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NASB | Philippians 1:6 For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Philippians 1:6 I am convinced and confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will [continue to] perfect and complete it until the day of Christ Jesus [the time of His return]. [Rom 14:10] |
Bible Question: I want to know if once I accept Christ as my personal Savior am I saved until the day he returns? |
Bible Answer: I believe when you truly have "accepted Christ" as your saviour he will keep you. The problem is, if you turn back. Heb. 10:26 says there will be no more sacrifice for our sins. In other words if you deliberatly leave him and choose to sin Gods mercy will no longer cover you. At that point you would have to come back to God with a repentant heart. The really important question is what do you have to do to be saved. Many people say all you have to do is believe. And there are some scriptures which would seem to support this theory... such as Eph 2:8 "For by grace are ye saved through faith..." and others. Ultimatly we are saved by faith as no works we do can save us it is by our trust in him. The bible tells us to verify everything out of the mouth of 2 or 3 witnesses, line upon line, precept upon precept. Take the whole bible and put it together not just a couple versus. There are some signs that follow true believers. Ja. 2 tells us that faith or believing without any works or evidence is not TRUE faith. Mk 1616 states "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved, but he that believeth not, shall be damned." Why becuase it's through our faith in him and his sacrifice that gives us access to God. Read on it talks about some of the characteristics of a believer. NOTE it says these signs SHALL follow them that BELIEVE.... In my name they shall cast out demons; they shall speak with new tounges;... Acts 1:8 says you receive power after you receive the Holy Ghost. If you read Acts 2 they spoke with other tounges after receiving the Holy Ghost. Every account of receiving the Holy Ghost that actually goes into depth tells of them speaking in other tounges. Jn. 3:1-8 Jesus speaks to Nicodemus telling him what we must do to be saved. Be born again of Water and of the Spirit. Baptism of the water, and baptism of the spirit he goes on states you cannot enter heaven unless you are born again baptized and receive the Holy Ghost ... he goes on in verse 8 saying the wind blows where it listeth and thou hearest the sounds thereof, but canst not see whence it cometh.... the wind blows where it will and we can't see it however!!! HOWEVER! you can hear it! so is everyone that is born of the spirit. When you recieve the Holy Ghost people wont be able to see it but they will hear it when you speak with other tounges. Many people choose to say it isn't essential ecspecially those who haven't experienced it. They want to say it's not necessary to speak in tounges to receive the Holy Ghost. Why? because they don't want to admit they may be wrong and may not have that relationship they proclaim. In Mt. 7:21 it says many will say to Jesus Lord Lord.... they will call him Lord and say weve done many wonderful things all in your name. They are people that went to church and did many things in the church. It goes on to say he turned them away because he "never knew them" ... there was never the intamacy that comes through the Holy Ghost. God requires a relationship. It's a must. This is what separates the wheat and tare. Those that aren't truly hungry for God won't receive the Holy Ghost becuase their motives are directed elsewhere. It's not hard or difficult. It simply requires a true hunger to know God. This is something you can't fake to God as he knows your heart. I would encourage anyone who believes all you have to do is believe, to double check it. It is your soul and don't just believe because thats what you've been taught and because you havnt experienced speaking in tounges. Maybe no one you know has. The disciples came to a group of believers in Acts and askd if they had the Holy Ghost ... they said we have not so much have heard whether there be any holy Ghost. Faith alone in Jesus doesn't give us the Holy Ghost or these believers would have had it. They already believed in Jesus enough to be baptized. There is so much more that many people don't experience and I would encourage anyone and everyone to look further into this with an open heart and mind. God bless and may you excell in wisdom and in Love. Casey |