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1 | Saved or hoped to be saved? | Eph 2:8 | Morant61 | 120880 | ||
Greetings Rowdy! There is no butting in on a public forum! :) Allow me to ask you one question my friend. Are we saved or are we hoping to be saved? I believe that salvation can willingly be rejected, but I do not believe that our salvation is 'fragile'. I have been saved. I'm not hoping to be saved one day if I am good enough. Christ paid the price for my sins on the cross and when I responded to the conviction of the Holy Spirit, I was saved. I don't have to worry from day to day whether I have been good enough, obedient enough, or worked hard enough. Nothing that I can do or not do can add to what Christ has already done. This is why the gospel is 'good news'. Yet, as humans, we seem to have this tremendous reluctance to simply trusting God's grace. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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2 | Saved or hoped to be saved? | Eph 2:8 | Rowdy | 120885 | ||
I see your reference to Eph 2:8 and I agree most emphatically, but what I'm NOT seeing is your scriptures in response to all the many scriptures I've cited in the past on this subject, other posts. Briefly, those would be James 2, branch and vine parable of Jesus in John 15. Yes, indeed it is most definitely only by the Grace of God that any of us make it to Heaven but these scriptures and others clearly depict that we must have a faith that produces fruit or it's dead and useless to both us and our God. By the way, I DO trust in God's Grace. I trust that It's going to cover up for my poor performance in producing the fruit alluded to above. His Grace will continue to cover for us in our sins if we repent continually and put our faith in the fellowship of God as cited in 1 John. Looking for your response with scriptures to these specific points. God bless. --Rowdy |
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3 | Saved or hoping to be saved? | Eph 2:8 | Morant61 | 120887 | ||
Greetings Rowdy! I have addressed your specific questions several times, in posts, 120336, 120371, and 120402. :-) Now, how about an answer to my question? Are we saved or are we hoping to be saved? Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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4 | Saved or hoping to be saved? | Eph 2:8 | WalkingTalkingBible | 120896 | ||
You are saved IF you continue in faith. That's why Jesus said, "He that endures to the end shall be saved (Matthew 10:22)." You are saved (or delivered) from the bondage of sin if you accept Jesus as Savior. Then He empowers you via Holy Ghost to maintain salvation but you have to choose to continue in faith. Then when you die, if you have kept the faith, you will be saved from eternal damnation (or eternal separation from God). Colossians 1:22-23 says, "In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight: If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel. . ." It's not that we hope to be saved, but we were given salvation because we believe (accepted, have faith, trust) and we have a responsibility to maintain it and God has provided everything we need in that of Jesus Christ. WalkingTalkingBible |
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