Why so much confusion about salvation?

s...,
Always when you get yourself in a corner from believing in that bible you are writing....you spin in attempt to save face.

You don't disagree with me you disagree with G-d and The Bible....many times.

here's the thing, say for example a Christian believe in "if saved, always saved", and that "good works is evidence of salvation", however throughout the walk that Christian struggle with doubts from time to time, doubting salvation etc.

If that Christian does not get proper assurance for salvation, they will think "for now, I have to do something, at least for now", and if practiced sufficiently and repeatedly, that in a sense becomes "work-based salvation"

and let's say that Christian know that man can never contribute to salvation, that it's all reliant on God's power
sometimes, in their walk there's spiritual dryness, or that God seem distant, they try to assure themselves some way, which goes back to "work based salvation"

or, they think up of strange theology to reconcile with those difficult times, these are possibilities ...

to help explain why there are so much confusion about salvation

here's the thing, say for example a Christian believe in "if saved, always saved", and that "good works is evidence of salvation", however throughout the walk that Christian struggle with doubts from time to time, doubting salvation etc.

If that Christian does not get proper assurance for salvation, they will think "for now, I have to do something, at least for now", and if practiced sufficiently and repeatedly, that in a sense becomes "work-based salvation"

and let's say that Christian know that man can never contribute to salvation, that it's all reliant on God's power
sometimes, in their walk there's spiritual dryness, or that God seem distant, they try to assure themselves some way, which goes back to "work based salvation"

or, they think up of strange theology to reconcile with those difficult times, these are possibilities ...

to help explain why there are so much confusion about salvation

Are you a universalist, Deade? Do you think God will see to it that everyone will eventually be saved? (I’ve kinda picked that up from some of your posts..)

No, I am not a universalist. But I believe many more will be saved than most think. We are given a picture in the Feast of Tabernacles also called the Feast of Ingathering of the millennial reign. The Last Great Day pictures the White Throne Judgment, which is not just a trial as we think but a time period that will allow those that hadn't received the HS in this life. This is after the second resurrection. Some will be resurrected to damnation, that had been given the HS and walked away from God and became retrobates. The judgment is when all the ignorant of Jesus, babies, stillborn, mentally ill, etc. that couldn't choose in this life will be called.

No, I am not a universalist. But I believe many more will be saved than most think. We are given a picture in the Feast of Tabernacles also called the Feast of Ingathering of the millennial reign. The Last Great Day pictures the White Throne Judgment, which is not just a trial as we think but a time period that will allow those that hadn't received the HS in this life. This is after the second resurrection. Some will be resurrected to damnation, that had been given the HS and walked away from God and became retrobates. The judgment is when all the ignorant of Jesus, babies, stillborn, mentally ill, etc. that couldn't choose in this life will be called.

D...,
I hope you are correct. But, even scriptures warn us that... few will find the way.......truly a sad warning opposing your thought of many.
G-d seems perfectly correct in The Bible so I tend to follow His teachings.

I believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, who never said that he died for the whole world.

The 3 tenses of salvation also cause confusion and often get mixed up by works-salvationists.

1. We have been saved from the PENALTY of sin (justification) 2. We are being saved from the POWER of sin (ongoing sanctification) 3. We will be saved from the PRESENCE of sin (glorification).

The central difference between belief in Christ for salvation and every Religion or Philosophy one could mention is that in Christ salvation is a free gift that cant be earned by ''being good enough'' Every other system depends on self effort.

God is not the author of confusion and that salvation by grace through faith and is not by works (Ephesians 2:8,9) is not hard to understand. It’s just hard for works-salvationists to ACCEPT. It’s a shame that human pride will not allow such people to place their faith (belief, trust, reliance) in Jesus Christ alone for salvation. Their hands are full of their works and they will not let go in order to take hold of Christ through faith.

I believe most of us would agree that there is a great deal of confusion about salvation, even though God has made it very simple.

The primary reason for all this confusion is the enmity of Satan and his evil angels against God and against humanity. The Devil desires all human being to go to Hell, since he knows it was created for him and his angels.

There is really no need to be confused when we take the total Gospel message and simply believe it. When someone comes along with another gospel, we should ask them a few questions, to which all the answers are "Yes" (according to Scripture):

1. Did Christ die for the sins of the whole world?

2. Does God desire the salvation of all humanity?

3. Are repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ sufficient to be saved?

4. Is water baptism only for believers and is it a command to every Christian?

5. Does baptism signify that the sinner has died to self and sin, and is totally submitted to God?

6. Is eternal life God's gift to the one who believes?

7. Is the Holy Spirit God's gift to the one who believes?

8. Does salvation include the New Birth, which means that the individual is a new creature in Christ?

10. Are believers predestined and elected to be perfected and glorified?

11. Does that mean that Christians must forsake the ways of the world, and walk in the Spirit by faith?

12. Does salvation include justification, sanctification, and glorification, and are Christians kept by the power of God unto the completion of this salvation?

Are not belief, trust, reliance and faith all a work ? And yet are we not all, everybody liken unto a dead corpse. Example of Lazarus being in the tomb for 4 days and also that if the dried bones in Ezk.

Faith (belief, trust, reliance) is not just another work in a series of works. Paul makes a careful distinction between faith and works in Ephesians 2:8,9. Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Not to be confused with multiple acts of obedience/works which follow and are produced “out of” faith. Faith is faith and works are works.

1Thess. 1:3

Remembering without ceasing your work of faith,and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;