Originally Posted by
DiscipleDave
i will tell you the Truth, Many get Saved, but only a few will actually BE taken up by Jesus.
It is Judgment Day, that determines if a person is SAVED or NOT SAVED. Judgement Day is when the books are opened and it will be known who was written in the Book of Life and who was not written in it, and who was blotted out of it.
Judgement Day and ONLY that Day determines who is Saved and who is not Saved. i walk on the narrow and difficult path that leads to Eternal life, but just because i am on that path today does not guarantee that i will be on that same path tomorrow. The Struggle in this life is to remain on that path.
If Judgement Day was today, i am Saved and will be taken, because today i am walking in the light, walking that narrow difficult path. But what if tomorrow i am falsely accused of a crime, put in prison, raped by gang members, family turns against me, nobody loves me. will i still remain on the narrow difficult path, i like to think i would but who knows, i may turn away from God tomorrow. Would you deny Jesus if a rifle was held to your head? You don't really know until it happens now do you.
i strive to win the prize, i have not won the prize yet, that is Eternal Life. That is only granted on Judgement Day when my name is found in the Book of Life, the Day Jesus Returns and takes me up with Him, that is the Day that i will have won the Prize. Right now, i am running the race to win that prize. It cost me nothing to enter into the race (Getting Saved, Grace of God allowed me to participate in the race) Anyone can join the race (get Saved) does not mean they will complete the Race, Many people who are a part of this race, are sitting along the road DOING nothing at all, all the while thinking they are going to win the prize of Eternal Life, merely because they are a part of the race, they do error, and when they do not get the prize they will be full of wrath and bitterness and sadness, Because these did not run to win the race, they thought it was enough to merely participate in the race, they did not know they were to try to win the race.
Again i will say, Judgement Day is the ONLY Day that determines who is and who is not SAVED. Now i this day claim to be SAVED, this is True. But just because i claim it, does not make it so. As long as i walk in the flesh, i am not Truly SAVED, When Jesus takes me, and i then change into my Glorified body (immortal) That is when i am Truly SAVED, that is the Day that i am judged, that is the Day that my name is found in the Book of Life, that is the Day that i am SAVED.
He that hath ears let him hear.
Responding to OP