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Results from: Answered Bible Questions, Answers, Unanswered Bible Questions, Notes Ordered by Verse | ||||||
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1 | God'love has made salvation to be free | Eph 2:8 | DocTrinsograce | 156978 | ||
Free to us... but of near infinite cost to God. | ||||||
2 | God'love has made salvation to be free | Eph 2:8 | kw5kw | 156994 | ||
Else one could boast that one could give 15 Billion dollars to the victims of Hurricant Katrina and be able to buy their way in. That's why it (salvation) is not of what man does, with the only exception of the one act of accepting Jesus as your saviour. Everything else is a work... your salvation is by faith, faith in the Lord. God then provides His Grace and sends the Holy Spirit to circumcise your heart. Works, from there on out, should reflect your new life in Christ. Giving to orphants, and widows, the homeless and misplaced. Now, your gift of 15 Billion dollars is a work of faith, instead of salvation. His Grace is given freely... all you have to do is to accept it. |
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3 | God'love has made salvation to be free | Eph 2:8 | DocTrinsograce | 156999 | ||
Dear kw, Even the nickel's worth of "accepting Jesus" is not anything we contribute. Scripture says God must drag us. A lost person doesn't even have the tiniest desire to submit to the Lord. You might be interested in post 151193, on the ordo salutis. By the way, the term for what you have described here is called "decisional regeneration." In Him, Doc |
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4 | God'love has made salvation to be free | Eph 2:8 | kw5kw | 157004 | ||
That was a very informative read. Thanks. Looking forward on that next post about Baalism and modern secularism. |
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