Not By Works
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No, you get your facts straight. The bible has used the word salvation in all tenses, saved, we are being saved, we shall be saved.
There's only one salvation with one aspect to it, not two or three. We are being saved from eternal death.
What Christ has already done is in the past but translates to promises for us in the future
What we are doing is now and is continuous so that we get to the promises which came with the atoning sacrifice
But all in all, we shall be saved if we endure to the end.
There's only one salvation with one aspect to it, not two or three. We are being saved from eternal death.
What Christ has already done is in the past but translates to promises for us in the future
What we are doing is now and is continuous so that we get to the promises which came with the atoning sacrifice
But all in all, we shall be saved if we endure to the end.
EPH. 2:8.
For by grace are you saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
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Not of works, lest any man should boast.
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For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before
ordained that we should walk in them.
everyone should READ ALL THREE VERSES, because, when a word is 'repeated' in Scripture,
it is telling us to 'pay ATTENTION' - so, as far as Salvation, 'works' is of no 'merit', but,
according to Christ's Workmanship in us, they are VERY IMPORTANT, because,
GOD ALMIGHTY has ORDAINED that 'we should walk in them'...
as it is written:
MATT. 5:16.
Let your Light so shine before men, that they may see your 'good works', and 'glorify your Father which is in heaven'.
For by grace are you saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
9.
Not of works, lest any man should boast.
10.
For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before
ordained that we should walk in them.
everyone should READ ALL THREE VERSES, because, when a word is 'repeated' in Scripture,
it is telling us to 'pay ATTENTION' - so, as far as Salvation, 'works' is of no 'merit', but,
according to Christ's Workmanship in us, they are VERY IMPORTANT, because,
GOD ALMIGHTY has ORDAINED that 'we should walk in them'...
as it is written:
MATT. 5:16.
Let your Light so shine before men, that they may see your 'good works', and 'glorify your Father which is in heaven'.
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Rom 10:5For concerning the righteousness that is by the law, Moses writes: “The man who does these things will live by them.”a 6But the righteousness that is by faith says: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’b (that is, to bring Christ down) 7or, ‘Who will descend into the Abyss?’c (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).”
I often hear works-salvationists misinterpret 1 Corinthians 13:13 to mean that man is saved through faith plus love/acts of charity. If someone has genuine saving faith in Christ and has received the Holy Spirit, it would be impossible for them to have NO love at all. (1 John 4:7-8) Paul uses hyperbole (obvious and intentional exaggeration) about understanding ALL mysteries and ALL knowledge and having faith that can move mountains yet having NO love, but Paul is not exaggerating about the importance of love.
Faith works through love (Galatians 5:6), but we are saved through faith, not faith "plus love/acts of charity." Love is the greater quality of the three because God is love and it outlasts them all. Long after faith and hope are no longer necessary, love will still be the governing principle that controls all that God and his saints are and do. We won't need faith and hope in our glorified bodies in the presence of the Lord.
In 1 Corinthians 13:13, Paul is not teaching that even if our faith is genuine that our faith cannot save us without producing "enough" love/acts of charity. Paul is stressing the importance of love, not teaching that faith is insufficient to save us without our best efforts to love. All genuine BELIEVERS love Christ. Why? Because we have received the love of God in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us (Romans 5:5) when we believed the gospel (Ephesians 1:13). We love Him because He first loved us (1 John 4:19).
Faith works through love (Galatians 5:6), but we are saved through faith, not faith "plus love/acts of charity." Love is the greater quality of the three because God is love and it outlasts them all. Long after faith and hope are no longer necessary, love will still be the governing principle that controls all that God and his saints are and do. We won't need faith and hope in our glorified bodies in the presence of the Lord.
In 1 Corinthians 13:13, Paul is not teaching that even if our faith is genuine that our faith cannot save us without producing "enough" love/acts of charity. Paul is stressing the importance of love, not teaching that faith is insufficient to save us without our best efforts to love. All genuine BELIEVERS love Christ. Why? Because we have received the love of God in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us (Romans 5:5) when we believed the gospel (Ephesians 1:13). We love Him because He first loved us (1 John 4:19).
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