The harvest of Christ's Death. Peace, the outcome of the cross. We believe that the Savior's finished work has rendered our[Gods Elect] damnation impossible, and our salvation certain,
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The religion of man doesn't believe that the death of Christ alone results in the Eternal Salvation of all for whom Christ died, namely His Sheep Jn 10:11,15 or His Church Eph 5:25, or His People Matt 1:21.
His death for His people produces saving results Jn 12:32-33 23,24
32 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me. 33 This he said, signifying what death he should die.
23 And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified. 24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.
Faith and repentance are part of the saving results of Christs death.There’s salvation by faith and repentance, then there’s the post salvation walk in the spirit and not after the sinful flesh, that is required of us.
Col 1:21 And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in yourmind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
Col 1:22 In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:
Col 1:23 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and benot moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, andwhich was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
Albert Barnes commentary for that verse:
If ye continue in the faith - In the belief of the gospel, and in holy living. If this were done, they would be presented unblameable be fore God; if not, they would not be. The meaning is, that it will be impossible to be saved unless we continue to lead lives becoming the gospel.
Paul says the church at Corinth that they had heard him preach the gospel, had received it, and stand in it, and they are saved:
1Co 15:1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
1Co 15:2 By which also ye are saved,
EXCEPT...
Paul’s next words make their salvation conditional, by warning them that though they’d heard the gospel, received it, stand in it, and ARE SAVED, that they nevertheless can end up believing IN VAIN, if they don’t keep in mind all that he taught them:
1Co 15:1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
1Co 15:2 By which also ye are saved, IFye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have BELIEVED IN VAIN.
What was it that Paul taught them that they had to keep in memory that he had preached to them, that can affect their salvation, and cause their receiving the gospel, standing in it, and being saved, to be IN VAIN?
He taught them that he has to control and subjugate his flesh daily, lest after preaching to others, he himself would end up a CASTAWAY - adokimos in the Greek. - a reprobate (rejected by God as one that failed the test).
1Co 9:27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
Albert Barnes exegetes the text:
“The simple idea of Paul is, that he was afraid that he should be disapproved, rejected, cast off; that it would appear, after all, that he had no religion, and would then be cast away as unfit to enter into heaven”.
By subjugation of his body, Paul refers to the flesh, the fleshly desire to sin, i e, commit works of the flesh, as seen in another of Paul’s warnings to the saints, to the brethren against being DECEIVED:
Gal 5:16 This - I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
Gal 5:17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
Gal 5:18 But IF ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
Gal 5:19 Now the WORKS OF THE FLESH are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Gal 5:20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
Gal 5:21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell YOU again, as I have also told YOU in time past, that they which DO such things shall NOT inherit the kingdom of God.
He also warned the brethren to examine themselves to see if they were still in the faith, or had become reprobate:
2Co 13:5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
OSAS is bogus.
Faith and repentance are part of the saving results of Christs death.
Faith comes from hearing the word of God, Romans 10:17
If Christ died for our sins according to the scripture, the following things are true:
That we were sinners dead in sin without hope, and could do nothing to save ourselves. Matt 1:21; Eph 2:12
It means that God has chosen us in Christ Jesus before the foundation Eph 1:4 and wherein Grace was given to us in Him for the purpose of saving 2 Tim 1:9
It means that God has forgiven us all our sins and will not never charge them to us, lay them to our account ! Rom 4; 8;
If Christ died for us we have the Righteousness of God through Christ charged to us 2 Cor 5:21; Rom 4
If Christ died for us, His redemptive death secured our salvation from the curse of the law. Gal 3:13
If Christ died for us, we shall be given Spiritual life by the Spirit Gal 4:4-6
If Christ died for us, God will send to us the Gospel of our salvation. Eph 1:13; 2 Thess 2:13-14
If Christ died for us, God will preserve us unto eternal glory ! 2 Tim 4:18[/scripture is crystal clear that QUOTE]
Scripture is more than clear that salvation comes by faith, confession of that faith, Romans 10:8-13, , choosing to repent of our sins so they are forgiven, Acts 3:19,and choosing to receive Jesus by calling on His name., John 1:12,:Romans 10:13.
It’s also clear that we are called, expected, and required post-salvation, to live a godly and righteous life and repent when we fail, and that any believer who lives a sinful life without repentance, does not remain in Christ.
Scripture is more than clear that salvation comes by faith, confession of that faith, Romans 10:8-13, , choosing to repent of our sins so they are forgiven, Acts 3:19,and choosing to receive Jesus by calling on His name., John 1:12,:Romans 10:13.
It’s also clear that we are called, expected, and required post-salvation, to live a godly and righteous life and repent when we fail, and that any believer who lives a sinful life without repentance, does not remain in Christ.
They were never saved by the Death of Christ.@Curtis it is true. Someone can easily become apostate and no longer stand with Jesus renouncing their faith. Some may not believe it is possible however everyone has self-Will choice. You know that already.