\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. 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Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{2} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Now that I am saved, can I ever lose my salvation?}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Once an individual has settled the question of salvation as the Bible declares it – by grace through faith in Jesus Christ – it is imperative that he understands how that decision has affected his entire life.} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 5) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{In the Salvation lesson; we learned that there are only two spiritual families on earth, God's and the devil's. We learned that we were born into the devil's family at the time of our physical birth, and we are born into God's family, when we receive Jesus Christ as our Savior (John 1:12-13). In this lesson we will discuss the state of the new believer in God's family, and from the biblical facts, settle the question of the eternal security of the Christian.} \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 10) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{What does Jesus say?}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Jesus Christ promises that "… him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out." (John 6:37) God will not cast you out of his family under any circumstances.} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{John 10:27-29 makes it clear that no man can cause you to lose your salvation, because God your Father is greater than all men, therefore no man is able to pluck you out of his hand.} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 4) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Can I do something to lose my salvation?}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Okay, God won't cast me out, and no man can pluck me out of His hand, but what about myself?} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Salvation is by grace through faith, and not by works. It is a GIFT from God. No man can lose his salvation on his own because no man earned his salvation. Ephesians 2:8-9} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 4) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Galatians 3:10 and James 2:10 tell us if we had to do anything to earn or keep salvation, we would lose it easily. Yet, II Timothy 1:12 assures us it is Jesus Christ who keeps us, not we ourselves.} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 4) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Galations 2:21 states clearly that if we could become righteous by anything we do, then Jesus Christ's death was a waste.} \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Can anything else cause me to lose my salvation?}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Okay, God won't cast me out, no man can cause me to lose my salvation, and I can't lose it myself, but is there anything else that can cause me to lose my salvation?} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{No. Romans 8:38-39 says, "For I am persuaded that neither:} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{"{\emph{Death}}" – you can't lose it when you die.} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{"{\emph{Life}}" – you can't lose it while you are alive.} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{"{\emph{Angels}}" – can't take it from you.} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{"{\emph{Principalities}}" – the government can't take it from you.} \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{"{\emph{Powers}}" – the devil can't cause you to lose it.} \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{"{\emph{Things present}}" – nothing happening right now can take it away.} \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 2) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{"{\emph{Things to come}}" - nothing in the future can make you lose it.} \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 2) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{"{\emph{Height}}" – nothing above you.} \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 1) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{"{\emph{Depth}}" - nothing below you.} \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 1) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{"{\emph{Nor any other creature shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.}}"} \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Why is this?}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Because your relationship with God is now a father/son relationship by birth. Review John 1:12-13} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{When you were born physically, there was a record made of your birth called a birth certificate. When you were born again, a record was made. I John 5:11-13} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 4) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Your birth certificate was marked with a seal. The Holy Spirit of God seals your spiritual birth. Ephesians 1:13, 4:30} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{You will be your earthly father's son for eternity because you were born of his seed. Your relationship to your earthly father is not based on what you do or do not do, it is a relationship that you received by physical birth. You can die, but you can never be unborn. In the same manner, your relationship to God is entered into by a spiritual birth and is not earned or lost by human accomplishments.} \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 9) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{How can I know for sure I am saved?}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{The epistle of I John is written for this purpose. I John 5:13 says, "These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life…" As a new Christian, I John should be a primary focal point to help you grow and to settle this issue.} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 7) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{What if I don't feel saved?}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Your salvation is not based on feelings. It is based upon the objective factual truth of the Word of God.} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{I John 3:20 says, "For if our heart condemn us (we think or feel unsaved), God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things." God knows if you're saved, even if you don't.} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 4) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Titus 1:2 says, "In hope of eternal life which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world begain."} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{JUST BELIEVE WHAT GOD HAS SAID! 1 John 2:25} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}