God Did NOT Save Me Once

  • Welcome to Christian Forums, a Christian Forum that recognizes that all Christians are a work in progress.

    You will need to register to be able to join in fellowship with Christians all over the world.

    We hope to see you as a part of our community soon and God Bless!

Wrangler

Well-Known Member
Feb 14, 2021
18,228
7,601
113
56
Shining City on a Hill
Faith
Christian
Country
United States
Not talking about eternal salvation. The longer my walk with Christ goes, the more keenly I am aware that God did not save me once. The more keenly aware of how often I find myself on the edge of destruction and rely on the Almighty to guide me toward his glory and away from disaster. Over and over again he saves me, always faithful he is. What is your experience?
 
Last edited:

Behold

Well-Known Member
Apr 11, 2020
20,440
8,176
113
Netanya or Pensacola
Faith
Christian
Country
Israel
One of the things a born again believer comes to realize 20 yrs later......is that. ."had God answered that Prayer, my life would have been ruined till i died".

So, He did answer it....>>>God said "NO">.

Another thing the Born again Believer comes to understand is..... after a few decades,.. .and even more after you are saved 40 or 50 yrs... you can look back on your life and how you "use to be".. and you can see how God completely changed you from the person you were when you first believed..... into the person you now have become.

And if you're not seeing that Divine change......then Reader.>>"Now is the day of Salvation, Now is the accepted time"...

"ALL who call on the name of Jesus, shall be saved"

So, please do this before Hebrews 9:27 finds you, as after that, you and God can't become "family".
 

Bob

Well-Known Member
Sep 23, 2023
535
521
93
Tucson, AZ
Faith
Christian
Country
United States
Thank you for your question.

Perhaps His day-to-day helping us avoid self-induced disaster is better noted as “rescued,” so as not to confuse with save/salvation.

Otherwise, we are in total agreement.

Part of my regular prayer has been to thank God for giving me everything I have ever needed, and even more. It now occurs that I also should be giving thanks for being pulled back from an abyss, over and over!

Blessings.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Wrangler

Taken

Well-Known Member
Feb 6, 2018
27,394
14,833
113
United States
Faith
Christian
Country
United States
Not talking about eternal salvation. The longer my walk with Christ goes, the more keenly I am aware that God did not save me once. The more keenly aware of how often I find myself on the edge of destruction and rely on the Almighty to guide me toward his glory and away from disaster. Over and over again he saves me, always faithful he is. What is your experience?

God Offered Jesus’ prepared Body ONCE.
That Offering was Offered to the whole World of ManKIND of Earthly beings.

Jesus was/Is ManKINDS example.

Do what Jesus DID ONCE…To Receive what Jesus Received.

Willingly, Freely Choose, what you Believe, ONCE Confess TO Gods Intercessor What you Heartfully Truly Believe.

Are you Sorry, Regretful for having been naturally born Not believing IN God?

Confess that ONCE.

Are you IN Belief God Sent His Word forth out of His mouth, in A Body God Prepared IN the Likeness AS a man to Be an Example to manKind of HOW to BE WITH God forever and God forever BE with you?

Confess that ONCE.

(Do you recall the ancient teachings…men with God, God with men….Men afraid, men stubborn to Do what God directed them to do?
And…God was no longer WITH them? And they struggled all the While God was NOT with them…correct?)

A new…. ONE Time Offering….that Keeps a man Forever WITH God and God Forever WITH that man.

New ONCE Offering…
* Repent…for having had NOT Believed.
* Confess willingness to GIVE your WORD of Truth
AND
*your most precious POSSESSION to GOD …

(Ever received an Offering From a Bank…??
For a LOAN??
Did you ever tell them of you interest, intent to Accept their Offer?
Did they require Your word to repay?
Did they require Your signature to verify your name?
Did they require a number / list of your most prized possessions be given them?
Could they take your possessions and discard them (not Keep them….iF you defaulted on your ONE Time Promise?)

Gods ONE Time Offering comes with …
a NO Default Clause.

-Your Confessed repentance…of having HAD unbelief.
***Has a promise of Forgiveness.

-Your Confessed Willingness to Give your True Word of Belief…
***God verifies (test everything clause)

-Your Signature?
***Not required…God knows who you are.

-Your willingness to give your prized possession? House, car, boat, Tv??…
*** No…. Your bodily Life?….Yes

- God Verifies?
*** Yes…Searches your natural spirit truth in your heart…that your Confession BE TRUE.

The Man …. Knows WHO he called on, what he repented of, what belief he confessed and what prized possession of his he Offered unto God.

God Symbolically or Literally …Takes that mans PRIZED POSSESSION….AND WHAT??

Kills that Bodily LIFE (the flesh OF the Body, And the Blood Life of that Body…)
* Symbolically…if the mans body shall continue Living. (Called Crucified with Jesus)
( And Claimed by God) …following that mans Physical Death.
* Literally… the mans bodily death…occurs then , failing health, old age, and (typically during coming horrific world tribulations / wars/ and willing martyrdom.)

The Fact is
A bank will require your authorize your most prized possessions to be given them, if you default on your promise to repay.
And the Bank will dispose of such possession they Gain through a default)

The KEY Is…
What does God Do WITH a mans Dead BODY …promised TO God?

If…the Body DIES (under any circumstance) While that Body Died….In True Belief….
God shall raise up that Body In a new Glorious Body.
First (mass)Resurrection.( it’s soul will be restored and it’s spirit born again)

IF… the Body DIES ( under any circumstance)…In UN Belief…
No new body, no saved soul, no quickened spirit.
Life of Body(blood dead)
Life of soul (Gods breath returns to God)
Life of natural spirit (truth), dead in body.
Lifeless body, Lifeless soul districted in fire (not kept by God)
2nd resurrection and judging and sentencing.

IF….….A CONFESSED CONVERTED Believer DIES (under any circumstances)…
He is Already Prepared …
Body buried
Saved soul departs goes to Heaven
Born Again Spirit departs goes to Heaven
These prepared ARE Lifted Up IN their Glorified Bodies BEFORE…
God Second and Last Great tribulationS Sent down from Heaven upon the whole Earth and it’s inhabitants. This great lifting up of the prepared Converted…is called the Rapture


Pre Warned…Gods INTENT TO Send GREAT Tribulations Down from Heaven UPON the Whole World and it’s inhabitants

God began IN the beginning…. Dividing
Forewarned…IN the Ending…Separating

Every human man…
(From the beginning of mankind)…
Will be “categorized” IN ONE of the 3 IF’s …AND their Final Destination, Dependent upon When and What Belief THEY Chose, Confessed or Rejected.

I personally Elected to accept and Take Gods ONE Time Offering of promising my Body To Him, Receive soul Salvation while Alive and Receive spirit quIckening while Alive and Gods Spirit IN me for the duration of time my body is Alive.



Glory to God,
Taken
 

Behold

Well-Known Member
Apr 11, 2020
20,440
8,176
113
Netanya or Pensacola
Faith
Christian
Country
Israel
God Offered Jesus’ prepared Body ONCE.
That Offering was Offered to the whole World of ManKIND of Earthly beings.

1.) "God hath made.....JESUS to be SIN...for us"...

2.) "Jesus is the ONE TIME..... ETERNAL SACRIFICE .. for sin.."



"""But this man, (Jesus) after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;""

New King James Version
But this Man, (Jesus) after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God,

New American Standard Bible
but He, (Jesus) having offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, SAT DOWN AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD,

NASB 1995
but He, (Jesus) having offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, SAT DOWN AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD,

NASB 1977
but He, (Jesus) having offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, SAT DOWN AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD,

Legacy Standard Bible
but He, (Jesus having offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, SAT DOWN AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD,
 

Taken

Well-Known Member
Feb 6, 2018
27,394
14,833
113
United States
Faith
Christian
Country
United States
1.) "God hath made.....JESUS to be SIN...for us"...

2.) "Jesus is the ONE TIME..... ETERNAL SACRIFICE .. for sin.."

That does NOT negate WHAT exactly took upon the Sin (unbelief) of the World…

A God PREPARED Sinless Body of Flesh and Blood.

If a parent prepares a covering for their child that LOOKS like a Lion and the child crawls around like a Lion, growls like a Lion….
And other children … played Lion Tamer and kicks, throws objects, whips the Lion…

Is the child….A Lion?
Does the child Feel…the whipping?

God teaches Godly lessons according to ManKinds minimal Knowledge…of things man CAN relate to by man’s Sight and Hearing
(Which is a conundrum…Because men can NOT SEE or HEAR God.)

We teach little children the same way…little by little.

We turn on a lamp and they see Light…
But yet they know not yet what a flashlight or lantern is or for.

Nor do they know Gods power is Light and His Light can dwell withIN us….or what that means.

Glory to God,
Taken
 

Ritajanice

Born-Again
Mar 9, 2023
13,233
7,567
113
United Kingdom
Faith
Christian
Country
United Kingdom
Not talking about eternal salvation. The longer my walk with Christ goes, the more keenly I am aware that God did not save me once. The more keenly aware of how often I find myself on the edge of destruction and rely on the Almighty to guide me toward his glory and away from disaster. Over and over again he saves me, always faithful he is. What is your experience?
Lovely testimony, Brother.
 

amigo de christo

Well-Known Member
Sep 12, 2020
30,159
51,054
113
53
San angelo
Faith
Christian
Country
United States
The more I grow as a Christian, the more I realize what a great sinner I am, and it is totally by God's grace that I am saved.
And that were it not for HIS grace we would not even have that knowledge .
GOD leads us to repentance from sin , NOT THE ACCEPTANCE OF IT .
YET many follow the love of the world , THINKING its the LOVE of GOD .
THIS love they beleive is loving and of GOD has allowed leaven to remain
WILL not and did not correct brethren in sin and error
and in time They came to ACCEPT the sin and error as OKAY and fine with GOD .
But where IS THE HOLY SPIRIT in them . FOR THE SPIRIT convicts ME of error and of sin .
EVEN when a vile thought , a lustful thought pops into my mind , THE SPIRIT convicts me .
YET THEY JUSTIFY THEIR SIN . something has went wrong within christendom .
MANY have been and are being led to a god
that seems okay with their sin , even calls it good , and hollers loudly at anyone who dares
to even USE HIS OWN WORDS to correct sin . IT treats the words of GOD as hate speech
and treats the love of the world that embraces sin as LOVE . WE have a serious delusion going on my friend.
And now it has and is leading them to embrace the idea that all religoins serve the same GOD we do
in different ways . ITS OF ANTI CHRIST . it produces another image of GOD and of CHRIST
one that accepts sins and UNBELIEF , denying GOD , denying the Son . ITS a delusoin sister and a strong one .
cause more and more see it as LOVE and beleiving its of GOD .
 

JunChosen

Well-Known Member
Apr 7, 2020
2,008
479
83
Los Angeles
Faith
Christian
Country
United States
The Cross of Christ is where God offers reconciliation to the "world"... (everyone)=(Whosoever)... : John 3:16
You have a wrong understanding of Bible Doctrines and therefore you have a wrong interpretation of John 3;16.

In fact, John 3:16 is the most read verse in the world and yet, the least most misunderstood verse!!!

Besides, John 3:16 must be read in light of Romans 3:10-11:

10) As it is written, there is none righteous no, not one:
11) There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.

If there are none righteous and none that seek after God "whosoever" then would believe in God in John 3:16??? NONE, NADA, ZILCH!

I SUGGEST YOU RE-STUDY MANY OF YOUR SCRIPTURE, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT CONCERNS
CALVIN'S THEOLOGY WHICH YOU HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF!!!

To God Be The Glory
 

Reggie Belafonte

Well-Known Member
Mar 16, 2018
7,067
3,611
113
64
Brisbane
Faith
Christian
Country
Australia
It's Jesus on the Cross that is the issue ! not the Cross.
The Cross has no power at all.

I once believed on Jesus so very strongly, but one day I got Saved !
I knew Christ Jesus was in fact our Lord and Saviour of our Soul ! and That happened right out of the blue ! Bang ! I was Saved !
I was no longer just a Religious follower within the Church denomination ? I came out from this world, that is full of deceptions and delusions. Their is a great gulf is between this world and that of Christ Body. his Saints Soul are Saved, they can never return to the Vomit of this world. for one is changed !

I was seeking and he found me ! I did not find him, he found me.

I once truly believed in fact, but that was not the issue ? one has to abide in Christ Jesus, not on Jesus ?

I am not resting my faith on Jesus ? I am abiding in Christ Jesus, big difference ! for I am of the Grace in Christ Jesus ! Changed .
If one has no Grace, one is not truly Saved in fact !

The Beast is Carnal and Lost = no Grace ! that's why such people played with Jesus and had their way with him, for they are just like wild dogs.