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1 | Romans 10:9: is it too simple? | Rom 10:9 | John Reformed | 47358 | ||
Dear Robert, I know that my answer goes against the popular belief that man is in charge of where he will spend eternity, but: From the standpoint of fallen man salvation is not even possible! Salvation is a gift. We can't earn it or deserve it through any action on our part. It is by grace alone. Repentence, faith, confessing "Jesus is Lord", etc. are a direct result of recieving grace from God. No one in Heaven will be able to boast that they made the right choice in "accepting" Jesus as Lord and Savior. Eph 2:8-10 "For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them." John |
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2 | Romans 10:9: is it too simple? | Rom 10:9 | Robert Nicholson | 47376 | ||
Dear brother John: Paul could say "But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world." Gal.6:14 I think that when many seriously consider what has happened in our lives when we were saved, we would agree that the work was all of God. When we heard the gospel as lost sinners it was God by his spirit that brought the word to us and convicted us of our need of Christ and our sinful and lost condition. It is by his spirit that we were made to realize the exceeding sinfulness of sin and it was by his Spirit and in his time that the truth of the substitutionay work of Christ was revealed to us. It was God by his spirit who gave us confidence that we were born again and changed our lives from within. Even after we are saved by his grace, we are still without strength within ourselves, and it is God who empowers us to live for him. Robert |
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3 | Romans 10:9: is it too simple? | Rom 10:9 | John Reformed | 47387 | ||
Dear Robert, Thank you for your gracious reply to my somewhat "puffy" post. 1 Cor 8:2,3 "If anyone supposes that he knows anything, he has not yet known as he ought to know; but if anyone loves God, he is known by Him." Your Brother John |
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