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What if Salvation is actually a Gift.?

What if God understood that none of us can meet His holy standards, so He came down here as Jesus The Christ = and met them for us, and offers this "finished work of God: on the Cross"... as "the free Gift of Salvation".
So.......Do you have His Gift?

What if , when God saved you, He actually knew at that time all about all the sins you would commit after you were saved, and He saved you anyway based on Jesus's Blood?
Have you ever realized that God saved you knowing about all the sinning you would do later?
Time to realize it.

What if Salvation and Eternal life is all of God and Christ, and none of you, and discipleship is all of you with God's Help?
See that?

What if all of that i just wrote.... is THE Grace of God, THE imputed righteousness of Christ, and its all a Free " GIFT of Salvation".

Well, guess what.
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Ok, here is the Good NEWS..

If you are born again, then the blood of Jesus always keeps God at peace with you.
You don't keep God at peace with you......God keeps Himself at peace with you THROUGH the BLOOD OF JESUS.

So, when you fail to meet whatever idea of behavior you feel you need to keep, to remain a "Christian", and in that failure you have condemned feelings and guilty thoughts that tell you that because you committed : Behavior #1 or #4, or #23, again.... or whatever it is that you probably have an issue with that you want to do all the time...., then always realize that not doing that didn't cause God to take you in the first place,...and so, doing that also has no effect on God's relationship with you.

Listen Saint....God took us, because of what Jesus did on the Cross and by His death and resurreciton to make it happen, and in taking us, God knew all about our issues and strongholds and addictions, and HE took us anyway, as that is how Salvation functions... as its a GIFT.....and this Gift is not ever based on your behavior....its only and always based on Jesus's Blood being shed for you.

See, so many believers have this wrong idea that they must behave a certain way or God is suddenly against them, and their Salvation has come undone or is in jeopardy.
But that is not how it works, as Eternal Life is not temporary and Salvation is not what Jesus started and you are to finish. Philippians 1:6
Hebrews 12:2

How it always works is, God is always at peace with us based on what Jesus did to accomplish this for us.
And when we understand and keep this as our FAITH, then we have REAL Faith that pleases God that is actually correct.,..which is the correct understanding of God's Grace.

You will find those who have no understanding of God's Grace, teach you to think that salvation is your responsibility, which is actually Cross Rejection, and Grace denying, theology.
So, discern these dark lights, and refuse their teaching.

And when you live IN God's Grace......within that understanding....in that Right Believing, then the power of Christ's deliverance will help you and free you from all that self condemnation mindset.
However, as long as you are trying to be good, in an effort to get God to keep you, then you are not understanding the Grace of God, and all you'll do is live without any power or influence or any ability to live a consistent discipleship, which means you will fall and repeat.
 
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