09/02/2024
Salvation does not = salvation if it can be lost
Eternal life does not = eternal life if itās temporary
A free gift does not = a free gift if it's a reward (by your own works)
Redeemed does not = redeemed if you can be āunredeemedā
Born again does not = born again if you can be āunborn againā
Saved does not = saved if you can become āunsaved.ā
āNeither shall any man pluck them out of my handā does not = āNeither shall any man pluck them out of my handā if you or someone else can pluck yourself out of your Fatherās hand (give back your salvation),
āNot of works, lest any man should boastā does not = ānot of works, lest any man should boastā if oneās own works are required for salvation and can boast in their own works.
āNot by works of righteousness which we have doneā does not = āNot by works of righteousness which we have doneā if salvation required our own works of righteousness.
āSealed with the holy Spirit of God unto the day of redemptionā does not = āSealed with the holy Spirit of God unto the day of redemptionā if you can become āunsealed.ā
āBelieve on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be savedā does not = āBelieve on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be savedā if there is any works/righteousness of your own that are required for salvation.
Salvation is by GODās grace through faith alone in the Gospel (1 Cor 15:1-4 KJV) the Blood Atonement of Jesus Christ. Not in our own works or righteousness (Romans 4:2-6, Eph 2:8-9, Titus 3:5-7 KJV). It is the Gospel by which one is saved meaning OSAS aka eternal security aka once a child of GOD always a child of GOD aka sealed, aka redeemed, aka born again, aka eternal life, aka eternally saved.
Donāt mix salvation vs service/discipleship, what one must do to be saved (Acts 16:30-31 KJV) vs what an already saved believer should do now that they are saved.
John 3:15-16 KJV
That WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH, BUT HAVE ETERNAL LIFE.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH, BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE.
John 6:47 KJV
Verily, verily, I say unto you, HE THAT BELIEVETH ON ME HATH EVERLASTING LIFE.
John 11:25-26 KJV
Jesus said unto her, I am the right resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
And whosoever liveth and BELIEVETH IN ME SHALL NEVER DIE. BELIEVEST THOU THIS?
- Billy.