But man's spirit was deadened and darkened by sin with the fall of Adam and Eve in the garden. So the Paul said in Ephesians 2. Every sinner is quote dead. In trespasses and sins we walk according to the prince of the power of the air, a spirit that now works in the children of disobedience, and we are the children of wrath. But the good news was, in our text passage today, the kindness and love of god, our savior, appeared and according to his mercy he saved us by the washing of regeneration and the renewing of the Holy Ghost, which he shed on us abundantly. Through Jesus Christ, our savior, we have been born again, born of the spirit, hallelujah.

Speaker 2: 35:21

When Nicodemus talked to Jesus, jesus said you gotta be born again. He couldn't. He couldn't grasp that. He was thinking only in physical, earthly terms, and he knew it was impossible for a grown man to reenter his mother's womb and be born physically again. But Jesus was not referring to this in a physical matter, but a spiritual matter. And so Jesus stated this man, nicodememus, except a man be born of water which is not, by the way, that is not water baptism, don't get mixed up there. He's not talking about water baptism, he's talking about a natural, physical birth except a man be born of water and of the spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God for that which is born of the flesh, that's being born of water, born of the Spirit. He cannot enter the kingdom of God for that which is born of the flesh, that's being born of water, born of the flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit. The Holy Spirit is Spirit, is man's, that's God's way of born and birthing. You again, we are told that we are born of the Spirit.

Speaker 2: 36:20

So let me address quickly two matters here. In this regard, the Holy Spirit and the Holy Ghost are the same person. He is the third person of the divine trinity. He is called the Holy Ghost in the scripture 89 times. He is called the Holy Spirit, or the Spirit of God, or the Spirit of Christ, or the Spirit 137 times.

Speaker 2: 36:45

So please don't be ridiculous and try to prove that the Holy Spirit is not the same as the Holy Ghost. Come on. I mean, after all, all four Gospels tell about the baptism of Jesus and all four tell about a dove that descended upon Him. Matthew said the Spirit of God descended upon Him like a dove. Mark said the Spirit came upon Him like a dove. Mark said the spirit came upon him like a dove. Luke said the Holy ghost descended like a dove and John said the spirit came like a dove. So they're all terms for the same person. So don't get bent out of shape about that.

Speaker 2: 37:21

We are regenerated, born again by the spirit of God. What an amazing supernatural accomplishment. Amen that we, peter said, become partakers of the divine nature. How does a human being become a partaker or a sharer to have in common amen, a partaker of the divine nature. It comes by the regeneration and renewing of the holy ghost. So the second thing in this regard, and I'm done the holy ghost does dwell within our spirit at the moment of salvation. Don't get bent out of shape again.

Speaker 2: 38:03

I am not preaching Baptist or Presbyterian doctrine, amen. I'm preaching Pentecostal, biblical doctrine. We are born again because the Spirit of God births our spirit and makes it alive again, and he, the Holy Ghost, dwells in that renewed spirit so that we are partakers of the divine nature. Amen. The law of the spirit hath made us free from the law of sin and death. When does that happen? When you're saved, amen.

Speaker 2: 38:36

The carnal mind is enmity against God and cannot be subject to the law of God. They that are in the flesh cannot please God. But ye are not in the flesh. If so, be that the Spirit of God dwells in you Now. If any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. When do you receive the Spirit of Christ? When you're born again, hallelujah. I know this is rather deep theology and I know it takes some effort to process it, but here are the facts those who are unsaved are in the flesh and cannot please god.

Speaker 2: 39:18

When you're born again, the spirit of christ comes in and dwells in your spirit and the spirit of god dwells within you and christ is in you, by the Spirit of God, bringing life and righteousness into your spirit. There is also a baptism in the Holy Ghost, amen. It is a distinct and separate and subsequent experience whereby a Christian who's already been saved Now they are baptized in the Holy Ghost. They are immersed completely and they are filled with the Spirit. They are completely filled and endued, and others are going to be preaching about that tomorrow Amen. But no one should be afraid of the baptism of the Holy Ghost, because when we encourage you to seek the fullness of the Spirit, we're not asking you to invite something or someone foreign to you into your life. The Spirit of God is already in your spirit. All we're asking you to do is yield your entire vessel to the fullness of the Spirit of God, amen.

Speaker 2: 40:26

That's why I wanted to make that point here today, and I know we've waited in some deep waters, but you young people need to wait in some deep waters. Amen. You need to know what the Bible has to say. Amen. You can't live a mature Christian life just on those exciting Bible stories. Amen. You got to put these doctrinal landmarks in your life and have a strong foundation that will endure. Stand with me today.

Speaker 2: 40:52

The availability of salvation is universal, the appropriation of salvation is individual and the accomplishments of salvation are supernatural, as you will definitely hear from Brother Ralston. Today, let's lift our hands and thank God. Hear from Brother Ralston today, let's lift our hands and thank God for the glory of salvation. Today, if you are a born-again Christian, take this moment to thank God for redeeming you and regenerating you. And if, by some chance, you're here today and you have never personally repented of your sin and taken Jesusesus as your savior, right now would be a great time for you to call on the name of the lord and be saved. Hallelujah, glory to god. Thank you, lord, for your word today. I pray you'll help us to get the foundation of salvation properly set in our life so we can build on it and be the Christian you want us to be. Praise the Lord. Thank you so much for your attention. God bless you.

Speaker 3: 42:14

This is Pastor Phillip Steele from Pentecostal Lighthouse in Beacon, illinois, and one of the contributing members of the HBO team. We're so glad that you joined us today. We pray that you've been blessed, encouraged and uplifted through this message. May you continue to walk victoriously in the hope of his calling. God bless.