You make a good point in context to a conclusion with scripture harmoning. Yet Mans is limited in their ability.
The Holy Spirit leads us and guides us into all truth and brings everything Jesus has said into our remembrance.
The Holy Spirit leads us and guides us into all truth and brings everything Jesus has said into our remembrance.
of them individually to provide my perspective, it might just be better and more effective to first discuss the Bible's most fundamental doctrine which is Christ as Saviour. From that, we can each be better able to understand the other's point of view, upon which, has everything else respectively been built upon and be in a better position to discuss the points you've raised. If our most fundamental understanding is radically different than, or opposed to, each other's, then it may just be that there is no foundation available to support a discussion of the more abstract doctrine.
Therefore, I will begin with my belief which is an extremely simple one - that Jesus Christ, being the (one and only) Saviour of whom we have clearly been informed of in the Bible, in order to truly be that Saviour, there can be nothing that pertains to salvation which is apart from, nor outside of, Christ, and which He has not already provided to/for us- all being through and by Him - which were brought to fruition by Him and given fully and completely as a free gift with no preconditions associated to the receiving of it other than He has chosen some for it - with everything else flowing out from that; therefore, those saved are solely beneficiaries and in no way can/do they contribute to it. Said another way, the cost of salvation is so great and so vast - far beyond man's ability to acquire it in any sense- such that it can only be received as a gift directly from God Himself to us individually through His mercy and grace alone, which thereby attests to us its exceedingly great value.
So, with that, I'd be interested to hear your understanding of what it is that makes Jesus as Saviour, the Saviour.
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