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1 | "ONCE SAVED ALWAYS SAVED"!!! | Matt 22:37 | Morant61 | 64210 | ||
Greetings FTimA! Not necessarily and Yes! Yes, it is an old debate. However, it is not necessarily moot. I am always willing to discuss issues with people who are sincerely interested in finding out what Scripture has to say about an issue. So, what do you think my new friend? Does Eph. 2:8-9 mean 'not by works alone' or does it mean 'not by works'? Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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2 | "ONCE SAVED ALWAYS SAVED"!!! | Matt 22:37 | FTimA | 64214 | ||
Here is Ephesians 2:8-10 "For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them." 1. "For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God" Romans 5:8 adds to the understanding of this, "But God demonstrates His own love towards us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." God appeared to men in the flesh as Jesus Christ. Jesus died on the cross for the sins of mankind that "whoever believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life." Jn 3:15,16 Jesus' death on the cross is God's gift to man, that whoever believes in him may receive the gift. The concept of belief here has a much deeper meaning than just saying, "Oh, yeah, I believe Jesus is the Christ." It involves obedience. Time does not allow me to go into scriptural support for obedience. Baptism is an act of obedience, not a work. I cannot make it any plainer. The bible teaches this. I would contrast Eph 2:8, 9 with James 2:14-26. Read this and let me know what you think. "What use is it, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but he has no works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food, and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, be warmed and be filled," and yet you do not give them what is necessary for their body, what use is that? Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead, being by itself. But someone may well say, "You have faith and I have works; show me your faith without the works, and I will show you my faith by my works. You believe that God is one. You do well; the demons also believe, and shudder. But are you willing to recognize, you foolish fellow, that faith without works is useless? Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up Isaac his son on the altar? You see that faith was working with his works, and as a result of the works, faith was perfected; and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "AND ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS RECKONED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS," and he was called the friend of God. You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone. In the same way, was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way? For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead. |
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