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NASB | Hebrews 10:14 For by one offering He has perfected for all time those who are sanctified. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Hebrews 10:14 For by the one offering He has perfected forever and completely cleansed those who are being sanctified [bringing each believer to spiritual completion and maturity]. |
Bible Question:
Dear Forum, If God justifies us "declares us righteous" as a gift, then are we, for all practical purposes, always righteous before Him or can we lose our justification? McGracer |
Bible Answer: Dear McGracer, Once we accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and Saviour, we are sanctified, set apart for God's use. Does that mean we can go about our lives doing what we want, living in the sins of our "old man"? No. We must live our lives as Christ. Otherwise, it is not saving faith(James 2:17-19). This is not to be confused with "salvation by works", for those who think it is what we do that "earns" us our salvation. Now, does that mean that if we, as humans, mess up and fail Him(as we are so good at doing), He will cast us from His sight? No. Because, as Galatians 2:20 says, it is not I, but Christ who lives in me, "and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God." And again, Colossians 3:3, "For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God." Those who accept the free gift of the grace of God through Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and give their lives to Him, He will "give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand."(John 10:28-29 NASB) God is my strength and power, and He makes my way perfect!! 2nd Samuel 22 |