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1 | Ephs 4:30; 1:13-14 | 2 Tim 1:12 | Ocelot | 165803 | ||
Here’s a little news for you. David was saved by the blood of Jesus, not by the blood of lambs, and certainly not by keeping the commandments. Just like every son of Adam and daughter of Eve since The Fall. If David, or anybody before Christ could have been saved by works, then heaven will be a lot emptier. You see, Christianity is not a new religion. Christ is not a new God. True Christianity is the continuation of the Jewish religion. Just as the Jewish religion was the continuation of the Patriarchs religion. And the Patriarchs religion was a continuation of Noah’s religion, and Noah’s religion was a continuation of Adam’s religion. There’s no “new” way to be saved. Christ has always been The Way. Secondly, God has a limit. He will not go against our Freedom of Choice. If I, who am saved, choose to be lost (may it never be), then He will not stop me. If we don’t have freedom of choice, then this whole sin thing has been just a big experiment by God. Like a child with an ant hill and a magnifying glass. But God is not that way. The, dear Mark, though you may be saved can choose to be lost. And God will honor your choice. |
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2 | Ephs 4:30; 1:13-14 | 2 Tim 1:12 | Jayell | 165812 | ||
Before Christ became my Lord, I remember watching pastors on T.V. and thinking....what a joke! The church was the last place that I wanted to be. The Bible has a way of showing us ourselves. There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.(Rom 3:11) Sure we have freedom of choice, but when it came to us choosing to seek God; WERE WAS IT THEN? You must take in account God's sovereignty and providence. Remember that GOD IS ON THE THRONE. Since you claim to be saved, ask yourself this question; Would I (freely) choose to leave Jesus Christ and return to a world destined for hell? If your answer is no then you truly have the mind of Christ.(1 Cor 2:16) But if you had to ponder over that question then you have to examine youself. Jesus says, "I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never parish."(John 10:28) You get that NEVER parish, there's nothing about our free-will; He said "I GiVE" If God left it up to us and our FREEDOM OF CHOICE then heaven would be completely empty.(1 Cor 15:50) Being born-again means a new desire to follow a new Will, GODS WILL. If God has a limit with His children then where is it? One, Five, Thirteen sins? You'r not sure right! Well I am. "For this is the covenant that I wil make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the 'Lord; I will put my laws into thier mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to my a people: And they shall not teach every man his neighboour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greastest. For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and thier iniquities will I remember no more.'" (Heb. 8:10-12) | ||||||