When did the thief on the cross know he was saved?
When Jesus told him he would be with Jesus in paradise?
Or when the thief died and faced the final judgment?
1 John 5:13
These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
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When did the thief on the cross know he was saved?
When Jesus told him he would be with Jesus in paradise?
Or when the thief died and faced the final judgment?
1 John 5:13
These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
By the grace of justification received by faith and baptism we have union with God thru Christ, in the communion of saints, empowered by grace and life in the spirit to attain to eternal salvation on glory!
1 John 5:11
And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. (grace)
1 John 5:20
And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life. (grace)
1) we do not have eternal salvation
Mk 10:30 mk 13:13 mt 24:13 rev 2:10
2) we have the grace of justification
3) grace can be increased by good works mt 7:7 mt 7:14 mt 26:41
2 pet 3:18
4) grace enables good works
2 cor 12:9
5) grace can be lost by deadly sin
Eph 5:2-6
gal 5:1-4
gal 5:19-21
gal 6:7-8
1 cor 6:9-10 & 15-20
2 cor 4:7
1 tim 5:12
rev 21:8
rev 21:27
rom 8:1
can lose grace gal 5:4
can have grace in vain 1 cor 15:10
treasure in earthen vessels 2 cor 4:7
1 Jn 3:15 no life (grace)
We have union by grace not eternal salvation!
Jn 1:16 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
Jn 10:10 life and life more abundantly
Jn 15:5
apart from Christ?
NOTHING!
phil 4:13
Union with Christ?
ALL THINGS!
2 Corinthians 12:9
And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
((perseverance))
Union with God and His angels & saints by Christ in grace and the Spirit!
Union with Christ by His grace & His merits & His power with life in the Spirit!
(we cannot do it alone of ourselves)
Jn 1:16
And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
(grace now not eternal salvation)
Jn 10:10
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
Union with God & His saints in Christ by the grace of justification by baptism with the infused supernatural virtues of faith, hope, & charity, sanctifying grace and the Holy Spirit.
Jn 3:16 1 Jn 5:13 Perpetual faith
mt 3:8 2 cor 7:10 fruits of repentance
Jn 15:4 abide in Christ & bear fruit
Lk 3:9 bear fruit
Lk 1:75 acts 10:35 deeds of righteousness
phil 1:11 fruits of righteousness
mt 26:41 watch and pray
mk 24:48 watch and pray
Lk 21:36 Watch and pray, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
mt 7:7 ask and you shall receive
Lk 9:23 phil 1:29 daily, deny thyself, take up thy cross and follow me.
ps 23:3 leads in paths (deeds) of righteousness acts 10:35
mt 7:14 narrow road that leads to life
2 pet 3:18 grow in grace
heb 6:12 faith & patience
rev 2:19 faith, patience, & works
rev 14:12 commandments, patience, & faith
mt 19:17 Jn 14:21 1 cor 7:19 1Jn 3:24 1 Jn 5:2-3 rev 12:17 keep the commandments
mt 10:22 mk 13:13 mt 24:13 endure to the end in patient suffering
rev 2:10 he who overcomes I shall give the crown of life!
((endure to the end shall be saved))
mk 13:13
And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
mt 10:22
And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
mt 24:13
But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
heb 3:6
But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
heb 3:14
For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
rev 2:10
Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
((deeds of righteousness))
Lk 1:75
In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
acts 10:35
But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.
1 John 3:10
In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
1 Jn 3:15
Whosoever hateth his brother is amurderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
thks
