Thank you, I read each post.
When I am asked and even sometimes not just then, I say, well now that I know & have believed the gospel of the grace of God myself, I say;
The bible says, "believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved" amongst many other such type wonderful verses. There is something we are to believe, the testimony of God the Father about the perfect work accomplished by His Son on our behalf. The payment of sin & sins, Christ said "it is finished" for good reason.
This is what we are to trust, Jesus died for our sins, all of them past, present and future, reconciling us to God. This is what we are to believe, God the Father raised Christ from the dead as assurance of His complete satifaction of judgement on sin according to His holy justice and declares our justification by grace through faith, the faith of Christ.
So, believe on Jesus Christ and thou shall be saved, indeed. When Jesus is our righteousness, this is our identity before God the Father. If the Son shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. We can never re-offend God's justice, we are saved children, beloved. The love of God, is in Christ and ours as a possession by the holy Spirit of promise, that is why it is called a fruit of the Spirit, and we are now to manifest this fruit from the peace, comfort & joy of our salvation.
He was delivered for our offenses and raised for our justification. To the glory of God & the cross work of Christ, Amen. I love God & I love God's Christians and I love all people, that is why I choose to be a dispensational workman.
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needed not to be ashamed(suffer loss), rightly dividing the word of truth. But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness(bad thoughts, false beliefs, counterfeit doctrines, antichrist message).
9 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgement.
10 That ye may approve of things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;
11 Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
Smiling, beautiful, God is beautiful. I cannot wait for eternity, which I believe I taste now(saved, salvation), but of course have not fully attained as we wait in hope for our redemption, complete delivery from this present evil and glorified bodies(beind saved, salvation).
Christmas time, I am not posting anymore so I can have a bit more focus on my bible reading & family during the rest of this wonderful season of when our part of the world refects on the godhead, the presence of goodness in all creation. Merry Christmas. Preach the word, be instant in season an out of season (2 Tim 4:2). God bless you, all.