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Results from: Answered Bible Questions, Answers, Unanswered Bible Questions, Notes Author: LizLarimer Ordered by Date |
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1 | How can we be sure of eternal salvation? | Phil 1:6 | LizLarimer | 31031 | ||
Galations 3:3 says "having begun in the spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?"... my question to your friend would be what is he afraid of that he fears COULD cause him to loose his salvation? is that of the flesh? the flesh is not what perfects us - it is the Spirit of God . . . . If we are saved by the Spirit - surely the Spirit will hold us.... I haven't seen that verse used - -or John 10 where Jesus says that those whom the father has given him can not be taken from his hand..... actualy - -the thoughts that help me in this was the question of how many sins did Jesus die for? only my past sins? since His death was looking to forgive all my sins - (then in the future) it must be applied to any sins I may committ after salvation. Did he know I was going to go into that area of sin? If He is omniscient, then He did - - and already knowing that, did he then choose to give me salvation? what makes me think then that He would take back the gift for doing something he knew I would do before the gift was even given to begin with..... It is an awsome thoght - I did not earn my salvation in the first place - and my doing good is not going to be that which causes me to kep that salvation... but the spirit uses our joy and thankfullness for this wonderful gift to change us - - |
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2 | Paul, "Attain to the resurrection"? | Philippians | LizLarimer | 31024 | ||
Paul may very well have been suggesting the idea "If only my life here can accurately reflect the resurrection to come" - to attain - to strive to live now as if the resurrection has been complete in our lives. To unleash the resurrection power NOW and not wait until the work is completed . . . see the first chapter - - 'He who becan a work in you WILL complete it" he never doubts the completion - but often talks about the striving to be like Christ.... he mentions in another place the desire to run in such a way as to not be disqulified from the race.... I do not beleive he means in eternity - but perhaps like so many today, to be discredited and thus "disqualified" in the eyes of others to minister because of personal sin. just my rambling thoughts |
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