Belief that Overcomes

But that’s not the type of belief that it was saying here. It says that he destroyed them that believed not. They all knew that they were taken out. But, brethren, they did not overcome.

And so it is with us today. The true defining belief in Jesus Christ is that belief that overcomes sin, is that belief that overcomes the world, is that belief that overcomes the unrighteousness and the carnality that is in the world. And for those that do not believe it, but they go back whoring after Egypt and lusting after Egypt, God destroyed them.

And so it will be with us. If our hearts go back towards Egypt and we begin to murmur and complain as they did, it will be among us.

It says, “And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.” And so, again, brethren, if that’s happened to the angels, what would be … It says if the righteous scarcely be saved, what shall be the lot of the unjust and the wicked? Those that are committing fornication and going after strange flesh, as it says.

So we know that there is no eternal security. We know that, brethren, we have to stay on the narrow way. And that just because we’re an Apostolic and we’ve been baptized, doesn’t mean we’re just a shoo-in. We’ve got to press on in the right doctrine of this Word.

And we can’t be too careful. Match up the words that we speak. Match up the words that our brethren speak. Not that we don’t love or trust one another, but we’ve got to take this thing serious. We’ve got to make sure that this is what the Word is saying.
--Sermon Excerpt: Bro. D.D.