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Actually, the word for "be saved" is better translated "be delivered." This is not a salvation verse. It is a promise to all those during the Tribulation who endure throughout it, will be delivered by Christ at the end.

Let me remind you of your post above. You wrote: So, we are initially saved by faith at the starting line of the race but ultimately saved by works at the finish line? Then, right above this post you say: salvation is by grace through faith and is not by works...

How many bad works can you do before you are no longer saved?

There is no evidence that this believer ever produced good fruit. All we know is that his current lifestyle was one of ongoing sin without repentance. If what Christ taught was a bad tree bears bad fruit, the fact that this guy was turned over to Satan implies that he has been living in...

Your definition sounds like those who have genuine faith will produce fruit in this life. The guy in Corinthians who was having a prolonged relationship with his step mother, he lived in sin, Paul says to turn him over to Satan, for living this life style, but Paul says he will be saved. yet as...

I must have misstated something in my post. I am arguing that no believer can ever be unsealed. Could you let me know where I said that. I apologize if I didn't clarify my position. I would like to correct that post.

οὓς δὲ προώρισεν, τούτους καὶ ἐκάλεσεν· καὶ οὓς ἐκάλεσεν, τούτους καὶ ἐδικαίωσεν· οὓς δὲ ἐδικαίωσεν, τούτους καὶ ἐδόξασεν. And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified. Notice that those he also glorified is in the past...

I agree. You can not be unborn, Nicodemus said that. Or, as you put it, sealed believers can not be unsealed. The believer has fulfilled all the stipulations for salvation. Faith alone in Christ alone.

Paul says it better in 2 Tim 2 13 if we are faithless, he remains faithful, for he cannot disown himself. Even if you stop your faith toward Christ, he must remain truthful to his word. Remember also in Eph 2 that you are already seated in the heavenlies. The doctrine of positional truth.

you might be lost now, due to your continual sinning. If you can lose it, then it needs to go by a different name. Contingent salvation. and the only way of knowing if you make to heaven is once you die and you will know then.

Oops, I didn't see how old it was. Thanks for pointing that out.

Is it ok to tithe if a person wants to?

I don't call Christ my King. I call him my Spouse. He is definitely king to the Jews. and will be king to all the nations of the world during the Millennial Reign. But King just doesn't seem to be an affectionate term. I am willing to reverse my statement if there is a good reason that Christ's...

Are our rewards given to us at the JSC eternal, or do we give them back? The JSC does not keep us from danger at the GWTJ. If we appear before Christ at the JSC, our eternal destiny has already been settled. A person's eternal destiny is determined by his response in this life to God's offer...

This is the first prophetic coming that you cite. Paul in 1thess 4:14-17, 14 For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him. 15 According to the Lord’s word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are...

You are mixing up the "caught up" with the Second Advent. Tell me if you think the "caught up" (Rapture) and the 2nd Coming are the same event: see chart below. At the Rapture: 1. Christ comes FOR His own in the air 2. All believers are translated into new bodies 3. Christians are taken to the...

rwb said: Believers are judged according to our deeds while clothed in our bodies of mortal flesh. The Judgment Seat of Christ (JSC) only takes place in Heaven shortly after we are "caught up in the air." I believe this is how believers stand before...

The Judgment Seat of Christ is better translated Rewards Ceremony. No sin will be brought up there. We will also be in our glorified state. The Bride of Christ only will be evaluated there, no other humans will be there. The Great White Throne is for all unbelievers since Adam and Eve. Once...