See, Nothing but BAD FRUIT. Here are the Primary VERSES that teach OSAS to US Born Again Believers:
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2 Timothy 1:9 (HCSB)
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He has saved us and called us with a holy calling,
not according to our works,
but according to His own purpose and grace,
which was given to us in Christ Jesus
before time began.
Titus 3:5-7 (HCSB)
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He saved us—
not by works of righteousness that we had done, but
according to His mercy, through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
6 He poured out this ⌊Spirit⌋ on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior,
7 so that
having been justified by His grace, we may become heirs with the hope of eternal life.
Ephesians 2:4-5 (HCSB)
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But God, who is rich in mercy, because
of His great love that He had for us,
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made us alive with the Messiah even though we were dead in trespasses.
You are saved by grace!
Ephesians 2:8-9 (NJB)
8 Because
it is by grace that you have been saved,
through faith; not by anything of your own, but by a gift from God;
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not by anything that you have done, so that nobody can claim the credit.
Romans 5:8-11 (HCSB)
8 But
God proves His own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us!
9 Much more then,
since we have now been declared righteous by His blood,
we will be saved through Him from wrath.
10 For if,
while we were enemies,
we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, ⌊then how⌋ much more, having been reconciled, will we be saved by His life!
11 And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
We have now received this reconciliation through Him.
1 Corinthians 15:10 (HCSB)
10 But by God’s grace I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not ineffective. However,
I worked more than any of them, yet not I, but God’s grace that was with me.
1 Peter 1:3-5 (HCSB)
3 Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
According to His great mercy, He has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead
4 and into
an inheritance that is imperishable, uncorrupted, and unfading, kept in heaven for you.
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You are being protected by God’s power through faith for a salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.
Romans 11:6 (NASB)
6 But if it is
by grace,
it is no longer on the basis of works,
otherwise grace is no longer grace.
Philippians 1:6 (HCSB)
6 I am sure of this, that
He who started a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
2 Corinthians 3:5 (HCSB)
5 ⌊It is⌋ not that we are competent in ourselves
to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but our competence is from God.
Philippians 2:13 (HCSB)
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For it is God who is working in you, ⌊enabling you⌋ both to desire and to work out His good purpose.
Ephesians 1:11-14 (HCSB)
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We have also received an inheritance in Him, predestined according to the purpose of the One who works out everything in agreement with the decision of His will,
12 so that we who had already put our hope in the Messiah might bring praise to His glory.
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When you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and when you believed in Him, you were also sealed with the promised Holy Spirit.
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He is the down payment of our inheritance, for the redemption of the possession, to the praise of His glory.
2 Timothy 2:19 (HCSB)
19 Nevertheless,
God’s solid foundation stands firm, having this inscription:
The Lord knows those who are His, and Everyone who names the name of the Lord must turn away from unrighteousness.
John 10:27-28 (HCSB)
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My sheep hear My voice, I know them, and they follow Me.
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I give them eternal life, and they will never perish—ever! No one will snatch them out of My hand.
2 John 1:2 (HCSB)
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because of the truth that remains in us and will be with us forever.
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There is a reason why you think this is nothing but Foolishness:
1 Corinthians 2:12-14 (NIV)
12 We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.
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This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit,
expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words.
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The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.