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NASB | Matthew 7:21 ¶ "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 7:21 ¶ "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven. |
Subject: E-Security only for true believers? |
Bible Note: Hello L4w2h, The first part of your question covers a considerable amount of latitude, “Are not professing to be a Christian”. Now if you would have boiled that down to “true believers” in Jesus Christ it would have limit the playing field by about 80 percent. The true believer in Christ puts all of the responsibility for their eternal future in Jesus hands. Ephes. 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: John 3:36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him. And my favorite verses of Scripture. 1 John 5:10-13 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. 11And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. 13These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. Couple those verses, speaking of Jesus, with the following Ephes. 1:13-14 (NKJV) In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, 14who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory. As Paul uses the words, “now we know”; knowing that one is secure is the result of knowing the fact that the Lord is in control, because one is rightly divide the Word of truth; i.e. the result of the intake of Bible doctrine on a consistant basis. I “personally believe” that if I thought I could possibly loose my “promised salvation”, that I would be displaying or committing the epitome of personal arrogance. What could “I” be thinking if I thought there was even a single sin that I could possibly commit, after trusting in Jesus that God neglected consider when He poured out all of my sins on person of Jesus Christ and judged them in His unique Son? That’s like saying that I can do something that is smarter then God; which is absolutely ridiculous and teeters on the edge of blasphemy. This needs no response because in my thinking Jesus is the ultimate and there are no ifs ands or buts; Jesus paid it all! Please, please don’t even answer this just consider what was said since I refuse to debate it. Matthew 16:17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. CDBJ |