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1 | "If"? | Matt 7:21 | Lookn4ward2Heavn | 187250 | ||
1. Note, "If". How can one be certain that he/she has died with him? How can one be certain that one has succcessfully endured hardships? Does this mean that if hardship (by whatever is meant) is not endured, he/she will not reign with Christ? 2. "If we deny him...are unfaithful". Does that mean salvation is conditional? There is no assurance because of the possibility of denial and unfaithfulness on the part of a professed believer? |
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2 | "If"? | Matt 7:21 | Aslans_Friend | 187255 | ||
Of course salvation is conditional. Your assurance is in your relationship with your Father. You are assured of your Father's love regardless of your performance. However, there is a warning in Hebrews. Have you entirely forgotten the encouraging words God spoke to you, his children? He said, "My child, don't ignore it when the Lord disciplines you, and don't be discouraged when he corrects you. For the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes those he accepts as his children. As you endure this divine discipline, remember that God is treating you as his own children. Who ever heard of a child who was never disciplined? If God doesn't discipline you as he does all of his children, it means that you are illegitimate and are not really his children after all. Since we respect our earthly fathers who disciplined us, should we not all the more cheerfully submit to the discipline of our heavenly Father and live forever? Hebrews 12:5-9 Fear of the future is not godly, fear is the opposite of faith. Fear involves punishment, faith appropriates forgiveness through the provision of Christ. |
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3 | Performance? | Matt 7:21 | Lookn4ward2Heavn | 187268 | ||
1. How can salvation be conditional as to performance and simultaneously irrelevant respecting the reception of God's love? Is not recieving God's love salvation? 2. If salvation is conditional upon performance, how does one know for certain their performance is accepted and, therefore, in a saving relationship with God? 2. Does difficulty or suffering assure one of their salvation? |
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4 | Performance? | Matt 7:21 | Aslans_Friend | 187280 | ||
1) Clarification please : "salvation is irrelevant respecting the reception of God's love" Where did you get this idea? "Is not recieving God's love salvation?" ... Receiving and responding to God's love in Christ, yes. 2) Rom 8:16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God 2b) No. That would mean that the gihad would have an argument for their paradise, obviously ludicress. |
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5 | Clarification | Matt 7:21 | Lookn4ward2Heavn | 187318 | ||
1. My apologies if I was not clear. What I meant was how can receiving salvation be conditional on one hand and, on the other hand, receiving God's love be unconditional (that is, if receiving God's love is equivalent to receiving salvation)? 2. Again, is there not the possibility of deception? In addition, is it not necessary that one first be saved before he/she can have the Spirit's witness? 3. Would not your response here rule out Hebrews 12:5-9 as evidence of salvation? If not, why not? |
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6 | Clarification | Matt 7:21 | stjohn | 187473 | ||
Incessant adolescent ramblings! Grow up!! | ||||||