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1 | Joyfully accepting Jesus but not saved? | Matt 13:20 | Searcher56 | 72973 | ||
One can recieve and no accept, just as one can hear and not believe (Rom 10:15-13). | ||||||
2 | Joyfully accepting Jesus but not saved? | Matt 13:20 | Piper | 72975 | ||
Plainly speaking, if you receive something with Joy it implies that you accepted it.... Can we please keep this simple. |
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3 | Joyfully accepting Jesus but not saved? | Matt 13:20 | ottersln | 72985 | ||
When my sister called me and told me that my great-neice had been born I joyfully accepted this news. When I held this wonderful little gift from God in my arms, immediately fell in love with her, I knew her and accepted her for who and what she is. When I heard as a very young child that Jesus was God's only Son and that He loved me I joyfully accepted it was so. When I realized that I was a sinner and that I needed to be forgiven for my sins I believed in my heart that Jesus was the Son of God. His death on the cross and ressurection from the grave was for my sins. I choose to have an ongoing relationship with Jesus Christ by study of His Word, talking to Him through prayer and offering my service and tithes to Him to grow the kingdom of God here on earth. Hope this helps. |
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4 | Joyfully accepting Jesus but not saved? | Matt 13:20 | Piper | 73004 | ||
Thanks Ottersln: but these verses from the sowers parable appear to contradict the statement I hear from virtually all churchs/evangelist who emphatically state that at the very moment you accept Jesus you are a new perfect being in God's eyes: saved and saved forever. This parable does not appear to concur with that "corest" of core teachings...quite the opposite. How can this be reconciled? | ||||||
5 | Joyfully accepting Jesus but not saved? | Matt 13:20 | Robert Nicholson | 73039 | ||
The problem with termonology used to describe how to be saved, is that many mistakenly suggest that it is our decision which saves us. The parable of the sower I believe illustrates that the ground must be prepared in order for the seed to take root and bear fruit. So it is with the gospel. The person's heart must be prepared by the Holy Spirit of God before the gospel will take root and bare fruit. An unbeliever can intellectually state that they receive Christ and still remain in their sins. It is not until God in his wonderous grace and mercy works in our heart showing us our sinfulness, our lost condition and need of a Savior. It is at this point that if we are willing to acknowledge our hopeless condition that God by his Spirit shines into our dark heart with the light of the glorious gospel and through faith we are saved by God's grace. It is God who saves through the work of Christ. "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God; not of works, lest any should boast" (Eph. 2:8) The scripture teaches "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new." ( 2Cor.5:17) |
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6 | Joyfully accepting Jesus but not saved? | Matt 13:20 | Piper | 73135 | ||
I don't understand (at all). I thought the whole point was to have people to make a desision to accept Christ as their savoir. To accept Christ in their lives. If I have heard a thousand sermons....that was the central point of 990 of them...without qualifiers. Did all these preachers misinterpet the bible? Would the Holy Sprit fail to lead that many men of God . Or did I just hear what I wanted to hear??? | ||||||
7 | Joyfully accepting Jesus but not saved? | Matt 13:20 | Robert Nicholson | 73155 | ||
Greetings Piper: It was not my intention be be confusing in my post. It is also not my intention to be critical of preachers of the gospel. When we preach the gospel of Christ as presented by Paul in 1 Cor.15:3-4 "For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures" In Romans 3 we see a picture of all natural humans without God. Paul quotes Psalm 14 "There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God" Rom.3:11 In our natural state without the work of the Spirit of God we would not have any desire to seek God, nor would we be able to understand. Nevertheless, Jesus promised that after he left the Holy Spirit would come into the world and would "repove (convict) the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment" (John 16:8) We can rejoice that there is power in the gospel message Paul writes "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth..." Romans 1:16) Those who preach the gospel sow the message, but it is God who gives the increase. I believe we have to see the gospel from two perspectives to undertand. First, from the lost sinner's view. The gospel is preached to the whosoever will. Sinners are quoted the words of Jesus "Strive to enter in at the straight gate". "Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden and I will give your rest" From God's view: By his Spirit God speaks to the heart of the unbeliever, he strives with them, he draws them to Christ, he speaks to their hearts of their own sinful and helpless condition, At the point we will allow our will to be broken and acknowledge our need of a Savior, it is at this point that God reveals to us the work of Christ on the cross for our sins. With our will broken we simply rest by faith on the work which Christ has already done and by God's Spirit we are born from above. It is not so much that I accept Christ, but that Christ accepts me just as I am in all my need and sin. Although we may think that we are coming to Christ, the reality we are drawn to him by his Spirit. You mention "To accept Christ into their lives" Christ wants to enter our heart and change our lives. "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new." (2 Cor. 5:17) Christ does not want to be part of our old way of life, he wants to change our hearts and give us a new life in him. I have said to many, "be thankful if God is speaking to your heart and is showing you that you have the need of a savior. "Just as I am without one plea But that thy blood was shed for me And that thou bidst me come to thee O Lamb of God I come, I come. In this song we have the picture of a lost helpless sinner who has been shown the truth that Christ died for his/her sins. God by his Spirit is inviting them to come and rest in this truth. By faith they come and rest their all upon Christ for salvation. My dad was saved at 35 years of age. When he heard the gospel he was convicted of his condition and his need to be forgiven and changed. He listened to the gospel and tried believing, but was not saved. Indeed after a few weeks he decided within himself that he had left it too long and that he was too great a sinner to be forgiven. He thought to himself "I am lost". God did not leave him alone and in the early hours of the day sitting in his room, getting no sleep or rest, he read in the Bible these words " For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly" Rom 5:6 As these words entered his soul he realized that God described his condition in that verse and at that moment as God by his Spirit revealed to him "Christ died for the ungodly" he took this truth personally and rested on Christ. He was a new creature in Christ and lived to prove it until God took him home. My humble opinion is that when we present the gospel we need to use wisdom and avoid trying to make deals with God. We can force a person to make a decision (especially children) by quotting a prayer or signing a card without the work of God by his Spirit. We need to present the good news clearly and invite people to come. Nevertheless, we must remember it is God who does the work. Robert |
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8 | Joyfully accepting Jesus but not saved? | Matt 13:20 | CDBJ | 73157 | ||
Great post Robert, either people believe what God say’s about His Son or they don’t. 1 John 5:10-13 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. [11] And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. [12] He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. [13] 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, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. Have a nice day, CDBJ |
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9 | Simon wanting to buy Holy Spirit Acts 8 | Matt 13:20 | DEL | 73162 | ||
Can someone believe on JESUS for selfish reasons in a moment of feeling the need for something( ie. love, hope, peace, prosperity), walk the aisle at a church for salvation, yet not have a saving faith? I am reminded of Simon in Acts 8: 14-24. Was he saved? | ||||||
10 | Simon wanting to buy Holy Spirit Acts 8 | Matt 13:20 | CDBJ | 73167 | ||
Just because someone jumps through some ministers psychological hoop by walking an aisle doesn’t mean that that they are saved. I ask a fellow one day if he were to die and stand before God at this very moment and God were to ask him why should I let you into my Kingdom, what would you say? His answer was because he went forward in a Billy Graham crusade. (WRONG ANSWER) I just answered a post on the same topic and I would like to suggest the same to you if I may. Do a lengthy study on the words believe and faith as found in the Bible and ask the Lord to show you the truth that is contained in the Koine Greek of those words. The English words for believe and faith is very limited as to what it conveys. Have a nice day, CDBJ |
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