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NASB | Acts 16:31 They said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 16:31 And they answered, "Believe in the Lord Jesus [as your personal Savior and entrust yourself to Him] and you will be saved, you and your household [if they also believe]." |
Bible Question: according to scripture you must not only believe but be doers of the word in order to be saved. I know it is not of works that I may do and my faith is in Christ being the only sacrafice needed and fully sufficient for my sins, but if we do our best everyday to walk in His way and follow Him, but still sin, wont we lose our salvation? |
Bible Answer: doclinda2 Acts 16:29 - 31 And he called for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear he fell down before Paul and Silas, and after he brought them out, he said, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved"? They said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your whole household." Acts 2:37, 38 Now when they heard this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Brethren, what shall we do"? Peter said to them, "Repent and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins; and you will recieve the gift of the Holy Spirit." Romans 10:9, 10 that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation. 1 John 4:1, 2 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God. A person is saved if they repented of sins, asked for forgivness of sin, believes that Jesus died and rose again, confesses Him as Lord, period. Those are the only the requirements. Your question was "who is truly saved", those who confess Jesus is Lord in the flesh, that is that He is God and died and rose agains, are the ones who are truly saved. And you can't be sure who is saved. Question - do you know for sure that people who act right and do right have actualy sincerely in their hearts done the requirements because they say so? No, you don't. Question - do you know that people who don't act right and do right have not done the requirements? No, you don't. We are not fruit inspecters who go around determining who is and is not saved, that is not our job it is God's job. James says I will show you my faith by my works. John says there are moral indicators of the saved. Paul says the flesh and the spirit are constanly at war and sin, which dwells in the believer, does the sin, not the believer. Jesus says many will say to Him, "Lord, Lord" trying to get into heaven who have done works in His name, but they will not get it and He will say, "I never knew you". Sanctification cleans up the believer over time and good fruit as evidence of salvation will result. No believer will stop sinning until Jesus glorifies them at the rapture, or until they go to heaven. Doing your best is all you can do - keep going to church, praying, studying, woshipping, and praising God. Romans 8 teaches that you can't lose your salvation at the end 31-39. Paul talks about every single thing that could make a charge against a believer to unhinge their salvation, but none of them can beat the love of Christ Jesus to the believer. No one who is saved stays in sin and never comes out. The Holy Spirit will convict them and they will repent to Jesus. blessins abound, bowler |