During Tribulation, is it still Faith only for salvation?

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Nehemiah6

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Is that true even during the Tribulation? If one needs to also reject the mark of the beast to keep their salvation, you do not consider that as a work? If you meet others who do, do you think they are wrong?
It does not matter as to which period of history is in view. Salvation is God's gift of grace, but being a disciple can mean losing your life for Christ if necessary. That is not "a work".
 
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It does not matter as to which period of history is in view. Salvation is God's gift of grace, but being a disciple can mean losing your life for Christ if necessary. That is not "a work".
In your opinion, can one not be a disciple and still be saved during the Tribulation?
 
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No one said such a thing--->have to reject to be saved.....nice twist of words Gongshow......

How about those SAVED will not take it........
Is there a difference between "rejecting the mark of the beast" and "not take the mark of the beast"? They don't meant the same thing?
 
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Is there a difference between "rejecting the mark of the beast" and "not take the mark of the beast"? They don't meant the same thing?
The whole premise of your view is skewed.....TO BE SAVED is the part that delegates your view to error.....People are saved by faith....NOT BY REJECTING THE MARK........and NO SAVED MAN will receive it, take it, utilize it....!
 
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The whole premise of your view is skewed.....TO BE SAVED is the part that delegates your view to error.....People are saved by faith....NOT BY REJECTING THE MARK........and NO SAVED MAN will receive it, take it, utilize it....!
Are you aware that believing P implies Q is equivalent to believing not Q implies not P?

P= Saved
Q=Not receiving the mark.
 

JaumeJ

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A person will be giventhe timenecessary to accept or deny Christ, be it now or in the future. You can rest assured anyone receiving the mark of the beast is knowingly rejecting Messiah.

There is a number of souls to be saved, Revelation, and when that number is close to being acheived the majority in carnate will be demonic. Look around, and see what is happening globally. People are ready right now to follow demons and call them godly..

All blessing and goodness for all who are inMessiah and all who will be, amen
 

Jackson123

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Seems everyone is clear that you need to also reject the Mark of the beast, in order to be saved. Does this mean it is Faith + Works for salvation during the Tribulation?

Is rejecting the Mark, or being willing to be martyred for your faith a "work" or part of "having faith"? Those of you who believe that one is always saved by grace thru faith only at all times, how would you reconcile that?
Salvation is by faith alone, but Being martyre is the fruit of faith.
 

JaumeJ

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There are works of man which amount to self-serving motivation, and works given us by God which glorify Him and accumulate eternal reward in heaven.

Any works simply of man will burn in the fire tocome but never the works of God, their imprint is eternal. All glory to our Savior, Jesus, amen.
 

jb

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2Tim 3v12: "Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution."

Heb 10v38: "Now the just shall live by faith; But if anyone draws back, My soul has no pleasure in him." (justification (and hence salvation), has always been by grace through faith, Eph 2v8, even in the OT. Rom 4v3, Hab 2v4, and also during the Great Tribulation. Rev 7v9,10,14, Acts 2v21)

Heb 11v36-40: "Still others had trial of mockings and scourgings, yes, and of chains and imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawn in two, were tempted, were slain with the sword. They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented — of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts and mountains, in dens and caves of the earth. And all these, having obtained a good testimony through faith, did not receive the promise, God having provided something better for us, that they should not be made perfect apart from us."

Note: That Paul places those saints who have suffered persecution for the Lord's sake amongst "the greats" of Heb 11.
 
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2Tim 3v12: "Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution."

Heb 10v38: "Now the just shall live by faith; But if anyone draws back, My soul has no pleasure in him." (justification (and hence salvation), has always been by grace through faith, Eph 2v8, even in the OT. Rom 4v3, Hab 2v4, and also during the Great Tribulation. Rev 7v9,10,14, Acts 2v21)

Heb 11v36-40: "Still others had trial of mockings and scourgings, yes, and of chains and imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawn in two, were tempted, were slain with the sword. They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented — of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts and mountains, in dens and caves of the earth. And all these, having obtained a good testimony through faith, did not receive the promise, God having provided something better for us, that they should not be made perfect apart from us."

Note: That Paul places those saints who have suffered persecution for the Lord's sake amongst "the greats" of Heb 11.
Can one be saved but not "living godly in Christ Jesus"?
 

iamsoandso

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Can one be saved but not "living godly in Christ Jesus"?


Yep,,,you were saved on the Cross,by the blood of Jesus and no other place or time in the worlds history(not during your life because you did something to get saved). You see it as something you did from the day you were born till now instead of the Cross(your works verses his work)... So your confused about the things regarding your works of salvation,,if I do this,if I do that,if I dont do this ect.....Those are the days when you denied you were saved by the Cross and you thought to save your own self by your own works in place of his.
 

Jackson123

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Can one be saved but not "living godly in Christ Jesus"?
Not according to Jesus

John 3:3 King James Version (KJV)
3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

To be save must born again

Born again mean not life according flesh

Romans 8:5-39 King James Version (KJV)
5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.


Carnaly minded is death

I believe death in this verse mean not save.

Jesus say, to be save must born in spirit, or life after spirit or godly life

Mean not godly life is death or not save
 

iamsoandso

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In life one does not sit down in a Whataburger and take a bite out of a burger and say "I wish I had a hamburger"...In life a man who gets married no longer seeks "to get married"... well but some might beg to differ,lol ....Those who realize they were saved at the Cross by the blood of Jesus Christ no longer see to "get saved" but instead confess it. Well but some say Jesus saved them on the Cross by shedding his blood and then think they need to "get saved"(denies the blood in their works of salvation)....look at the OP real close...
 

Jackson123

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In life one does not sit down in a Whataburger and take a bite out of a burger and say "I wish I had a hamburger"...In life a man who gets married no longer seeks "to get married"... well but some might beg to differ,lol ....Those who realize they were saved at the Cross by the blood of Jesus Christ no longer see to "get saved" but instead confess it. Well but some say Jesus saved them on the Cross by shedding his blood and then think they need to "get saved"(denies the blood in their works of salvation)....look at the OP real close...
Do you think save by blood do not need born again in spirit?

If so, why Jesus say to be save must born again?
 
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Salvation since adam first sinned has been by grace through faith, It will be no different in this time.
 

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But if I received salvation freely during the Tribulation thru believing in Jesus, but someone later tell me I will also need to reject the mark of the beast, otherwise I will lose that salvation, is it wrong for me to conclude that the gift was not really free?
Sure it would be a wrong conclusion. You didn't earn a thing by rejecting the mark just like you don't earn a thing by repenting from your former ways. It's all a gift...a work of God's grace in your life.
 

oyster67

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Luke 9:62 And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

Luke
14:28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have [sufficient] to finish [it]?
14:29 Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish [it], all that behold [it] begin to mock him,
14:30 Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
14:31 Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?
14:32 Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.
14:33 So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.

We see that the concept of "counting the cost" isn't just a Trib thing, but is a here-and-now thing as well.
 

Nehemiah6

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In your opinion, can one not be a disciple and still be saved during the Tribulation?
Disciples of Christ by definition are already saved by grace. They are saints.

But if you mean saved from being beheaded, then the answer is "NO". All those who reject the domination and demands of the Antichrist, and refuse to bow to him and take his mark will be executed. And they will not flinch from being martyred. That will be the price to be a faithful disciple and witness. There were Christian martyrs ever since Stephen, and there are Christians being killed (or attacked) every day for their faith.
 

Ahwatukee

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In your opinion, can one not be a disciple and still be saved during the Tribulation?
Good day Guojing,

There will be many who become believers in Christ during the tribulation, who are referred to as the great tribulation saints, many of which will be killed for their faith. You can read about them in Rev.7:9-17, 12:10-11, 15:2-4, 20:4-6
 

BillG

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Is that true even during the Tribulation?

If one needs to also reject the mark of the beast to keep their salvation, you do not consider that as a work? If you meet others who do, do you think they are wrong?
Why the focus on rejecting the mark of the beast being a work?

If I love someone tomorrow who I don't like it's a work.
A work of love that the Holy Spirit leads me to.
If I didn't then God will tell me I got it wrong.
Then I repent.

I don't know much about end times, mark of the beast and all that.

For me I am satisfied with what Jesus said.

"I will lose none that the father has given me"

He has promised to keep us and deliver us,

Revelation 3:10
10 Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.

3:10 Christ’s promise to keep the believers from the hour of trial is most likely a promise that He will remove them before the period of unparalleled tribulation. However, some take this promise to mean that believers will not be removed but rather protected, during the trial. The hour of trial is another way of referring to the unparalleled judgment of “the great tribulation”

Jesus has kept the promise given by the Father.
It's not a work we do but the work that God does in us at such times.
He will keep us, strengthen us.