Then you have placed yourself under the curse of the Law. Additionally, it's not "faith alone." True believers are saved by grace THROUGH faith. They go hand in hand, precisely as scripture declares. Going back to the Kingdom teachings is a dead end roadway.
2 Timothy 2:15 — Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
If you think you're saved and/or retain your salvation on the basis of the works of your effort in the flesh, then how do you know you're saved right now? What's the threshold of slavation loss, if you think it really exists? Where is it? Please define it for us all, from scripture, rather than personal belief. None of the salvation loss people in here have yet even attempted to tackle that definition...if it even existed. They avoid this question 'like the plague,' as the proverbial cliche' goes.
When they fail to rightly divide the word of truth, they are intermixing truths that do not mix rightly. In other words, that one must rightly divide the word of truth means that there are divisions in the truths of scripture. We ALL practice that division daily by NOT going out and sacrificing animals for our sins, but the salvation loss crowd fails to divide ALL the differing collections of truths into their rightful dispensations.
Yes, I realize there's a manic disike out there for the term "dispensation," but it's a valid, biblical concept and term in the Bible, in contrast to the false claim for salvation loss under the Gospel of Grace. The knee jerk reaction go-to is for them to yammer about those out there who allegedly live any ol' way they want, almost as if such people not only are living right next door to them, but is routine among those who believe in the Gospel of Grace. Those straw man arguments are old and worn out, being as bad as the falsehoods their false teaching pastors teach under whom they sit every week. What's worse is that their false teaching pastors teach all that crap with a straight face, and sometimes even with a sinister smile that sails over their heads on a weekly basis.
Please don't assume we condone no good works as the OUTFLOW of the salvation of which we enjoy the assurance. The salvation loss gang has no assurance for their salvation with them trying to live a gospel not intended for us today. They have no explanations for how they lose, regain, lose again, regain again, ad infinitum, their salvation on a daily basis given that we ALL sin daily.
Are YOU without sin? I'm not, which is true of us ALL. Are YOU losing your salvation in the midst of your sins? How? What's the threshold? What's the magic formula for getting it back after allegedly losing it? So many questions posed to the salvation lost gang, and they have no answers other than to remain hostile and antagonistic against all who are secure in the salvation of grace we have been given as a gift; even though we too believe in striving to do good works as well in order to store up treasure in Heaven, and to live and walk in spirit and in truth.
Their demonization of the Gospel of Grace only shows the demon within them, or under whose control they live and breath. Either way, their failures to show to us all that imaginary line for loss of THEIR salvation, if they ever had it, it all serves as a cumulative demonstration for just how weak their stand upon scripture really is in the midst of their foaming-at-the-mouth rhetoric.
What's your take on allnthis?
MM
