The Key #3 : To Working out your Salvation

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Reader,

To have worked out your salvaiton , is not found as you go to sleep each night hoping to God that you didnt forget to confess some sin.

In fact if you are confessing sin, you are wasting your time.........and here is why.

"God hath made JESUS>...
to be SIN for us".....as ....>"The ONE TIME ETERNAL Sacrifice for sin".

Notice that Jesus has become ALL your sin, and His sacrifice of Himself on The Cross for your sin, is = """
ETERNAL.""

Now, if you have worked out your salvation, then you are "as many as be perfect", Paul teaches.
And if you haven't then if you are born again, you need to understand how.

Its so simple.
Really.

Its this..

God only views the born again Christian as

1.) "made righteous"....

2.) "eternally forgiven"...

3.) "one with God", .

4.) and "in Christ".

God SEES the born again as having become "THE righteousness of God....in Christ".

This is God's perspective regarding each born again Christian......and when you have this same mind, this same perspective that you understand and believe, then you have "worked out your salvation".
And until you get God's perspective, you have not worked out your salvation, and you have not put on the Helmet of Salvation, and that is why you are "easy meat" for the Devil, and your discipleship is not very good., and will remain in fail mode, until you "work out your salvation".
 
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To have worked out your salvation, has nothing to do with you trying to be a failed imitation of Christ.

To work out your salvaiton is to understand who = you are become "in Christ"... exactly as God perceives you now and forever.

1.) Eternally Forgiven
2.) Temple of the Holy Spirit
3.) Washed in the Blood of the Lamb
4.) an Heir of God
5.) a joint Heir with Christ
6.) Having received "the Gift of Salvation"
7.) Having received "The Gift of Righteousness"
8.) Having received "the Gift of Eternal life"
9.) Understanding that Jesus always keeps you SAVED.
10.) Believing that the word of God is the final authority regarding Lifestyle, Ministry, and Church Doctrine, as we find in Paul's Epistles.
 
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The Key #3 : To Working out your Salvation

God offers to MAKE the Body Forgiven and Covered.

God offers to MAKE the soul Restored.

God offers to MAKE the spirit Quickened.

These things are an Offering…any Heartful Believing man CAN Freely Take.

These things ARE “provided”, by, through, of “Christ”…
the High Priest,
the Lamb,
the Lord,
the Life,
the Word,
the Truth,
the Seed,
the Wisdom,
the Power,
the Maker,
of God.

It IS a mans MIND, (Against God, ever changing, devious, logical, critical, unsure, guessing, wondering, etc.)

That which ….WITH Gods Offerings, Makings…ARE the “tools” (so to speak) a sanctified (MADE) man USES…
To MAKE his OWN MIND… subject to, surrender to…
THE THOUGHTS OF HIS NEW BORN AGAIN SPIRIT (in his Heart).

This is what I would say IS the meaning for a man “to work out his own salvation”…
Making his own MIND, to be Christ Like.

Glory to God,
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This is what I would say IS the meaning for a man “to work out his own salvation”…

Working out your salvation is not found by trying to be an imitation of Christ.

God's Salvation is what Jesus has offered to God, as His BLOOD and DEATH......for you., as the NEW COVENANT between Himself and God, on your behalf.

See that?
That is your Salvation........and you can't do that for yourself.

But what you can do, is PERFECTLY realize God's Salvation, as He has given it through Christ, and when you have this revelation that Jesus on The Cross 2000 yrs ago is your Eternal SALVATION< then you have finally understood it, and that is when you have worked it out.
And not before.
 

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Working out your salvation is not found by trying to be an imitation of Christ.

God's Salvation is what Jesus has offered to God, as His BLOOD and DEATH......for you., as the NEW COVENANT between Himself and God, on your behalf.

See that?
That is your Salvation........and you can't do that for yourself.

But what you can do, is PERFECTLY realize God's Salvation, as He has given it through Christ, and when you have this revelation that Jesus on The Cross 2000 yrs ago is your Eternal SALVATION< then you have finally understood it, and that is when you have worked it out.
And not before.

Already distinguished…
Salvation is a Gift from God…
…Not for Doing Works…to receive or keep.
…Rather For Committed Belief & life surrender

Salvation is in Regards TO:
…Soul restoration back to good
…Spirit quickening / new heart & hearts thoughts
Not something a man Can Do or maintain.

What God does NOT change, is the man’s MIND, or it’s thoughts.

What man CAN DO…is change his own MINDS, “reactions” to its “thoughts”.

Man can NOT control…the wicked, deceptive, evil, thoughts that randomly pop into his MIND…

HOWEVER…
What a “sanctified” (restored soul / quickened (ie. born again ) spirit
CAN DO…

IS… Make his own MIND…
“subject to”…”submissive to” the Restored and Born Again “Thoughts in his soul & New Heart / spirit”…

And that is “Precisely HOW a Sanctified man…by his own efforts and Gods works of Salvation, in that man”….
That that man… Achieves…
Having a “MIND LIKE CHRIST”

I believe … it is the teaching, meaning of Scripture, for man to work out his own Salvation…IS precisely, a Sanctified mans EFFORTS, to MAKE his own MIND, subject to his restored soul and new spirit in his new heart”.

Not a secret, “the natural Mind of man, IS AGAINST God.”

Not a secret, “God does Not change a mans MIND.

Not a secret, “God gives Sanctified men, the wherewithall / means to subdue his own MIND…
With… Gods Gift of a restored soul
With… Gods Gift of a quickened spirit
With… Gods own Indwelling power

God came to Earth, IN the Likeness AS a man…
To Teach human men… BY, WORD, (hearing) AND BY SIGHT (seeing)….
HOW Willing men could become LIKE God.

And I fully Believe and Trust…AFTER a man IS Sanctified…
His “Effort”…And “goal” to teach… IS
To have; “A MIND Like Christ”.
( which iS overcoming the dilemma of mens Minds Being “Against God”. )

Rom 8:
[7] Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

1 Cor 2:
[16] For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
(Further 1 Cor entirety)

Phil 2:
[12] Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

It can be a fearful thing for “sanctified men making their Minds Thoughts Subject to their new Hearts thoughts …”
When in daily Life, that requires them to “stand up Against “… “disagree with”……””instigate friction”….with bosses, spouses, friends, neighbors, colleagues, etc.

Glory to God,
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Salvation is a Gift from God…

God's Salvation is The Cross of Christ.

Can you do that for yourself?

So, when we talk about Salvaiton, ... the conversation about personal works, or Moses Law, or trying to be like Christ, is OVER.

God's Salvaiton is not what you try to do as a work, or a water baptism, or some idea of "here is how i try to imitate Christ".

See all that?
That is SELF Righteousness trying to be performed, and God rejects it.
= Why???? Its because Salvation is GOD"s Righteousness, given to a BELIEVING SINNER., as "The Gift of Righteousness".. "The Gift of Salvation", and "The Gift of Eternal Life".

See those 3 "GIFTS".....???? You cant earn them, you can't do them, and you can't lose them once you have them.
 

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God's Salvation is The Cross of Christ.

Can you do that for yourself?

So, when we talk about Salvaiton, ... the conversation about personal works, or Moses Law, or trying to be like Christ, is OVER.

God's Salvaiton is not what you try to do as a work, or a water baptism, or some idea of "here is how i try to imitate Christ".

See all that?
That is SELF Righteousness trying to be performed, and God rejects it.
= Why???? Its because Salvation is GOD"s Righteousness, given to a BELIEVING SINNER., as "The Gift of Righteousness".. "The Gift of Salvation", and "The Gift of Eternal Life".

See those 3 "GIFTS".....???? You cant earn them, you can't do them, and you can't lose them once you have them.
You are not LISTENING.
I am not talking about what you are saying.

I am talking about… Having the Gifts / Tools to Change your Own Minds thoughts to be Submissive to the Gifts / tools …
Changing the Minds “power so to speak”.

Rom 12:
[1] I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
[2] And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Ye, you, (sanctified) renew, change, oppress the Carnal minds thoughts with the spirits thoughts….then and how is accomplished having having a Mind like Christ.

Glory to God,
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I am talking about… Having the Gifts / Tools to Change your Own Minds thoughts to be Submissive to the Gifts / tools …
Changing the Minds “power so to speak”.

Maybe you can try to talk about the Thread's Topic, as thats what im doing here. @Taken
If you want to argue about "changing your own minds"....then why dont you write a Thread abourt THAT TOPIC????
You should try it.
However....
The Thread's Topic is regarding how to work out your salvation, and that is not performed by performance. (self effort).
Its only gained by revelation knowledge.
 

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Maybe you can try to talk about the Thread's Topic, as thats what im doing here. @Taken
If you want to argue about "changing your own minds"....then why dont you write a Thread abourt THAT TOPIC????
You should try it.
However....


I was speaking of the Topic.
The Thread's Topic is regarding how to work out your salvation, and that is not performed by performance. (self effort).
Its only gained by revelation knowledge.


A man Working out “HIS OWN” Salvation…
IS Applied to a man who HAS RECEIVED HIS OWN SALVATION.

The “revelation of Knowledge”, (you are balking)…
Is precisely, a man WITH HIS Gift of Salvation;
* A restored soul
* A born again spirit
* A new heart
* The power of the Indwelling Holy Spirit of Truth….

The Gifts, Power, Tools, For such a man TO USE TO “Control”, “His OWN Carnal Minds Thoughts”….

Because…
God Did Not, Does Not, “renew, change, give a man, A NEW MIND…”
And …
Because “the Carnal Mind… IS AGAINST God!”

It is the Saved and Quickened man… (given the Gift of Salvation)…who Has the wherewithall…. To control, suppress, Not Act on the Negative Thoughts of his Own Carnal Mind…!!
Which IS precisely… the Revealed Knowledge, and The “HOW TO” for a man…TO USE “HIS Gift OF Salvation”…
To “work out his OWN Salvation”…
Which Means…
…THAT… his OWN Carnal Mind Yield's..
.. TO……. his NEW spirits thoughts!

Of course the Revelation of knowledge is necessary…
* So also is THE “HOW TO”,
(Accept Gods Offered Gift of Salvation)
* “THE WHO”,
(A man.)
* THE WHY”
( Because the Man still has a Carnal Mind, Against God)
* “The WHAT”
( The Power of the mans Salvation, to USE his Gift of (goodness, restored soul) AND Born again Spirit of Truth )
TO over power his Carnal minds Thoughts.

Glory to God,
Taken