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Behold

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Reader.,

Let me show you a simple way to understand God's """Gift of Salvation"""", that Is Jesus's blood and death that is GIFTED to you, as "the Gift of Salvaiton", that is the New Covenant, that is the Eternal Blood Atonement.

Now......some of you, went to College on a FULL SCHOLARSHIP, or know someone who did.

A Scholarship, that is a FULL Scholarship......... pays for your College Education.

So, here is the reality...... Its because you HAVE RECEIVED the FULL Scholarship.......that you get to go and LEARN in a College for Free.

Now,

Salvation.......Is Jesus's finished work on The Cross, whereby He has lived a sinless life, kept all the Law and 10 Commandments, and then dies as a Sacrifice to God as God's Salvation offered FREELY for YOU....and ME.......so that our sin can be eternally forgiven, = .....SALVATION that we can receive from God, for free, = what Jesus has completed..... Or as He told us from The Cross..."IT, (Salvation)... is Finished-Accomplished".

See that?

Salvation is completed.... Jesus on The Cross is God's completed Salvation... as proven by the Resurrection.....and its given as a eternal Gift from God, to anyone and everyone who BELIEVES......(Trusts in Christ).......our "Faith is counted by God.. as (Christ's) Righteousness"... given to us for Free.

So, in the same way that a Scholarship is a full payment....so we find that Jesus's Cross, where He sacrificed Himself on our behalf to God, is the FULL Payment for our Salvation the we have received from God... (if you are born again.)

Now, if you have that College Scholarship, then its alreadys YOURS.....and now you go and learn and learn and learn.

And so it is with God's "Gift of Salvation"........Now that you have received it as "the Gift of Salvation">........you are to learn how to exist within it......and that is your discipleship.

And when you have learned ....... you have "worked out your Salvation"......and until you do that, you are a baby Christian who has a lot to learn.

And once your have LEARNED the revelation knowledge that is related to understanding your Salvation perfectly, (that you have been given) .....then Paul said this about you....

"As many as be PERFECT".......

See that? That is not behavior.........that is Spiritual and Theological KNOWLEGE regarding Who you have become....as a "new Creation" in CHRIST.,. Its the revelation of who you have become "in Christ"......as "one with God"......and how to use this revelation knowledge by existing in it always as REAL FAITH.
When you get there........you have "put on the Helmet of Salvation", because you have "worked it out".

Some, put it on the Day they received Christ, because they understood fully that their Salvation is not what they do...but what Has been Given to them as "The Gift of Salvation".....and for some, it can take 50 yrs for them to understand God's Gift...and then they will finally stop trying to keep themselves saved, as they have now finally "gotten the revelation" of "The GIFT of Salvation".
Some are saved 60 yrs, and die, and never have they "worked out their salvation".
They died in the baby crib, a baby christian, who was was saved 60 yrs, and never understood The Cross of Christ as "God's GIFT of Salvation".
They died and went to Heaven, still trying to earn their way there.......when in fact they were "seated in heavenly places in Christ" the instant they were saved 60 yrs ago.

Now, how do you know you are in the baby chair training chair, and have a lot to learn about your Salvation?

The #1 Proof that you are still in the diaper stage... Hebrews 6:1....is that you will BELIEVE that you can "lose your Salvation".
 
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How do you know that you have worked out your Salvation?

Its very simple.

If you read this (down below)...........and you think....""""well of course...that is obvious""""....... then you have worked out your salvation.
However, if you read this, and you want to disagree, then you have not understood The Cross of Christ or the "Gift of Salvation" or the New Covenant.

Read.....carefully.

A.) "Jesus who saved you, keeps you saved.....forever".....
 
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Yes! The whole price is paid in Jesus' blood.we can accept our 'scholarship' or reject it.

Another way of seeing Salvation is that to travel we need to pay our fare and get a ticket, and Jesus has bought that ticket to eternal life for us -paid in full by his blood and without that 'ticket we can't get into heaven.

And another way is that you need an invitation to get into a special party. I made a thread called You are invited which explains this better.
 
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