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I totally agree that noone should be proclaiming who will and will not go to hell. However, many in here have oversimplified salvation to the point that all you have to do is believe in Jesus Christ and you are immediately saved from that point forever, no matter what you do. And any conditions that might apply, like baptism and faithful obedience, are works and therefore have no effect. James says that even Satan and his demons believe in Jesus. If it is so easy to get into heaven, why did Jesus say that narrow is the way to life, and broad is the path to destruction? Didn't Jesus realize how easy it is to be saved? [sarcasm] If I am now saved, I guess I no longer need to read my Bible, or go to church. [more sarcasm] Brethren we must not be deluded into thinking that we have no responsibility in our salvation. We must always teach each other in love, and not condemn, but teach we must! Do not let Luther's scribbling the word "sola" in the margin of his Bible at Romans 3:28 lead us astray. Pray to God for guidance, in Jesus' name, in sincerety, and He will lead you unto the Truth.
to be honest the strongest condemnation/ doubting of salvation in other christians I have seen has come from Calvinists.
Every time.. it is mainly people from this kind of theology who do the doubting and condemning.. it is uncanny.
Anyway.. I can never know for certain by looking at a person's behaviour or works if they saved.. and so cannot condemn another professing christian. Only God knows that for sure.
But I do know that if someone hasn't entrusted their salvation with Jesus.. then they aren't saved. But again.. hard to tell.
A Jehovahs Witness could have trusted Jesus for their salvation
Many Catholics do
A Mormon could
Even a New Ager could.. if it at some point they understood they need salvation through Jesus.
Eternal salvation is something that anyone can get.. and can even be revealed through looking at God's creation.. eg.. the invisible attributes of God are clearly seen through things He has made.. even His eternal power and Godhead, so they are without excuse.
Someone can be genuinely saved.. and then genuninely misled after salvation. The salvation isn't undone by the misleading
Every time.. it is mainly people from this kind of theology who do the doubting and condemning.. it is uncanny.
Anyway.. I can never know for certain by looking at a person's behaviour or works if they saved.. and so cannot condemn another professing christian. Only God knows that for sure.
But I do know that if someone hasn't entrusted their salvation with Jesus.. then they aren't saved. But again.. hard to tell.
A Jehovahs Witness could have trusted Jesus for their salvation
Many Catholics do
A Mormon could
Even a New Ager could.. if it at some point they understood they need salvation through Jesus.
Eternal salvation is something that anyone can get.. and can even be revealed through looking at God's creation.. eg.. the invisible attributes of God are clearly seen through things He has made.. even His eternal power and Godhead, so they are without excuse.
Someone can be genuinely saved.. and then genuninely misled after salvation. The salvation isn't undone by the misleading
C
You hit the nail on the head. Their entire doctrine is based on one man can not judge another man's heart then they turn around and do the same thing that they preach against by insisting that you must believe as they do to be saved. Is this not the same sort of thing that Jesus condemned the pharisees for?
Yea, whenever someone doesn't agree with me the first thing I do is say, Lord, is he right? And then I look through the scriptures to see if what he's saying is true. Sometimes a person spouts pure heresy. But even then, I do my best to listen. And then explore what he has said. Usually I don't need to work too hard to disprove an idea when it clearly contradicts scripture, but sometimes some people say things that are so amazing, I just need to find out if they are true.
So to all of you, be like the noble Bereans!
Act 17:10 The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they went into the Jewish synagogue.
Act 17:11 Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.
So to all of you, be like the noble Bereans!
Act 17:10 The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they went into the Jewish synagogue.
Act 17:11 Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.
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