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1 | Can salvation be lost? | Jude 1:5 | knucklehead | 123924 | ||
Brad: Jesus' disciples asked him about the end times and how they could identify them. (Matt 24, Luke 21, Mark 13) Disciples alive at the fulfillment of these words would especially appreciate his counsel - "When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near." (Luke 21:28) This redemption is your deliverance or salvation. The counsel at Matt 24:9,13 applies to any alive to experience the last days, including the tribulation: "Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me. But he who stands firm to the end will be saved." (Of course, one's endurance may end at his death, before the end of the tribulation.) Those who trust in Jesus by following his counsel and enduring the onslaught to their faith and spiritual life that Satan and his accomplices will continue to heap upon them to the bitter end will receive a glorious reward. "God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them." (Hebrews 6:10) No one that puts their trust in God and Jesus needs to fear. Be faithful in what's least, and we'll be faithful under the greatest tests. (Luke 16:10) That's my position, and I hope it will persuade some. |
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2 | Can salvation be lost? | Jude 1:5 | BradK | 123925 | ||
Good Luck! BradK |
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3 | Can salvation be lost? | Jude 1:5 | knucklehead | 123930 | ||
Brad: We don't believe in luck. (Isaiah 65:11) But I know we agree that as long as God is for us, no one and nothing can be against us. (Rom 8:31) "For it is time for judgment to begin with the family of God; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who do not obey the gospel of God? And, if it is hard for the righteous TO BE saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?" So then, those who suffer according to God's will should commit themselves to their faithful Creator and CONTINUE to do good."(1 Peter 4:17) Take care. |
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4 | Can salvation be lost? | Jude 1:5 | Morant61 | 123944 | ||
Greetings Knucklehead! You cite 1 Peter 4:17, but you seem to be drawing a false inference from it. 1 Pet. 4:17 does not say, 'Continue doing good so that you will be saved!' Rather, it speaks to those who are suffering for their faith and they are commanded to commit themselves to their faithful Creator and continue to do good'. Why? Because, it is God's will that they suffer for their faith and respond to it with good works that they might be witnesses to those persecuting them. Nothing in this passage speaks of doing good to earn salvation. The 'hard' doesn't refer to the difficulty of 'keeping' salvation, but to the difficulty of 'living' it out in a sinful world that hates us because of our faith. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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5 | Can salvation be lost? | Jude 1:5 | knucklehead | 123981 | ||
Tim: Rev 3:21,22: "To him who overcomes, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I overcame and sat down with my Father on his throne. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches." All of Jesus' words to the seven congregations in Revelation chapters 2 and 3 are enlightening. He's not messing around. Concerned. |
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