It's about saying your saved. It is only God's authority and power to save someone.
We are saved when we are resurrected, cleansed with the blood of Christ (which happens after we die and are resurrected), brought into heaven and given eternal life. Before these things happen we are not "saved".
We are warned about the spawning of religion that appeals to the ears.
2 Timothy 4:1-4
King James Version
4 I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;
2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine.
3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
Thank you Devin.
I turned my ear to Gods Word.
Yes Gods gift of Salvation IS given a man AFTER his bodily Death.
For 4,000 years men had to ENDURE by their own power, to keep believing AND wait for physical bodily death before receiving their Salvation.
For the last 2,000 years men were given a New Better Testament....
What made this New Testament, a Better Testament for mankind?
One word......
surety.
Heb 7:
[
22] By so much was Jesus made a
surety of a
better testament.
So do men STILL have to bodily die to receive their salvation? YES.
A Bodily Death God approved...crucified with Jesus.
At no time, does Scripture teach a Body Crucified with Jesus, becomes uncrucified, so that body can come back to life and Confess, oops, I lied, and don’t want Gods Gift of Salvation.
Remember God knows all things.
A Heartful confession...fooled God...to begin with?
No. God searches a man heart...you know, that verifying thing, same as we are told to do. Verify what WE Hear.
Do you read WARNINGS of ENDURE to the end?
Keep Believing until the End of your Life?
WHO is being WARNED?
An unbeliever? No
The assured Converted? No
The guy Believing BUT NOT COMMITTED TO Giving his body crucified with Jesus? Yes.
The Lord Jesus, gathers together those IN Christ, already made whole, body, soul, spirit., Before Tribulation comes down from Heaven.
* WHO ... IN Christ 1 Thes 4:16-17
* WHY ... 1 Thes 1:10 ~ 1 Thes 5:9
Believers and unbelievers and those coming into belief DURING the different phases of the Tribulation....WILL WHAT?
Believers....becoming bodily dead for their belief..DEAD BODY & saved then.
UnBelievers...becoming bodily dead for their UNbelief & not saved.
And who gathers the Believers becoming bodily dead during the Tribulation?
* God ...Believers IN Jesus 1 Thes 4:14
* WHEN ... Rev 20:5
Huge difference between Converted and Believers.
Converted are assuredly Saved.
Believers hope they continue (endure) believing and will be Saved.
Glory to God,
Taken