And we have seen in this thread the knowledge some think they have about salvation being lost by some magical means, which is wizardry...or akin to it. Some can't seem to figure out how warped that belief is in relation to scripture, for if one has to RETAIN their salvation by their own efforts, then they have to believe that they earned it by some measure of their own strength. The idea that the blood of Christ ONLY atoned for past sins and not future, its sheer nonsense to think that we then are walking on thin egg shells in this life with the danger of loss of salvation on every horizon of every day and every moment. I leave that kind of trashy living to the cultic departures from truth that teach the requirement for works and ritualistic works in order to retain their salvation by way of their silly rituals in their mausoleums with four walls. Some even believe they're minimizing the torture taught to them as what is coming right after death, and that payment of mere money and the motions of pagan rituals somehow whittles away some of the time they will spend there for their alleged "purging." The depths of pagan carnality in all that nonsense speaks for itself.
BTW
Amen!
There is ONLY ONE “works” a man can “Do” to become a candidate to become “MADE” Saved.
BELIEVE (in one’s Heart)…
That IS the meaning of “mens faith without “That works” is Dead.
What Works?
Jesus Revealed…
John 6:
24] When the
people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither his disciples, they also took shipping, and came to Capernaum,
seeking for Jesus.
[25] And when they had ]B]found him on the other side of the sea, [/B]they said unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither?
[26] Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you,
Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.
[27] Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
[28]
Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?
[29]
Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
Work the works of God.
Believe in Jesus, whom (HE) God Sent.
By default requires the Works to be:
Belief IN God (the sender)
Belief ON (the sent) Jesus.
Only Works…FOR… TO Gain the Gift of Salvation.
Works that glorify God? …rewards rendered.
Works that do not glorify God?… works burned
Salvation is a Gift…not a Reward.
Gifts are NOT revoked.
Gifts can be withheld, not deserved, not given.
Rewards are not revoked.
Rewards can be withheld, not deserved, not given.
Gifts, Rewards, Blessings, Offered by God, ONCE Given are never Revoked.
Gifts, Rewards, Blessings, Offered by God…
Rejected, Not TAKEN, are Not possessed by the man…. Man by default LOSES his offered, Gifts. Rewards, Blessings.
The offerings of Gifts, Rewards, Blessings From God…not taken…Before a mans bodily death…Man has Lost forever his gifts, rewards, blessings….
Not rocket science…yet some will argue…what they can not comprehend.