My wife was witnessing to an elderly rich lady on her death bed, one day, and she asked, "What must I do to be SAVED." My wife said, "Just believe in JESUS CHRIST, receiving HIM as LORD of YOUR LIFE, and You will be SAVED." The elderly lady said, "I will never believe that, BECAUSE IT IS TOO SIMPLE." A few hours later she passed away. No indication that She had ever received Jesus Christ. How sad!
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My wife was witnessing to an elderly rich lady on her death bed, one day, and she asked, "What must I do to be SAVED." My wife said, "Just believe in JESUS CHRIST, receiving HIM as LORD of YOUR LIFE, and You will be SAVED." The elderly lady said, "I will never believe that, BECAUSE IT IS TOO SIMPLE." A few hours later she passed away. No indication that She had ever received Jesus Christ. How sad!
Deliverance can be lost, both now, and even when a man inherits the kingdom of God. Why else do you think Satan lost his position in heaven if not by sin, even though he was made perfect? Obedience to God will always be required, and if you disobey, you will but cut off. Satan is not only an example of this, but even the sons of Israel who disobeyed after they were delivered from the Egyptians. Anyone who thinks he can be delivered while living a lawless life is in complete error and understands nothing.
Lawless people sin every day, not righteous men. Noah was "perfect" in his generation, and that is why he was spared from the destruction of the flood. And even Abraham was told, "walk before me and be perfect, that I may establish my covenant with you". Perfection is a requirement to enter the kingdom of God, both then, under the old covenant, and even more so now, under the new covenant for unlike the blood of animals that was never able to remove sin, the blood of the Messiah now removes sin, by rebirth in set-apart airflow, which cuts away the foreskin of the heart, which is sin, through belief in him, hence "he who is born of God cannot sin", and thus, it becomes impossible to sin again, which is why the Messiah taught, "be perfect". You err in your understanding of scripture.
I have News for YOU, FRUIT is what you produce AFTER you have been BORN AGAIN. Just like our natural birth, YOU HAVE TO BE BORN FIRST, before YOUR Tree can ever PRODUCE FRUIT (WALK). And for your information, Obedience is NOT PART OF SALVATION, IT IS PART OF THE LOVE THAT GOD had the Holy Spirit Pour into our Human Spirit (HEART), Rom 5:5. So where is your LOVE?
Romans 11:6 (NASB)
6 But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works, otherwise grace is no longer grace.
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Cornelius had not yet received the anointing, and he was commended for doing good works to the poor by the angel that appeared to him, which subsequently lead to him receiving the anointing that he knew nothing of. Good works are a requirement, hence why the Messiah taught, "sell your possession and give to the poor".
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A single small sin or many big sins are enough to consign us to hell so don’t worry so much about Satan’s sins.
But we and all our sins are covered by the blood of the lamb. We are as white as snow to Him. John 6:39 He will not lose a single one.
Again u sin every single day - so big or small one sin is enough to condemn.
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A single small sin or many big sins are enough to consign us to hell so don’t worry so much about Satan’s sins.
But we and all our sins are covered by the blood of the lamb. We are as white as snow to Him. John 6:39 He will not lose a single one.
Again u sin every single day - so big or small one sin is enough to condemn.
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Look at the verse I added after you first read this.
Romans 11:6 (NASB)
6 But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works, otherwise grace is no longer grace.
2 Timothy 1:9 (CSBBible)
9 He 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 given to us in Christ Jesus before time began.
Titus 3:5-8 (HCSB)
5 He saved us— not by works of righteousness that we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
6 He poured out this ⌊Spirit⌋ on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior,
7 so that having been justified by His grace, we may become heirs with the hope of eternal life.
8 This saying is trustworthy. I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed God might be careful to devote themselves to good works. These are good and profitable for everyone.
Ephesians 2:4-5 (HCSB)
4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love that He had for us,
5 made us alive with the Messiah even though we were dead in trespasses. You are saved by grace!
Ephesians 2:8-9 (HCSB)
8 For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift—
9 not from works, so that no one can boast.
Please LEARN the TRUTH, you are trying to ROB CHRIST of the GLORY only HE DESERVES.
Romans 11:6 (NASB)
6 But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works, otherwise grace is no longer grace.
2 Timothy 1:9 (CSBBible)
9 He 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 given to us in Christ Jesus before time began.
Titus 3:5-8 (HCSB)
5 He saved us— not by works of righteousness that we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
6 He poured out this ⌊Spirit⌋ on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior,
7 so that having been justified by His grace, we may become heirs with the hope of eternal life.
8 This saying is trustworthy. I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed God might be careful to devote themselves to good works. These are good and profitable for everyone.
Ephesians 2:4-5 (HCSB)
4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love that He had for us,
5 made us alive with the Messiah even though we were dead in trespasses. You are saved by grace!
Ephesians 2:8-9 (HCSB)
8 For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift—
9 not from works, so that no one can boast.
Please LEARN the TRUTH, you are trying to ROB CHRIST of the GLORY only HE DESERVES.
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There is a truth and a lie within the view the lady was speaking.
The truth is accepting Jesus as our saviour is too simple, like getting a ticket to get on a train.
But to admit we are worthy of judgement, to be destroyed and punished as our just reward,
and to know we resist anything good and righteous unless it benefits us, that is hard. It strikes
at the heart of our walk in life and all we achieve, which often we take pride in and would be
deeply hurt if we lost.
Then to accept Jesus, a preacher, a man of love and ethics is God the Lord of All, the judge,
the creator, the source, the beginning and End, the one who can take us home to this place
of the ideal, the perfect, the resolved and the contained, through the cross died for us so
that we might be forgiven, at which point we must give up the ways of the world and start
to walk in His ways.
That is hard, the hardest thing anyone can do.
I wonder when we present the gospel if we present it so it appears easy without depth,
we are probably not presenting the true emotional story of the gospel but ideas and statements.
I have met preachers who knew the words, but not the heart, and did not know conviction and failure,
just conformity and saying the right phrases. It is hard to distinguish between the two, if everything
is taught as a belief and not a heart reality.
The truth is accepting Jesus as our saviour is too simple, like getting a ticket to get on a train.
But to admit we are worthy of judgement, to be destroyed and punished as our just reward,
and to know we resist anything good and righteous unless it benefits us, that is hard. It strikes
at the heart of our walk in life and all we achieve, which often we take pride in and would be
deeply hurt if we lost.
Then to accept Jesus, a preacher, a man of love and ethics is God the Lord of All, the judge,
the creator, the source, the beginning and End, the one who can take us home to this place
of the ideal, the perfect, the resolved and the contained, through the cross died for us so
that we might be forgiven, at which point we must give up the ways of the world and start
to walk in His ways.
That is hard, the hardest thing anyone can do.
I wonder when we present the gospel if we present it so it appears easy without depth,
we are probably not presenting the true emotional story of the gospel but ideas and statements.
I have met preachers who knew the words, but not the heart, and did not know conviction and failure,
just conformity and saying the right phrases. It is hard to distinguish between the two, if everything
is taught as a belief and not a heart reality.
I agree that
a. we are regenerated, justified, adopted, sealed, sanctified, kept, and preserved by grace through faith, not good works
b. Good works come after salvation, are subsequent to salvation,
c. we are not saved by works, and we are not without sin...
...BUT if someone sees someone half dead lying on the road and ignores them, how can it be said that the love of God dwells in such a person?
This is why I agree with the old adage that we are saved by faith alone, but faith is not alone.
a. we are regenerated, justified, adopted, sealed, sanctified, kept, and preserved by grace through faith, not good works
b. Good works come after salvation, are subsequent to salvation,
c. we are not saved by works, and we are not without sin...
...BUT if someone sees someone half dead lying on the road and ignores them, how can it be said that the love of God dwells in such a person?
This is why I agree with the old adage that we are saved by faith alone, but faith is not alone.
We are saved by favor because of predestination, because God chose who he will deliver before the foundations of the world before anyone did any works, not because works are not incumbent on those he chose to deliver, for anyone he chose will yield good works. If you do not yield good works, then you were never chosen.
