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1 | Once saved, are you saved forever, | 2 Cor 5:21 | Murphi | 227048 | ||
If you were saved/baptized as a young teenager but have not stayed involved in church, are you still saved by the grace of God? I am now 46 yrs old and recently became involved in church again. | ||||||
2 | Once saved, are you saved forever, | 2 Cor 5:21 | Beja | 227049 | ||
Murphi, I do not say this in any way to scold you, but to try to point you in a right direction. Your understanding of what salvation is about and how it occurs to seem to be very lacking. You seem to be under the impression that your lack of attendance at church negatively impacts your state of salvation, and at the same time you seem hopeful that your current attendance restores it. The only source of salvation is Jesus Christ dying in order to satisfy all the wrath of God which was due to you for your many sins. All that one must do to be saved is to believe and to trust upon what Christ has done on the cross for forgiveness of your sins. He is offered to you freely. He is not for you to earn or in any way merit. Believe it, and trust fully upon his taking your place for your salvation. Do not trust in that you once were baptized. Do not trust in that you once said a prayer. Do not trust in that a pastor told you that you were saved. Do not trust in anything in heaven or earth other than that Jesus Christ has taken your sin upon himself, died for those sins upon a cruel cross, and that Christ has given you His very own righteousness in place of your sin. And for the love of your own soul spend your remaining days diligently in the word of God, faithly in the attendance of Church and hearing the word preached, and passionate in seeking to know Him that you might make up for the time you have lost so that you might know him and the gospel as you ought. Repent of the time you've lost and follow him. Know with certainty that all those who come to God through Christ are not only promised forgiveness of sins, but we are also promised that He will write His words upon our heart so that we shall become obedient to him (Heb 8:8-12, Ezekiel 36:25-27). So trust fully upon the cross of Christ and go forward and learn that obedience that was purchased for you on the cross. For God will enable you to make gains in holiness, "for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure" (Philippians 2:13). God is able to restore to you the years that you lost (Joel 2:25). He is a compassionate God who delights in mercy (Micah 7:18). He will never cast out any soul that comes to Christ (John 6:37). He has infinite compassion on your shortcomings and weaknesses (Hebrews 4:15). Cling fast to Christ and the cross. Believe that He is a rewarder of those who seek him (Heb 11:6). In Christ, Beja |
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