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Lets look at it....
Here is the reality.
To "wrongly abide".... is to believe that you keep yourself saved by "abiding" as a self effort.
"im doing it, im remaining, im enduring, im abiding"....my effort, myself, its ME doing it.... me, me, me, me, me.
In other words...>"by abiding, I keep myself saved".
This is "self saving"....this is Legalism.... this is heresy.
Legalism substitutes self effort, for the Blood Atonement.
Legalism is self righteousness that puts you on the Cross and rips Jesus off the Nails.
If we are born again, then we are MADE the righteousness of God, in Christ...BY GOD.
He does this for you. He puts us into His eternal family. We are born again, INTO GOD's Spirit.
"abiding" is to BE "in Christ"....its to be put there and kept there by the Holy Spirit.
The proof you are abiding, is to be born again, as that is how you abide...or how you got there, and stay there.
We dont put ourselves into God's family.....God puts us there.
Its God who purchased us with the Blood of Jesus, and Its God who lives inside us, which establishes us as "In Christ".
We are always abiding, because God is always abiding in us. 'Christ in you, the hope of Glory".
"we are the Temple of the Holy Spirit".
To no longer be "in Christ" or to abide there,.God would have to leave you, and take Jesus and the Holy Spirit out of you.
Jesus said He will never leave you or forsake you.
Jesus said that no person can take you out of Jesus's hand, and that includes you..... "no one, no man, no person", includes you.
To abide in God is to be IN GOD by being Born again Into God's Spirit.
We dont do this, and we can't undo this..
There is no way to be un-born again..
IN fact, if a believer could go to hell, then God and Christ and the Holy Spirit would have to go with them, as these 3 never leave you.
Remember, we are in God's family.....we are IN the Family. Put there BY God. We abide there always, because we are IN the Family.
Heirs of God. Joint heirs of Christ.
"as Jesus IS.......so are the born again, in this world".
We the born again, are "seated in heavenly places, in Christ"...right now, while we are in a body on earth.
And also..
You are born from your mother into this world.
If you are saved.....You are born of your Spiritual Father in Heaven,= into His eternity, His eternal family.
So......Can you stop being born?
= No.
Think of it like this...... You are born of your mother.. and one day when you are 77 yrs old, you hate her. HATE. And you decide you will no longer be her child.
You will stop abiding as her child., that is your decision. You have made up your mind.
Well, Are you still her child, even if you hate her, and dont want to be her child anymore, and have made up your mind?
Yes you are....no matter how you abide or not...or think... See, you are BORN from her.....and you can't stop this by behavior or decision, or by walking away....
You are BORN of your Spiritual Father in Heaven, and you can't stop this by how you think in your mind or how you behave in your life.
You BELONG to God. He has purchased you with His own BLood.
You are "blood bought".. is how the NT describes your eternal situation.
BORN, is born.....always.. both on earth and in heaven.
We are born on earth and we are born again into God's family.
Its done, in both cases.
Lets look at it....
Here is the reality.
To "wrongly abide".... is to believe that you keep yourself saved by "abiding" as a self effort.
"im doing it, im remaining, im enduring, im abiding"....my effort, myself, its ME doing it.... me, me, me, me, me.
In other words...>"by abiding, I keep myself saved".
This is "self saving"....this is Legalism.... this is heresy.
Legalism substitutes self effort, for the Blood Atonement.
Legalism is self righteousness that puts you on the Cross and rips Jesus off the Nails.
If we are born again, then we are MADE the righteousness of God, in Christ...BY GOD.
He does this for you. He puts us into His eternal family. We are born again, INTO GOD's Spirit.
"abiding" is to BE "in Christ"....its to be put there and kept there by the Holy Spirit.
The proof you are abiding, is to be born again, as that is how you abide...or how you got there, and stay there.
We dont put ourselves into God's family.....God puts us there.
Its God who purchased us with the Blood of Jesus, and Its God who lives inside us, which establishes us as "In Christ".
We are always abiding, because God is always abiding in us. 'Christ in you, the hope of Glory".
"we are the Temple of the Holy Spirit".
To no longer be "in Christ" or to abide there,.God would have to leave you, and take Jesus and the Holy Spirit out of you.
Jesus said He will never leave you or forsake you.
Jesus said that no person can take you out of Jesus's hand, and that includes you..... "no one, no man, no person", includes you.
To abide in God is to be IN GOD by being Born again Into God's Spirit.
We dont do this, and we can't undo this..
There is no way to be un-born again..
IN fact, if a believer could go to hell, then God and Christ and the Holy Spirit would have to go with them, as these 3 never leave you.
Remember, we are in God's family.....we are IN the Family. Put there BY God. We abide there always, because we are IN the Family.
Heirs of God. Joint heirs of Christ.
"as Jesus IS.......so are the born again, in this world".
We the born again, are "seated in heavenly places, in Christ"...right now, while we are in a body on earth.
And also..
You are born from your mother into this world.
If you are saved.....You are born of your Spiritual Father in Heaven,= into His eternity, His eternal family.
So......Can you stop being born?
= No.
Think of it like this...... You are born of your mother.. and one day when you are 77 yrs old, you hate her. HATE. And you decide you will no longer be her child.
You will stop abiding as her child., that is your decision. You have made up your mind.
Well, Are you still her child, even if you hate her, and dont want to be her child anymore, and have made up your mind?
Yes you are....no matter how you abide or not...or think... See, you are BORN from her.....and you can't stop this by behavior or decision, or by walking away....
You are BORN of your Spiritual Father in Heaven, and you can't stop this by how you think in your mind or how you behave in your life.
You BELONG to God. He has purchased you with His own BLood.
You are "blood bought".. is how the NT describes your eternal situation.
BORN, is born.....always.. both on earth and in heaven.
We are born on earth and we are born again into God's family.
Its done, in both cases.
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