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Questions of Salvation

ETERNAL SALVATION THROUGH JESUS CHRIST

Recently received the following questions about eternal salvation.

“So If you believe in the Lord and the gospel of Jesus Christ, ask for forgiveness but keep repeating the same sin over and over are you saved? I keep hearing different teachings on this. I’ve heard youre still saved but you get less crowns in heaven and I’ve also heard you arent truly saved even if you believe bc you’re fruit isn’t Godly and you ask for forgiveness but haven’t repented. So what’s the truth?”

While the entire paragraph is about salvation and the saved believer’s relationship with sin, there is a primary question.

The primary question is “So If you believe in the Lord and the gospel of Jesus Christ, ask for forgiveness but keep repeating the same sin over and over are you saved?”

As always, the answers are in God’s Word.

1- Peter sums up salvation in one verse.

“Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.”
–1PETER 1:2

2- The ultimate proof of whether one has eternal salvation is the transformed life. Having a belief one is “saved” has nothing to do with eternal salvation: the transformed life is the final evidence of such a salvation.

“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”
–2CORINTHIANS 5:17

3- Part of this transformation is a renewed mind: a new purpose, a new understanding of God and His Word, a new realization of the destructiveness of sin.

“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.”
–Romans 12:2

4- Through the transformed life, one now has the Spirit of God residing within. This is God’s token to the believer that he is now God’s.

“Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?”
–1CORINTHIANS 3:16

“What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?”
–1CORINTHIANS 6:19

5- This gift of the Holy Spirit to the believer was a promise God had made.

“And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.”
–Ezekiel 36:27

This indwelling of the Holy Spirit of God is one BIG feature of the New Covenant. God declares that He will no longer dwell in buildings built by hands, but in the believer himself.

“But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building”
–Hebrews 9:11

“Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,”
—Acts 7:48

“But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?”
–1KINGS 8:27

“God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;”
—Acts 17:24

6- By the indwelling of the Holy Spirit is the believer led to the truth.

“Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.”
–John 16:13

7- Part of that truth is that the believer, though now the temple of the Holy Spirit, is still encased in a body of flesh; of dirt; of sin. God’s Word highlights the magnificence of God’s Holy Spirit being in a corrupted body made of dirt in 2CORINTHIANS 4:7.

“But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.”

This body of sin wars against the Spirit of God who now dwells within.

“For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh.”
–Galatians 5:17

The believer learns that, even with the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, it is not possible for him to live a sin-free life. Eventually, the believer learns that, though the Spirit of God dwells within him, his body is corrupt and will lead him to sin. Though he may fervently wish it otherwise, he will stumble: he WILL sin.

“For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good. Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.”
–Romans 7:15-20

Does this then give the believer a “license to sin“?

Absolutely not. In fact, the believer is quite aware when he sins and, because he now has the Holy Spirit, the believer realizes what a transgression against God sin really is.

Sin is NOT fun.

Sin is not amusement.

Sin is a transgression against a Holy God.

And the believer now HATES it when he sins.

“…but what I hate, that do I.”

Because one’s life is now transformed, the believer KNOWS he sins–even if he sincerely wishes otherwise.

Unlike his previous life, where he ran to embrace sin, the believer is now carried away captive by his sin. He knows sin is wrong and destructive (unlike before, when he thought of sin as something to be enjoyed).

“For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.”
–Romans 7:22-23

7- Again, does this then give the believer a “license to sin“?

Once more: absolutely not.

In fact, the believer is quite aware when he sins and, because he now has the Holy Spirit, the believer realizes what sin really is.

Instead of sin as a pleasure, the believer now experiences his sin as a failure to obey.

“O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?”
–Romans 7:24

8- Though he will stumble–even after his transformation– the believer will do his best to follow the commandments of God the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ–even if he is not always successful.

“And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?”
–Luke 6:46

AFTER the believer sins, he is to confess his sin to the Father.

“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
–1John 1:9

9- After his transformation, the believer is no longer under the law of sin and death.

“But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.”
–Galatians 5:18

“For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.”
–Romans 6:14

“For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.”
–Romans 8:2

10- The law of grace was known even to those under the Old Covenant–though it was rare.

“Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.”
–Psalm 32:1-2

MORE: Blessed Is the Man Unto Whom the LORD Imputeth Not Iniquity – Part One

MORE: Blessed Is the Man Whom the LORD Imputeth Not Iniquity – Part Two

11- More questions:

I keep hearing different teachings on this. I’ve heard youre still saved but you get less crowns in heaven and I’ve also heard you arent truly saved even if you believe bc you’re fruit isn’t Godly and you ask for forgiveness but haven’t repented.

The Bible is silent about both of these “teachings.”

NOTE: To repent means to “have a change of mind” or to “change directions.” Many confuse ‘repentance’ with ‘penance’ (which is something one does if one believes he can atone for his sins by offering something to God in exchange for forgiveness.

12- Ultimately, once one experiences a transformed life, one’s relationship with sin changes dramatically. Sin is no longer something to be enjoyed and sought after: sin is something to be fought against–and that fight will continue as long as that believer’s mortal life shall last.

Even if sin does win out for a time, the believer KNOWS the Spirit of God will ultimately triumph over sin with God’s mercy and assistance.

In fact, the believer KNOWS he would not be saved if not for the great and unending mercy of God. This leads to constant questions being asked “Why me? Why did God show mercy to me?”

The answer to those question is also to be found in God’s Word.

“For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.”
–Romans 9:15

“And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.”
–Exodus 33:19

Which makes the believer realize how much God’s mercy figured into his salvation.

“So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.”
–Romans 9:16

Making an effort and having a sincere desire to be saved are very helpful, but eternal salvation is “God that sheweth mercy.”

Now, the unsaved man merely needs to do that which will trigger God’s mercy.

“Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.”
–John 9:31

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
-–Romans 1:16

MORE: Romans 6-7: A Servant or a Captive of Sin?

DOES the reader understand the purpose and mercy of God?

DOES the reader believe he has to work to earn God’s forgiveness?

It is not YET too late: there is still time to change direction (repent), place your faith (hope) for the future entirely on Jesus Christ and enter the kingdom of heaven.

DOES the reader believe he is saved?

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DOES the reader believe he is NOT saved?

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THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST

“Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. ”
–1 Corinthians 15:1-8

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
-–Romans 1:16

MORE: Eternal Salvation Through Jesus Christ: Salvation Messages from End Times Prophecy Report

[Portions of this piece appeared originally in End Times Prophecy Headlines: January 7, 2019.]

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May 15, 2016 • 01:10 0

The One and Only Way: Jesus and Salvation

“Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.”
–James 2:19

SALVATION: BELIEF IN GOD?

IN the end times, many will be deceived.

And so they are.

ONE of the more common deceptions is that a “belief in God” will save a person from the eternal torment of hell.

It will not. (As James 2:19 makes clear.)

ANOTHER deception is that “belief in Jesus” will save someone from those same torments.

It will not.

Even the demons believed Jesus Christ was the Son of God.

“And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way. And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?”
–Matthew 8:28-29

THEN what exactly is it that will save a person from a very real eternal damnation?

One word: faith. Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ to do what no person can do for themselves: save them from the righteous wrath of a Perfect Judge, God Almighty.

Faith is what has always saved a person from the wrath of God. Faith continues to save the lost.

“But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.”

Placing one’s complete trust and faith in Jesus Christ for eternal salvation is the only way to heaven.

“Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”
–John 14:6

Time is Running Out: Today is the Day of Salvation

“But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:”
—2 Corinthians 4:3

THE GOSPEL

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
-–Romans 1:16

[Portions of this piece appeared originally in End Times Prophecy Headlines: May 13, 2016.]

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November 8, 2015 • 00:37 10

Salvation: Grace of God has Appeared to ALL Men

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. –John 1:12-13

“For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men”
—Titus 2:11

There are those who say that some men are chosen by God to go to hell.

The Scriptures do not say this.

There are those who say that men choose God by their free will alone.

The Scriptures do not say this either.

Salvation itself is a gift from God.

Grace is a gift from God.

“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.”
—Ephesians 2:8-9

Then if faith is a gift from God, does man not do anything to be saved?

The Scriptures do not say this.

“I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.”
—Luke 13:3

When Jesus walked the earth, he often called for men to repent; to repent means to change one’s mind about God and one’s obedience to God’s Word.”

“From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
—Matthew 4:17

It is given to man to understand the basics of salvation.

“The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.”
—Deuteronomy 29:29

There are many finer points about the process which are impossible for man’s mind to understand.

“O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor? Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again? For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.”
—Romans 11:33-36

One thing which is easy to understand:

ALL salvation is through Jesus Christ.

“Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”
—John 14:6

God does all the heavy lifting for salvation. But men must decide they want salvation.

Men must repent.

Once men choose repentance, God provides all the grace one needs to be saved from a life of sin and eternal destruction.

It is not man’s free will alone which decides his salvation. The Scriptures say the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to ALL men.

Yet few are saved.

Few repent.

Few submit to God.

Few choose life.

Many choose destruction.

Are you bound for destruction?

Not sure?

Time is Running Out: Today is the Day of Salvation

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
-–Romans 1:16

THE GOSPEL

“For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.”
-—1 Corinthians 1:18-19

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June 30, 2015 • 22:08 307

Time is Running Out: Today is the Day of Salvation

TIME IS RUNNING OUT: The free gift of Eternal Salvation is still available. But for how long?

“behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.”
—2 Corinthians 6:2

TIME IS RUNNING OUT

The devil has many tricks, but one of his most insidious is to lull people into believing they have all the time in the world. For some of the lost, they have put off deciding for their salvation because “they aren’t ready yet.”

To all who have such a cavalier attitude toward the free gift of eternal life: you many need that free gift before you realize.

DOUBLE TROUBLE

No one knows when their appointed time will come around. The Bible declares that all have an appointed time and when that time comes, it is time to face judgment.

“Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?”
—Job 7:1

“Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;”
—Job 14:5

“And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:”
—Hebrews 9:27

BUT, in the times in which we live, there is one more consideration besides the uncertainty of the time of our death: the sudden calamities of the end times.

No one knows the day or hour of his appointed time. And no man knows the day or hour of the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.

“But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.”
—Mark 13:32

“Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.”
—Matthew 25:13

“Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.”
—Luke 12:40

Many church-goers worship an idol called the “god of love.”

It is not the God of the Bible.

They believe that they will wait and call to their idol and it will save them in their hour of need.

Hear what the God of the Bible says about waiting to call out for salvation.

“Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD: Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.”
—Proverbs 1:24-31

These are not the words of the fake “god of love” the churches worship. This is the Word of God.

So for all those who believe that a few minutes of “fun” on this lost and dead world is worth an eternity in the lake of fire:

Time is running out.

Is your calling and election sure?

What are you waiting for?

DO NOT listen to all those soothing voices whispering you have all the time in the world.

Seek the Lord while He may still yet be found.

Now is the acceptable time.

NOW is the day of salvation.

“Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.”
—Isaiah 55:6-7

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
-–Romans 1:16

THE GOSPEL

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