Jim Richards

“The Word must be taken into our heart or it is lost by all the circumstances. Those who hear the Word and do not follow Jesus’ prescription to establish it in their heart will let it slip from them. They hear amiss! The result is they will spend the rest of their life getting more of what they have. Whatever they have… more is given, i.e. more poverty or more prosperity, more sickness or more health, more happiness or more sorrow. When it says “more will be given,” that word means, “to cause to happen;” for example, the sky gives the rain.7 But this doesn’t mean God is giving and taking the rain. The Scriptures reflect this giving and taking to be the product of the beliefs of our heart. After all, in the parable it was all about how the heart that receives the seed determines the harvest.”
― Jim Richards

“When Jesus said, “Repent and believe the Gospel,” He was giving us the two components of appropriating the forgiveness of sin and eternal life. “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life” (John 3:16). So that means, when you have Jesus, you have everlasting life. You can’t ever be lost again. That’s the Gospel. That’s how you’re saved. If you know Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior, here’s what’s going to happen to you when He comes in the clouds.”
― Jim Richards, Revelation: The Best is Yet to Come