I have noticed in the forums, a whole lot of people are mixing these two together. I have heard people say along the lines of walking in the Spirit is getting eternal life.. or saying along the lines of not having eternal salvation until the day the die-- so the person's whole life is working toward gaining it or not. There are also a lot of other variations.
Biblically speaking, these are seperate. Justification is seperate from a believers walk with Jesus. Of course someone has to be justified first, saved eternally first, but the way someone lives out their faith does not affect the status of the justification in the first place.
Eternal salvation- it's from Jesus-- who keeps it by His power. It is His faith in the believer that keeps the believer secure. It's not the believer's own faith that keeps them or gives them eternal life.. because that goes up and down through their life.
So let's talk about the difference between eternal salvation and daily service.
Always bear in mind no verse stands by itself. So for eg 'faith without works is dead'.. context of this ISN'T about how someone is given eternal life.. but how someone is living out their faith.
Abraham being 'justified by faith' when he offered his son Isaac up.. this is not an example of someone being given eternal life.. but how he lived out his faith at a stage in his life. There is another verse of when he was mostly likely given eternal life.. and it wasn't when he offered up his son Issac.
'he who endureth to the end shall be saved' .. surrounding context is again about a group's walk with Jesus.. not about them being given eternal salvation. A group being 'saved' from persecution and trials.
There is a difference between being saved from trouble, hard times and persecution.. and being saved from hell, given eternal life.
Bible verses to come.
Biblically speaking, these are seperate. Justification is seperate from a believers walk with Jesus. Of course someone has to be justified first, saved eternally first, but the way someone lives out their faith does not affect the status of the justification in the first place.
Eternal salvation- it's from Jesus-- who keeps it by His power. It is His faith in the believer that keeps the believer secure. It's not the believer's own faith that keeps them or gives them eternal life.. because that goes up and down through their life.
So let's talk about the difference between eternal salvation and daily service.
Always bear in mind no verse stands by itself. So for eg 'faith without works is dead'.. context of this ISN'T about how someone is given eternal life.. but how someone is living out their faith.
Abraham being 'justified by faith' when he offered his son Isaac up.. this is not an example of someone being given eternal life.. but how he lived out his faith at a stage in his life. There is another verse of when he was mostly likely given eternal life.. and it wasn't when he offered up his son Issac.
'he who endureth to the end shall be saved' .. surrounding context is again about a group's walk with Jesus.. not about them being given eternal salvation. A group being 'saved' from persecution and trials.
There is a difference between being saved from trouble, hard times and persecution.. and being saved from hell, given eternal life.
Bible verses to come.