this is the key to our salvation bing secure 1. it is of his mercy / due to Grace then having the right foundation if we are built upon the rock as peter said thou art the Christ . Christ replied upon this revelation i will build my Church and the gates of Hell shall not prevail ( battering rams of hell) to many build the foundation on sand and the structure out of wood hay stubbleIt is only through God's mercy that any of us have hope at all. Because of His love for us, He had mercy on us and sent open the Way that was closed to mankind since their first carnal parents were put outside the garden of Eden.
The paragraph which both @Helen and you stumble on is one which many people use in support of OSAS. Inadvertently I left verse 15 out of my post #35. I have edited the post to include it, but it is missing in yours and in Helen's posted copies.
"If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire." I Cor 3:15
Some people read it to say that even though a lot of their own works burn up they are still saved. I read in conjunction with verse:
"For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ." I Cor 3:11
Verse 11 makes it clear that the foundation is equal to Jesus Christ, the Rock. He is not sand. Without the Proper Foundation, that is without Jesus, the best on materials available [gold, silver and precious stones] used to build a house on that Foundation of Rock will wash away in the flood.
"And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it." Matt 7:26-27
"Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock" Matt 7:24:25
The Proper Foundation is the key. If a person does not have or loses that Proper Foundation he loses any hope that the house which he is endure to the end!
[Rev 2:4 (first love lost)] [II Thess 2:10-11 (no love of truth results in delusion)]
this scripture is in conjunction of the Bema seat judgment its our works..not salvation . but our quality of works will speak of our salvation. as i was talking with another preacher buddy of mine discussed the issue eternal security . if your going to believe it. then you have to live it also. that means 1 john 1:7 & 9 walk in the light confess our sins . anything outside that is not salvation. that is why those who believe and teach it and defend it this is where the black eye comes in .those not walking in the light or confessing sins.. we all fail to liv it like we should at times.. but not living it through grace...then there is a major problem"If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire." I Cor 3:15
Some people read it to say that even though a lot of their own works burn up they are still saved. I read in conjunction with verse:
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