It depens on what JB believes.
God accepts our FAITH to give us the Gift of Salvation, but our Faith has to be IN = what God requires, that is explained as : "the work of God".
"The WORK of God, is that you BELIEVE on JESUS, whom God sent".
That is the FAITH that God accepts, to apply the finished work of Jesus on the Cross, to you. Which is the "Gift of Righteousness".
Being born again is the only proof that JB or anyone else is saved.
Almost correct.
Measures of Faith is a gift from God to a man FOR Hearing the Word of God.
* Hear a little, Receive a little Faith. Hear more, Receive more Faith.
Stop Hearing, Stop Receiving Faith.
* Works is Believing what one Hears.
Believe...a works accomplished.
Stop Believing...Works stops.
Believe again...Works resume.
Doubt, Deny....Works stops.
....Every man shall be “rewarded” according to the Works he has done...
....Every man whose Works stops, what things he does, shall be burned.
^ Having Heard...Having that faith, whatever the measure...
^ Having some works...whatever the measure....
Neither...means the man is Saved, Born Again..ie Converted.
So the question was, IS JB saved, BECAUSE he Believed?
The Answer is No.
Believing does not mean Saved.
Believing does not mean Born Again.
Having Faith does not mean Saved.
Having Faith does not mean Born Again.
* Going to a Christian Church, Calling oneself a Christian, Calling oneself a Believer, does not mean Saved or Born again or Converted.
Calling oneself
Converted IN Christ, MEANS;
Having Repented, Eternally Forgiven, Crucified with Jesus, soul saved, spirit born again, dwells IN Christ, Spirit of God Dwells IN that man, that man can SIN NO MORE.
^ —-> Doesn’t matter if that man, calls himself a Gentile Christian, a Christian, a Messianic Jew, If he goes to a Christian Church or not, If he goes to a Jewish Synagogue or not.
What repeatedly occurs on these threads...
Is men debating over Biblical characters....saying this guy believed...”therefore” he “WAS SAVED”, and stopped BELIEVING, so he “LOST his Salvation”......
which is FALSE.
...NO MAN IS SAVED...BORN AGAIN...CONVERTED IN CHRIST....
*** UNTIL AFTER A BODILY DEATH OCCURS***
And the SAME, debating, SAYING, they BELIEVE, they SIN...(which they never define)...they “try” not to sin...they do works (which they never define) ... they must endure to the end...(which they never define)....
AND Never say, they are saved, born again, converted.
They simply are on the threads, RAILING AGAINST MEN, who ARE saved, ARE born again, ARE Converted IN Christ, Who SIN NO MORE.
Then they post a Scripture, that HAS NOTHING what so ever to do with a CONVERTED man, and say....SEE, SEE, Scripture says you are wrong.
Fact IS; You teach from the Perspective of Paul. Paul was sent to Teach and Preach TO:...primarily the Gentiles, the Gentile “kings” (as they were the primary government heads in Pauls day) AND Jews.
And Yes, it is Gentiles, who are primarily the ones who call themselves Christians...(followers of Christ’s teachings).
YET...inasmuch as MOST Jews, do not follow Christ’s teaching..
(Not an issue, BECAUSE GOD already has a PLAN for their INCLUSION.) AND the “Christian” followers....have a range from A-Z, per understanding of philosophers and men...that HAVE nothing to do with Christ Jesus’ teachings (and many of “Christian” teachings are IN DIRECT Conflict, with Christ’s Teachings.)
SO...IN FACT...Jews & Gentiles......ARE? Divided amongst themselves.
Not a BIG surprise...since Jesus EXPRESSLY Taught...THAT was His “INTENT”...
Luke 12:51
John 7:43
John 10:19
Fact IS: Whether it be a Jew or Gentile...ANY MAN who
IS “Converted IN Christ”...thereafter there is VERY LITTLE Scripture “that APPLIES” to him.
All the “warnings”, and examples of men believing and falling away, this sin and that sin, under the law, not under the law, must endure, can fall away, blah, blah;
ARE MOOT, of none effect.
Fact is:
the ONLY ones in Complete and Assured Forever WITH Christ the Lord Jesus......IS:
the Converted IN Christ.
(That is the whole meaning of OSAS)...
All others hang in wondering, hope, maybe, not sure, wait and see...