PLEASE READ CAREFULLY and Hear me out...
When this truth is preached all the "But but but" crowd will come out... further illustrating there are so many who have yet to receive the "understanding" from God (1John 5:20, 1John 2:20).
Listen, Many will automatically bring up how someone else is living when hearing this truth and immeadiately begin to "fruit inspect" others with their "measuring sticks". We forget so easily that nobody "measures up" and that only one sin is enough to separate us from God forever and so quick to forget there are none without sin!
This truth is like an automatic repellent to anyone basing their salvation off of anything other than trusting in the person and finished work of Jesus Christ alone to save them.
This truth is a pride killer and it humiliates all self righteousness! This truth is claimed to come from the pit of hell by many who have yet to fully grasp what Jesus did on the Cross for all who believe on Him.
This truth is often mixed up with the "life and service" of a saved believer and easily causes confusion in those who have not sought the word carefully to gain understanding of its context as we know our God is not the author of confusion yet many are thoroughly confused.
This simple basic truth simply reminds all who believe that it is IMPOSSIBLE to be saved or stay saved based on YOU in anyway! Not your tithes, not your tounges, not your baptism, not your "cleaned up act", not your church attendance, not your obedience, not your prayer, NOT YOUR ANYTHING! But only because of the PERSON AND FINISHED WORK OF JESUS CHRIST can someone ever be saved and go to heaven.
Romans 10:8 KJV
But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10:10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 10:11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. 10:12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. 10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
ONCE A PERSON IS TRULY BORN AGAIN... God has purchased them and sealed them and WILL NEVER FORSAKE THEM OR LOSE THEM. When a child of God acts up, persists in sin, falls away, or rebels (which all of us do or have done at times) God as a heavenly father will chastise them the same way a father would their son here on earth. Some sadly are sick and dead prematurely because of their chastisement but God has NEVER LOST ONE OF HIS... NEVER!
Hebrews 12:5 KJV
And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: 12:6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. 12:7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? 12:8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
John 6:39 KJV
And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.
The child of God who doesn't or didn't live and serve God as they should have will suffer here on earth in many ways and will even lose possible rewards at the judgement seat of Christ but they will NEVER BE LOST once they have been born again and purchased by God!
1 Corinthians 3:13 KJV
Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. 3:14 If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. 3:15 If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
ANYONE who doesn't get it will NEVER get it unless GOD REVEALS it to them through HIS WORD as THEY SEEK HIM and FOLLOW the command of GOD to study His word!
2 Timothy 2:15 KJV
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
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