Bible 23.WHAT GOD SAYS ABOUT SALVATION
by Eugene Lopatynsky Salvation is only through faith in Christ Jesus. Not by faith in ANYONE else. By Faith in Jesus Alone, Jesus PLUS Nothing. Acts 4:12
Nobody else paid for your sins, Old Boy. Only Christ Jesus. There is a MISGUIDED FAITH where Jesus will profit you nothing, you are fallen from grace. (1)Salvation is only through faith in Christ Jesus. Not by faith in ANYONE ELSE. By Faith In Jesus Alone, Jesus Plus Nothing. Acts 4:12
John 3:16-17; 18-21
John 3:36; 14:6
(2)Salvation is a free gift of God to us. Man can add nothing. Ephesians 2:8-9
Salvation cannot be EARNED. Salvation is a free gift of God and only for those who BELIEVE in Christ Jesus, believe who He is, why He came, what He says. He is your only greatest friend; He loves you and suffered terribly for you. Love Him in return. Try to walk in His wonderful ways – this time not for salvation, but for love. Romans 11:6 ; 4:2-5; 3:27-28
Galatians 2:16
(3)So None Can Glory (Man can never save himself. Man needs a Savior) 1 Corinthians 1:29-31
(4)Restated As Fall From Grace Galatians 5:2-6
Believing that you need Christ Jesus PLUS someone else or something else for SALVATION might really mean insufficient FAITH in Jesus. Does it void salvation? Since faith in Jesus is the only key to heaven, insufficient faith must, most certainly, constitute exceedingly dangerous ground. Remember the five virgins waiting for the bridegroom, who had insufficient oil – insufficient faith? It is for this reason that Satan always attacks this issue first in all sects and all other religions. Believing that you need Jesus plus Mary for salvation might be a colossal fiasco. Pray and think about it. Consult the Bible, never priests. Equally, Jesus-plus-works violates the definition of grace: free gift, not earned, so none can glory. Works are anything a person can DO: deeds, rituals, sacraments, masses, indulgencies, scapulars. If you have to do anything apart from trusting Christ, then salvations cannot be free. This is not knocking real Biblical obedience or good deeds. It is knocking a trust in good deeds, the belief (faith) that good deeds may earn salvation, regardless of Christ. You may say, “It is with Christ.” The scriptures just told you, SALVATION is by faith in Christ plus nothing. 2 Corinth 11:3-4
Some say that every cult presents to you a different Jesus and a different gospel. It is neither the Jesus nor the gospel of the Bible. And, God help us, some giant religions do the same as well, They present a very different Jesus and a fairy tale of salvation, not the Biblical salvation of prepared by Father God.. Why can’t we see Jesus? Why can’t we see God?
(5)Is SALVATION possible without Works? Good works (obedience to Jesus) is absolutely required, but these works can never save. Our best works (righteousness) are only "filthy rags" before God (Isaiah 94:6). But they are evidence that a change has occurred, through a change in faith. Continued absence of works means being unsaved, absence of real faith (1 John 3:6-10). The thief crucified with Jesus was saved by faith plus nothing. But had he lived, he would have had works. Eh? Haw’s that? A sinner is not a sinner because he sins. Rather he sins BECAUSE he is a sinner, because a fallen nature resides there. A Christian has another nature added (the "old man" plus "the new being") which will begin to make a difference. It is, perhaps, like a change of physical state (water turning to ice or steam) which is accompanied by a change of physical properties. Only here the change is spiritual. If it hasn’t happened, salvation (by faith) hasn’t happened either. Christianity is a person, the person of Christ, and if you have Him you will love Him and obey out of love (John 14:15; 21). It is a RELATIONSHIP. Any CONCEIVABLE sacrifice in this life is worthwhile to find the BIBLICAL Christ Jesus and to belong to Him! If you want Him, pray now with me, "DEAREST LORD JESUS, FORGIVE ME MY SINS. I REJECT ALL NON-BIBLICAL RELIGION. COME INTO MY LIFE AND BE THE RULER OF MY LIFE. HELP ME TO LOVE YOU MORE EVERY DAY AND TO OBEY YOU WITH ALL MY STRENGTH AND TO READ YOUR BIBLE DAILY, EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE." A new being is being born, spiritually, when you contact the Lord Jesus this way. Being “born a second time”, “Born Again”, is by Spirit and Water. When you invite the Lord, and mean it, something tremendous is BORN inside you. The WATER is the WORD of God, the Bible. It is a letter of love, written to you with great love and sent in spite terrible persecutions and sufferings of both the prophets and the early Christians. If the Devil can no longer separate you from Jesus, he goes to Plan B, to separate you from the Bible. To get a list of my articles write my full name (Eugene Lopatynsky) into GOOGLE, then click on faithwriters. Or use EDGE for your search engine. Article Source: http://www.faithwriters.com |
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