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NASB | 2 Timothy 3:15 and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Timothy 3:15 and how from childhood you have known the sacred writings (Hebrew Scriptures) which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus [surrendering your entire self to Him and having absolute confidence in His wisdom, power and goodness]. |
Subject: What are the limits of salvation? |
Bible Note: Hi MJH, You make a good point, or rather, you make several good points! :-) There is one in particular I wish to comment on. You say that hell was not the main thing Jesus came to save us from, and the Scriptures agree: Matt 1:21 "She will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins." Take away sin and its consequences, and what do you have? Sure sounds like a heavenly life to me! Let that heavenly life begin now. There's no reason for it not to, except my own tolerance of sin in my life, and that is up to me. One other thing I though of. While Jesus was teaching His disiples on His way to the garden, and to the cross, of all the things He could have taught, like when the rapture would be, when tongues would cease, how to organize a church, should women pastor, is Peter really th Pope, of all the things, He taught about love. Love, and unity. I love the way Keith Green ends his song, The Sheep and the Goats: "the only difference between the sheep and the goats, according to this Scripture, is what they DID and DIDN'T DO!" God knows who is and isn't His, and certainly, that is based on faith in Christ alone. I forget where I heard this, someone taking on a Jewish accent so they could sound like James, "Don't tell Me you are a Christian! I will move into your house with you, and I will live with you for a month, and I will tell YOU if you are a Christian!" There's another Keith Green song I just love, (alot of them, really), but it comes just after the Sheep and the Goats, "Do you see? Do you see all the people sinking down. Don't you care? Don't you care? Are you gonna let them drown?" That man really had a heart for the lost. And I can sure tend to ramble! :-) Sorry! Good post! Love in Christ, Mark |