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NASB | John 6:37 "All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 6:37 "All that My Father gives Me will come to Me; and the one who comes to Me I will most certainly not cast out [I will never, never reject anyone who follows Me]. |
Bible Question:
Dear Sister D, 'Once saved, always saved' is NOT dependant upon your ability to live to God. 'Once saved, always saved' reflects a correct understanding of what salvation is and what it is not. If we could 'live to God', we would not need a Savior. We cannot live APART from God. He ALONE is the source of life. The repentant heart that God seeks is concerning what you believe about His Son. Jesus said that the world's sin is that they do not believe in Him. That is the only sin that remains 'unforgiven' and that must be repented of. Christ has forgiven the believer ALL of their sins. The cross was an ETERNAL act of God. It took away ALL sins - past, present, and future. If all of your sins are NOT forgiven, then how are you going to get more forgiveness? Without the shedding of blood, there is NO forgiveness. Are you going to ask Christ to come and die for you so that you can have more forgiveness? God NEVER calls you to live for Him. He calls you to come to Christ and find LIFE. Then He calls us to live out His life in our bodies - Romans 12:1. Please read my other post, dear one. Do you understand what you are "saved" from? In Christ, Bill Mc |
Bible Answer: Dear Bill Mc, You are correct that being saved does not depend on our ability to live to God because "all our righrous acts are like filthy rags." Isa 64:6. But God does call us to live holy lives. "Make every effort to live in peace with all men and to be holy;without holiness noone will see the Lord."Heb. 12:14. And in Gal.5:19-20 Paul says to the Christians not to live a life of sin or they "will not inherit the kingdom of God". In the Corinthian church sin was a problem paul was addressing to the Christians. In 2 Cor. 7:8-10 Paul says there are 2 types of sorrow for our sin. Godly sorrow which leads to repentence and worldly sorrow which leads to death! Repentence was the issue. We are forgiven of ALL sins if we cotinue to repent and turn to God, because He is our source of forgiveness. But we have a choice to follow God or not. God has made His promises to us, He will forgive. Will we stay committed to Him? That's our choice. Kin |