I'm not sure why people keep coming up with this. It must be something they get taught at church. In reality, it's just tickling people's ears through appeal to laziness.
You can't “earn” salvation. If Jesus had not died on the stake as a corresponding ransom for Adam, we would all be condemned to death from birth, no matter what we do. Jesus made it possible for us to be free from inherent Adamic sin and death, IF we OBEY him.
Hebrews 5:9 “.. he became responsible for everlasting salvation to all those obeying him.. This business of “once saved, always saved” is a delusive teaching of Christendom; it's not in harmony with scripture. Acts 24: 16 “In this respect, indeed, I am exercising myself continually to have a consciousness of committing no offense against God and men. Philippians 2:12 “Consequently, my beloved ones, in the way that you have always obeyed, not during my presence only, but now much more readily during my absence, keep working out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
If it was all a foregone conclusion dependent on us merely putting faith in Jesus' ransom, then why did Paul need to exercise himself continually? Why do we need to work out our own salvation? Why do we need to have fear?
Why tremble? Faith is constantly mentioned in the Bible in the context of action; i.e. With a verb next to it.
Exercising faith (John 3:16; Ro 4:13), fight the fine fight of the faith (1 Timothy 6:12), run the course to the finish (2 Timothy 4:7) etc. The reason why I find this reasoning particularly ridiculous, is because there's a chapter in the Bible addressing it, where James refutes this notion of once saved always saved, and being saved by “grace” alone. Apparently some don't have James chap 2 in their Bible. James 2: 14 “Of what benefit is it, my brothers, if a certain one says he has faith but he does not have works?
That faith cannot save him, can it? 17 “Thus, too, faith, if it does not have works, is dead in itself. 20-22 “But do you care to know, O empty man, that faith apart from works is inactive?
Was not Abraham our father declared righteous by works after he had offered up Isaac his son upon the altar? You behold that his faith worked along with his works and by his works his faith was perfected..
You confuse two entirely different forms of work. 1. Work you do to compensate equally for an item.
2. Work done because after you received something, you were compelled by your own self to do something. It is this second form the scriptures speaks about.
Once learning Bible truth about God's Kingdom with Jesus as King, you will have a need to tell others about the greatest news you could possibly share with others. You will also want to change your life so you may be assured of living in that time under that rule.
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