Works Based Salvation is of the Devil

Once again we are running into those who think they are keeping their own salvation by their fleshly works. Here is my answer to this problem of works-based salvation.

Christ does not jump in and out of His children. Since their salvation is not based on their deeds but on His blood, He disciplines them rather than throws them away.

Hebrews 12:6 "or whom the Lord loves He disciplines, And He punishes every son whom He accepts.”"

You cannot keep your salvation by your good acts. Only Christ is good, there is nothing in us that is good enough.

The problem comes from believing people have walked away from God after being changed into a new creation by Him, this is impossible. Those who walk away were never born again.

Matthew 7:21-23

21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. 22 Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many [a]miracles?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; leave Me, you who practice lawlessness.’"

When Christ changes us into a new creation it is His work not ours. It is permanent because we are sealed with the Holy Spirit as a guarantee of our inheritance.

Ephesians 1:13-14

"13 In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation—having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of the promise, 14 who is a first installment of our inheritance, in regard to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of His glory."

We do not change ourselves for salvation and we do not keep ourselves for salvation, it's all Christ.

Ephesians 2:10

"10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them."

Ephesians 2:8-10 "…8 For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not by works so that no one can boast. 10 For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.…"

It is a lie that one can lose their salvation, if they could then it is by their own works they are saving themselves.