....Only if you maintain that status of ... born again...and righteous..... until the end. We are not saved until God judges us after death and says so.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO GUESS AGAIN ? ? ?
I can Blow that SHIP of a FALSE IDEAS, CLEAN OUT OF THE WATER, IN REGUARDS OF WHAT HE JUDGES US FOR, with ONE SHOT from my BIBLICAL CANNON, proving we WERE saved before time began!
No Offense intended.
2 Timothy 1:9 (HCSB)
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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.
Revelation 22:12 (HCSB)
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“Look! I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me to repay each person according to what he has done.
Salvation is NOT A REWARD, but a FREE GIFT, so what is HE TALKING ABOUT ? ? ?
In case you do not understand PAUL was a major FAN of the Olympic Style of GAMES of HIS DAY.
The Winning Athlete would be CROWNED on the Podium with A LAUREL WREATH Crown. Any when the Ceremony was over, he would walk over the row of KINGS, Front and Center in the arena. Kneel and Bow before his KING, take of his CROWN of VICTORY, and SAY: "I won this for you my KING!" And then Cast the Crown at the FEET of his KING. Maybe we will get to cast our own Victory Crown at JESUS CHRIST's feet.
In the recent Greek Olympic Games they gave out CROWNS as well as GOLD medals to the winning athlete.
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It also says the winning athlete WILL RECEIEVE AN UNPERISHABLE CROWN, perhaps of GOLD.
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH SALVATION! It rewards for winning the Race, so HE ONLY JUDGES if their Deeds are MOTIVATED BY AGAPE LOVE. No Agape Love they are Worthless, but motivated by agape love is precious to HIM.
1 Corinthians 3:11-15 (ASV)
11 For other foundation can no man lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
12 But if any man buildeth on the foundation gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, stubble;
13 each man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself shall prove each man's work of what sort it is.
14 If any man's work shall abide which he built thereon, he shall receive a reward.
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If any man's work shall b e burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as through fire.
Romans 8:1 (HCSB)
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Therefore, no condemnation now exists for those in Christ Jesus,
Galatians 3:13 (HCSB)
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Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, because it is written: Everyone who is hung on a tree is cursed.
Titus 3:5-7 (HCSB)
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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.
1 Corinthians 9:24-26 (HCSB)
24 Don’t you know that the runners in a stadium all race, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way to win the prize.
25 Now everyone who competes exercises self-control in everything.
However, they do it to receive a crown that will fade away, but we a crown that will never fade away.
26 Therefore I do not run like one who runs aimlessly or box like one beating the air.
Acts 16:31 (ESV)
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And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
Romans 10:8-10 (HCSB)
8. On the contrary, what does it say? The message is near you, in your mouth and in your heart.
This is the message of faith that we proclaim:
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If you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” {Not merely PROFESS IT,} and
believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
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One believes with the heart, resulting in righteousness, and one confesses with the mouth, resulting in salvation.
Some will say, see their, that Confession is a WORK. NO IT IS NOT, and I can prove it:
1 Corinthians 12:3 (HCSB)
3 Therefore I am informing you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus is cursed,”
and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” {No one can say it as a Confession of what has already happened in your Heart because of the HOLY SPIRIT,} except by the Holy Spirit.