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Timo Thy, Calauan (2026)

20/02/2026

📖 TIMO THY
🔍 The New Birth by Dr. David K. Bernard

✨ THE LORD'S STATEMENT TO NICODEMUS

📖 John 3 records an important conversation between a Jewish religious leader named Nicodemus and Jesus. Nicodemus came to Jesus one night and acknowledged Him as a teacher from God.

🗣️ Jesus replied, “Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God” (John 3:3).

❓ Nicodemus did not understand this, for he asked the Lord how a man could be born a second time from his mother’s womb.

📖 Jesus explained, “Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God” (John 3:5).

✨ Jesus was pointing towards a new age in which the kingdom of God would soon be revealed, and every person who wished to enter that kingdom would have to be born again, that is, born of water and the Spirit.

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19/02/2026

📖 TIMO THY
🔍 The New Birth by Dr. David K. Bernard

✨ THE RELATION BETWEEN PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE SALVATION (PART III) ✨

📌 In short, we have not yet received all the eternal benefits of salvation, and therefore our future salvation is still a hope. “We are saved by hope,” and we have “the hope of salvation” (Romans 8:24; I Thessalonians 5:8).

🙏 The hope of future salvation is more than a mere wish, however, for we have the promise and assurance of salvation if we continue to walk in the gospel. The one way to obtain eternal salvation is to find present salvation from sin in this life.

❓ This brings us to the question: How can we be saved from sin in this life? Let us look at three crucial New Testament passages relating to this subject. The first passage we will consider comes from the ministry of Christ. The other two passages are the only two places in the New Testament church where someone asked how to be saved.

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18/02/2026

📖 TIMO THY
🔍 The New Birth by Dr. David K. Bernard

THE RELATION BETWEEN PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE SALVATION (PART II)

Paul also stated,

“Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling”
📖 (Philippians 2:12)

This does not mean we can save ourselves by our own plan or earn our own salvation.
Rather, it means we must consciously abide in and keep our salvation.

We should view salvation with awe and respect, realizing we can lose it if we do not value it.
We should be watchful of Satan’s tricks and timid of doing evil.

Many other verses give similar admonitions.

“Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee”
📖 I Timothy 4:16

“Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off”
📖 Romans 11:22

“I declare unto you the gospel . . . By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I have preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain”
📖 I Corinthians 15:1-2

Many other passages teach that we can lose salvation through unbelief and disobedience.
📖 (Galatians 5:4; I Timothy 5:12; Hebrews 12:14-15; James 5:19-20; II Peter 1:10; 2:1; 2:20-21; Revelation 3:5)

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17/02/2026

📖 TIMO THY
🔍 The New Birth by Dr. David K. Bernard

THE RELATION BETWEEN PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE SALVATION (PART I)

Obviously, the three tenses of salvation are closely related.
Future salvation will come only to those who have experienced past and present salvation in this life.
Those who are saved in the present have full assurance of salvation in the future.

However, a one-time past experience does not automatically guarantee future salvation.
We are responsible for keeping our salvation until the end.

Just as we have received past salvation through faith in Jesus, we will receive future salvation only if we continue to live by faith in Jesus.
We can forfeit our present salvation and our promise of future salvation by a voluntary return to sin and unbelief.
The link between past and future salvation is continuance in present salvation.

Many scriptural passages emphasize this truth.

Jesus taught the absolute necessity of abiding in Him and keeping His commandments
📖 (John 15:1-14)

He said,

“He that endureth to the end shall be saved”
📖 Matthew 10:22

“Whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life”
📖 John 3:16

In this last verse, “believeth” is in the present tense, implying that continued present belief is necessary.

Likewise, Paul said the gospel of Christ is

“the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth . . . For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith”
📖 Romans 1:16-17

Salvation will come to those who move from faith to faith, to those who continue to live by faith.

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16/02/2026

📖 TIMO THY
🔍 The New Birth by Dr. David K. Bernard

WHAT IS SALVATION (PART II)

In another sense of the word, however, salvation is still future. We have not yet received final and complete deliverance from all the curse of sin.

We still live in this sinful and imperfect world, have mortal bodies, have the sinful nature within us, face temptation, and have the ability to sin.

Our salvation will be complete only when we receive glorified, immortal bodies like that of the resurrected body of Jesus
📖 (Romans 8:23; Philippians 3:20-21)

At that time we will no longer be subject to:
• sickness
• pain
• the temptation of sin
• the possibility of death
📖 (I Corinthians 15:51-57)

This last stage in God’s salvation plan for us is called glorification
📖 (Romans 8:30)

And it will occur when Christ comes back for His church
📖 (I Thessalonians 4:14-17; I John 3:2)

Thus the Bible often speaks of salvation as a future event:

“But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved”
📖 Acts 15:11

“For now is our salvation nearer than when we believed”
📖 Romans 13:11

“So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation”
📖 Hebrews 9:28

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30/01/2026

📖 TIMO THY
🔍 The New Birth by Dr. David K. Bernard

WHAT IS SALVATION? ✨

At the outset, we should establish what we actually mean by the word salvation. In general, salvation can refer to any kind of deliverance, preservation, or liberation. In a theological context, it means deliverance “from the power and effects of sin.”1 From the Bible it is apparent that salvation has past, present, and future aspects. We can say we were saved, meaning that at a past point in time we received forgiveness of sin, freedom from sin’s control, and power to live for God. For example, Paul said, “Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us” (Titus 3:5). 🕊️

We can also say we are saved, because we presently enjoy forgiveness of sins, power to live for God, and freedom from the power and effects of sin. Thus Paul said, “By grace ye are saved” (Ephesians 2:5). The resurrection and life of Christ effect present salvation. Not only did His death purchase past salvation from sin, but His life provides present victory over sin through His Spirit that dwells in us (Romans 5:10; I John 4:4). ✝️

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29/01/2026

📖 TIMO THY
🔍 The New Birth by Dr. David K. Bernard

SALVATION COMES ONLY THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST (PART II) ✝️

Why is reliance upon Christ absolutely necessary? Since all men are sinners, the holiness of God demanded that He separate Himself from sinful man and also required death as a penalty for man. God chose to bind Himself by the principle of death for sin. Without the shedding of blood (the giving of a life) there can be no remission or release from this penalty (Hebrews 9:22) and no restoration to fellowship with the holy God. (See Ephesians 2:13-17; Colossians 1:19-22.) The death of animals is not sufficient to remit the sin of man (Hebrews 10:4), because man is much greater than the animals in that he was created in the spiritual, mental, and moral image of God (Genesis 1:27). Neither can an ordinary man become the substitutionary sacrifice for another, for all deserve eternal death for their own sins. ⚖️

In order to provide a suitable substitute, God manifested Himself in flesh through the man Jesus Christ. Christ is the only sinless man who has ever lived, so He was the only One who did not deserve to die and who could be a perfect substitute. Therefore, His death became a propitiation or an atonement—the means by which God can pardon sins without violating His holiness and justice (Romans 3:23-26). God does not excuse our sins, but He has inflicted the penalty for those sins on the innocent man Christ. This substitution avails to us when we place our faith in Christ and apply His gospel to our lives. Thus the substitutionary, atoning death of Christ was made necessary by (1) the sinfulness of man, (2) the holiness of God, and (3) God’s law requiring death as the punishment for sin. This is why there can be no salvation outside Jesus Christ. ✝️🩸

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28/01/2026

📖 TIMO THY
🔍 The New Birth by Dr. David K. Bernard

SALVATION COMES ONLY THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST (PART I) ✝️

Not only does each man need salvation 😔, there is nothing man can do to save himself. No amount of good works or adherence to law can save a man. Ephesians 2:8-9 proclaims, “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast.” This means salvation is a free gift from God 🎁. The death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ made this free gift of salvation available, and the only way to receive salvation is to have faith in Jesus and in the sufficiency of His sacrifice. Of course, saving faith in Christ includes obedience to His gospel and application of His gospel to our lives. (See Chapter 2 for further discussion of grace and faith.)

We must stress that salvation can come only through faith, and that faith must be in the Lord Jesus Christ ✨. Jesus asserted, “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me” (John 14:6). He also said we must believe He is God manifested in the flesh as our Savior 💖. “I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins” (John 8:24).

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27/01/2026

📖 TIMO THY
🔍 The New Birth by Dr. David K. Bernard

THE UNIVERSAL NEED FOR SALVATION ✝️

The Bible emphatically declares that all human beings are sinners 😔. “Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?” (Proverbs 20:9).
“But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf 🍂; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away” (Isaiah 64:6). “There is no man that sinneth not” (I Kings 8:46; II Chronicles 6:36).

The first three chapters of Romans affirm that both Jews and Gentiles stand condemned in God’s sight ⚖️. Those who did not have the law of Moses are condemned by conscience, and those who had the law of Moses are condemned by the law 📜 (Romans 2:12-16). In short, all mankind is under sin (Romans 3:9). “There is none righteous, no, not one” (Romans 3:10; see Psalm 14:1-3). All the world is guilty before God (Romans 3:19). “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23).

Because of this, all mankind is under the sentence of death ☠️. “For the wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23). “Sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death” (James 1:15).

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26/01/2026

📖 TIMO THY
🔍 The New Birth by Dr. David K. Bernard

INTRODUCTION ✨

“Men and brethren, what shall we do?” (Acts 2:37) ❓
“Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” (Acts 16:30) ❓

Every human being is a sinner and stands in need of salvation 🙏. Through the centuries many people have realized this fact and have asked, “How can I be saved?” Christianity proclaims that God has provided salvation through Jesus Christ ✝️. However, the question remains, “How can I receive the salvation that Jesus Christ provides?”

We believe the Bible provides the answer to this simple yet vital question 📖. The goal of this book is to find the biblical answer to the question just posed, and to discuss the many issues arising out of this subject. We will attempt to lay aside the doctrines of men and man-made denominations and see what the Bible itself teaches 🕊️.

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16/01/2026

📖 TIMO THY
🔍 The Oneness of God by Dr. David K. Bernard

✨ CONCLUSION

📜 In the Old Testament, God chose to reveal aspects of His nature to man through various theophanies. In the New Testament era, the progressive revelation of God through theophanies culminated and found perfect fulfillment in Jesus Christ.

🙌 This leads us to Chapters III and IV and to the great truth that Jesus is the one God of the Old Testament.

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15/01/2026

📖 TIMO THY
🔍 The Oneness of God by Dr. David K. Bernard

✨ ARE THERE NEW TESTAMENT THEOPHANIES?

📜 The New Testament records no theophanies of God in human form outside of Jesus Christ. Of course, Christ was more than a theophany; He was not just God appearing in the form of a man, but He was God clothed with a real human body and nature.

👼 The angel of the Lord in Matthew 1:20, 2:13, 28:2 and Acts 8:26 seems to be an angel and nothing more; there is no evidence to the contrary. It is clear in these passages that the angel is not Jesus Christ.

✅ This fits in well with the conclusion that the angel of the LORD in the Old Testament was not always the LORD Himself.

🕊️ The only possible New Testament theophany is the dove at the baptism of Christ. (See Chapter VIII for a full discussion of the dove and the special reason for its appearance.)

❓ Why this lack of New Testament theophanies? The reason is simple: there is no need for them. God is fully expressed in Jesus Christ. Jesus fully declares and reveals the Father (John 1:18). Jesus is the express image of the invisible God, the brightness of His glory, and the express image of His person (Colossians 1:15; Hebrews 1:3).

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