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1 | Can salvation be lost? | Jude 1:5 | jalanlambert | 123985 | ||
Country Girl, If someome that was never saved lived a perfect life (we know they can't) except for one sin. Would God condemn that person to a lost eternity? Of course He would. What makes your occasional sin (not practice of sin) acceptable to God? And if unacceptable then God must judge it for what it is. SIN. Sin separates us from God. Again, How many times have you been saved today? We are saved by grace, the grace of God alone. Our relationship to Him is affected by our sin not our position. We are called heirs of God, joint heirs with Jesus Christ.(Romans 8:17). In Love, Jal |
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2 | Can salvation be lost? | Jude 1:5 | Country Girl | 124017 | ||
I guess I would have to compare this relationship to one of a credit account with a store, or some other source of credit. In this scenario, the company issues a line of credit to the user and they maintain that line of credit and allow the user to continue using the account and make purchases, maybe even raising the ceiling of the account. BUT this is all based on the continuing maintenance of payments from the user on a regular basis. It's absolutely paramount as you know in today's world of business for the user to maintain his end of the bargain by making these payments or he/she jepordizes the closure of the account and maybe even forfiture of some of his posessions. In the same way, you and I without Christ are totally lost in a world of sin as we all "owe our souls to the Devil." But then Christ came into the world and literally bought us from the Devil with His own blood. He purchased all of us so that we could come live with Him and His Father in Heaven. Now of course, He left this world with His Last Will and Testament offering a free gift of salvation. All we have to do is fulfill his terms and conditions and accept His gift of redeeming blood. But that also means we have an account with Him, a line of credit if you will. He'll help us avoid falling deeper into debt with the Devil if we'll avail ourselves of His power and avoid those temptations. We must pray constantly as Paul states "without ceasing." We must study our Bibles, God's Word and find out all the rest of the terms and conditions, all the other commands in the NT to which we must obey. You see, we must maintain "our end of the bargain" and stay in the light of God's fellowship as described in 1 John. We must do everything in our power to imitate Christ and keep that relationship with Him and His Father alive and active. We can't allow it to grow stale or suffer from neglect for that's when we get ourselves into trouble and backslide into a life of sin and debt with the Devil. He loves to win back his old patrons. Yes, indeed Jesus' blood will indeed cover our sins on that all important Judgment Day IF we've done our part and maintained that close, personal relationship with our Lord. Remember just because a person says "Lord, Lord" that alone IS NOT going to get him to Heaven but "he that doeth the will of My Father"...that's the key. Obedience to God has always been one of the main themes throughout the Bible. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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3 | Can salvation be lost? | Jude 1:5 | Mommapbs | 124019 | ||
I respectfully disagree with your claim: "Yes, indeed Jesus' blood will indeed cover our sins on that all important Judgment Day IF we've done our part and maintained that close, personal relationship with our Lord." Country Girl - we are saved by Grace, period. There is no such thing as a "conditional salvation" such as you have expressed in this post. Either Jesus blood is sufficient or it is not. What you are saying is that our "works of obedience" are necessary to get to Heaven and that is just not so according to Eph 2:8-9. Romans 10:9-11 also tells us that the only thing we do is to respond to God's offer of what Christ has already DONE - He is the One who has been obedient and we believe in that obedience as a payment for our sin. We DO nothing to maintain the Grace that we are given upon our confession of faith in the FINISHED work of Christ. No one is disagreeing with your postition on living a Godly life, but the purpose you present for doing so is not Biblical - what you are espousing is focused is on performance, on self effort not on Jesus. HE is THE Theme of the Bible - it's all about what God has done for us, not what we do for God! Blessings, mommapbs |
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4 | Can salvation be lost? | Jude 1:5 | jalanlambert | 124042 | ||
mommapbs, I agree and appreciate your explanation of grace and Gods unconditional love through His Son Jesus Christ. I think it is sad to see people torn between loving God for His gift of salvation to us and their need to accomplish some work to prove their love, in order to continue to be saved. If it were up to me to keep myself saved, I wouldn't have a chance. My flesh will keep me from God. I will never be perfect in this body. However, my desire to be perfect (pure) is not because I want to stay saved. It is because I understand that I can't keep myself saved and that that was accomplished for me on calvery's cross. It comes from the love I now have for Jesus for saving me. When in heaven if asked why should I let you in, my reply will be because Jesus Christ paid for all my sins, and that alone. On the other hand some will want to give an account of the works that they did, as if that will wash away any of their sins. Works are just an expression of obedience to Him and our love for Him. It has nothing to do with staying saved. In Love, Jal |
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5 | Can salvation be lost? | Jude 1:5 | Country Girl | 124057 | ||
Based on this position from you and Mommaphs, can you kindly explain James 2 to me, along 1 Jn 1:5-10 and Mt 25:31-46? It seems pretty clear from these scriptures the Lord is expecting to see something in our lives to show evidence of the Christianity that we claim about ourselves. There are many, many other scriptures I could reference like the parable of the debtor in prison and the vine and the branches, but I'm trying to be brief. In summary, there's just SO much in the Bible that clearly teaches we must go to Heaven with some kind of proof or evidence to truly show our devotion and love to our God. I appreciate this dialouge and blessings to you. Country Girl |
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