CharismaticLady
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Hi Marks,
When we sin, and don't repent, we loose our salvation. For you see we have to repent to have forgiveness of our sins (Acts). Because Jesus does not wish that any should perish, but that we all should reach repentance (2 Peter). Maybe that is why threads which discuss our salvation become so focused on sin?
I agree with you that "Salvation is through faith in Christ"!!! But that is only part of the story told in Scripture. Here is, as Paul Harvey would say, The Rest of the Story:
If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved (Romans). He even told us if we confesses Him before men the Son of Man also will confess on our behalf before the angels of God (Luke).
AND, Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved (Mark) because Baptism saves you (1 Peter)
After we have faith in Him and have become Christians He tells us that He will render to each one according to his works (Romans). Christians also know that we must have good works because He has made it clear that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone (James).
My two cents worth....Mary
Hi Marymog,
On the surface this has always been true, but for unintentional sins, even in the Old Testament. However, not all sins are venial (a Catholic phrase I only assume you are aware of by your Avatar), but mortal sins were not forgiven in the Old Testament, they were stoned to death. They were not allowed to repent.
Because mortal sins were so damning, Jesus came to take away our carnal sin nature that could make one commit a mortal sin, and also provided a command that we must keep to have our venial sins constantly cleansed namely always forgiving others their venial sins against us, called trespasses, Leviticus 5:15; the only type of sin found in the Lord's Prayer, above Matthew 6:14-15. Therefore, to get on the path to salvation, because all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God, we must first recognize that we have within us the capability to commit mortal sins, and to cry out to God to take away these desires to have any hope of eternal life. This is true repentance, and if there is true integrity of heart behind it, Jesus will fill us with His Own Spirit, and all desires to commit a mortal sin is removed, called being born again (and we MUST be born again to be saved). Therefore, if you go against your new born again nature and willfully commit a sin of lawlessness, a mortal sin, Hebrews 6:4-6, you may not have any desire given to you by the Spirit to repent. If you do have a desire to repent, it is because God is going to grant you repentance in order for you to be saved. You are right, they did lose their salvation. But the problem could be, they were never on the path to salvation in the first place, merely attending church with head knowledge of Jesus, but their spirit and soul has never been born again. Again, we MUST be born again! James 1:5-6 pray for the Spirit to lead you on the path to being born again if there is any doubt. God does not desire any to perish, so He will set you on the path to true repentance.
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