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NASB | Matthew 6:33 "But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 6:33 "But first and most importantly seek (aim at, strive after) His kingdom and His righteousness [His way of doing and being right--the attitude and character of God], and all these things will be given to you also. |
Subject: Saved but not living for God? |
Bible Note: Dear Luke, Since Jesus Freak posted a total of five messages on November 29th of last year and nothing since, I rather doubt you will get a response. Brother Kalos is a long time member of the forum. He is very well respected as a man of knowledge and sound doctrine. Futhermore, he lives and breathes his faith as only few men that I know do. With his leave I will render an answer to your question: In the broadest sense salvation refers to deliverance or rescue from some undesirable state or condition. In Christianity it refers to the work of God in delivering His people from bondage to sin and condemnation, and transferring them to the kingdom of His beloved Son (Colossians 1:13), giving them eternal life (Romans 6:23), and the promise of glory (Revelation 22). The Bible states that we are saved by grace alone through faith alone by the atonement of Christ alone. It is the gift of God (Ephesians 2:8). In theology the study of salvation is called "soteriology," from the Greek "soteria" meaning "salvation". Salvation can be thought of as synonymous with redemption. It has a past, present, and future components: As Christians we are saved from the penalty of sin, God having brought us to faith in Christ. We are presently saved from the power of sin, by the work of the Holy Spirit in sanctification. Ultimately we will be saved from the presence of sin in glory. Salvation also has initial, progressive, and ultimate aspects. For further details read the posts on the ordo salutis. In Him, Doc "Christian! the only thing that makes you differ from the vilest being that pollutes the earth, or from the darkest fiend that gnaws his chains in hell, is the free grace of God!" --Octavious Winslow "Repentance unto life can only be exercised by a soul after, and in consequence of, its regeneration by the Holy Spirit. God regenerates; and we, in the exercise of the new gracious ability thus given, repent... If genuine, it infallibly springs from regeneration and leads to eternal life." --A. A. Hodge "...the whole purpose of your salvation and mine is that we should glorify the Father. Oh, that we might grasp this! I know that we are all guilty at this point -- and I am as guilty as anyone else -- of tending to think of God and the whole Christian salvation as something to solve our problems. People come and talk to me and it is generally put in that way: 'What will salvation do for me?' they ask. And the answer that is given so often in our evangelism is 'Believe the gospel, and it will do some marvellous things for you.' I say, thank God that that is true, but my dear friends, we should not put that first. The ultimate aim and object of our salvation is that we may glorify God." --Martyn Lloyd Jones |