Not By Works
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2 Corinthians 11
2 For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy. For I have betrothed you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. 3 But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. 4 For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted—you may well put up with it!
2 For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy. For I have betrothed you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. 3 But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. 4 For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted—you may well put up with it!
Ephesians 5
25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, 26 that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, 27 that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.
25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, 26 that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, 27 that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.
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I wouldn't call it "salvation by works."
I would call it "acts meet of righteousness by faith." Through which "Spiritual regeneration (restoring). and maturity", will continue in you in even further "grafting!" (becoming Christ formed).
Of course, this will be seen as "works salvationism", by the "Perma-Milk, Insta-Graft" mocking and scoffing crowd/s!
I would call it "acts meet of righteousness by faith." Through which "Spiritual regeneration (restoring). and maturity", will continue in you in even further "grafting!" (becoming Christ formed).
Of course, this will be seen as "works salvationism", by the "Perma-Milk, Insta-Graft" mocking and scoffing crowd/s!
Yanno? If people really believed that verse? They would be too busy asking forgiveness for all the mocking and scoffing they do, they wouldn't even have enough time to post up their mocking and scoffing in here!
Just shows ya, or should show many, just how "infiltrated" people claiming to be Christians, have become!
They can't keep sinning this way, and keep expecting God's grace will abound all the more for them!
They just can't!
But, they don't!
Just shows ya, or should show many, just how "infiltrated" people claiming to be Christians, have become!
They can't keep sinning this way, and keep expecting God's grace will abound all the more for them!
They just can't!
But, they don't!
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“There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism …” (Ephesians 4:4-5)
I had water baptism, the outward sign of the inward reality, that did not save me or give me the Holy Spirit
I received the Holy Spirit when I was saved
See that word >> Saved
I had water baptism, the outward sign of the inward reality, that did not save me or give me the Holy Spirit
I received the Holy Spirit when I was saved
See that word >> Saved
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No one is denying that "the baptism of John" [involving "water"] is something distinct. 
Acts 18 -
24 Now a certain Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus, being an eloquent man, mighty in the Scriptures. 25 He was instructed in the way of the Lord. And being fervent in spirit, he was speaking and was teaching earnestly the things concerning Jesus, knowing only the baptism of John. 26 And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. But Priscilla and Aquila having heard him, took him to them and expounded the way of God to him more accurately.
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24 Now a certain Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus, being an eloquent man, mighty in the Scriptures. 25 He was instructed in the way of the Lord. And being fervent in spirit, he was speaking and was teaching earnestly the things concerning Jesus, knowing only the baptism of John. 26 And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. But Priscilla and Aquila having heard him, took him to them and expounded the way of God to him more accurately.
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As we get older, and providing we keep our eyes on Jesus and follow Him, you will find "the things of the earth will grow strangely dim." We are still saved during this time of spiritual growth, it is only those who turn their back on the Lord after having known and experienced His love for themselves, who are eternally condemned. Some cults like OSAS will deny this, but it is there in scripture plain as day.