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NASB | Romans 3:28 For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the Law. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 3:28 For we maintain that an individual is justified by faith distinctly apart from works of the Law [the observance of which has nothing to do with justification, that is, being declared free of the guilt of sin and made acceptable to God]. |
Subject: Must we keep the law to be saved? |
Bible Note: Hi Mathew, You ask "But when does a person truly obtain salvation." First and foremost, Ps. 3:8 tells us "Salvation belongs to the Lord." I think there is a sense in which salvation is both present ( to those who belive) and future. Scripture tells us plainly in Eph. 2:8 ,2 Tim. 1:9 and Titus 3:5 that our salvation is an accomplished fact. "For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;" "who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was granted us in Christ Jesus from all eternity," "He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit," Our future (salvation) is "to be in the presence of the Lord"( 2 Cor. 5:8). The Glorification in Romans 8:30 is both present and future: "and these whom He predestined, He also called; and these whom He called, He also justified; and these whom He justified, He also glorified." Speaking The Truth In Love, BradK |