Eph. 1 :13&14
In Him you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation- having also believed, you were SEALED in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is given as a pledge of our INHERITANCE, with a view to the redemption of God's own possession, to the praise of His glory.
Any questions?
2007-09-27 06:43:25 · 30 answers · asked by christian_me 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Being truly saved will will change your heart and actions.
2007-09-27 06:49:14 · update #1
JR: I honestly don't know but I was taught those were the converts after the rapture or something crazy like that
2007-09-27 06:52:19 · update #2
Romans 8:39
Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
NO ONE CAN SEPERATE US FROM GOD.
Once we are saved we are always saved as long as we continue to follow the Lord Jesus Christ.
By sin we can have our names blotted out or removed from of the Book of Life.
Revelation 3:5
He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
Revelation 22:19
And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
2007-10-01 04:51:46 · answer #1 · answered by Old Hickory 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I respect that this is your belief, however let me use my life as an example. When I was 14, I dedicated my life to Jesus. I was baptized. I was filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke in tongues and was slain in the Spirit. I had a deep and personal faith that was relevant to my daily life. As for works, I volunteered with inner city kids and the elderly and I was a student missionary. I loved Jesus with all my heart. When I was 21, I had a crisis of faith. I doubted God's justice. But, I resolved this and had a more mature faith. At 24, my faith stagnated to the point of fading away. When I prayed I felt that the response told me that it was supposed to be this way. Two years later, I had an intense religious experience with the God Sobek and another with Hermes. A year later I converted to Hellenismos. That was almost 4 years ago. I still believe Jesus is divine, but I believe there are many other Gods too. I find my present faith fits me better and has made my life much richer than when I was a Christian.
So, am I "sealed?" I think it unlikely.
2007-09-27 14:25:58 · answer #2 · answered by m b 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It is totally impossible to fall from something you are not on or inside. Verse 4 says the people that attempt to go back to the law and the 10 commandments of the old law are fallen from grace. This is not saying they are not there, because you cannot fall from an airplane unless you are on the airplane.
Gal 5:2 Mark my words! I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all. 3 Again I declare to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law. 4 You who are trying to be justified by law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace. 5 But by faith we eagerly await through the Spirit the righteousness for which we hope. 6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.
The Bible does not use foolish words and foolish ideas. Either it IS the Word of God, or it totally IS NOT inspired of God. God protects His word. We must rightly divide the word. When we search it out throughout the New Testament we find that there is a possibility of falling from grace after we have been forgiven. This is only one place of many that says we must keep on keeping on to make heaven our home.
2007-09-27 14:14:41 · answer #3 · answered by mesquiteskeetr 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No questions. JR is a JW and he should be talking about the 144,000 JEWS who preach during the tribulation not the 144,000 JW when there are millions of them...
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. Eph. 2:8-9
For the gifts and the calling of God are IRREVOCABLE. Rom. 11:29
These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, THAT YOU MAY KNOW YOU HAVE ETERNAL LIFE, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God. 1 John 5:13
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were SEALED for the day of redemption. Eph. 4:30
Being confident of this very thing, that He(Jesus) who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ. Phil. 1:6
God can't lie. Titus 1:2
2007-09-27 14:22:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Derek Prince, was a phenomenal evangelist before he died at a ripe old age. He was considered a genius by worldly standards and he read the Bible in its original languages. He too came to the conclusion that when a person accepts Christ that person then receives God's "Agape" Love which is Unconditional hence once saved always saved. The Bible is quick to point out that there is something called "Experiential Salvation" meaning if we return to a life of foolishness we will be chastised by God and our integrity will suffer as well.
2007-09-27 13:59:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes I have a question---Can You Please Read Galations 5:18-26?
Note:
Galations 5:4Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law;ye are fallen from grace(you have given up grace). KJV
I have walked away from God and did some sinful stuff and Knew it according to Galations 5 I would not have inheritied the Kingdom of God if I died during those times.
I know He never left me...And I am So Thankful for that!!
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I walked away after seeing a healing so I KNEW what I was walking away from.I was deicieved by a nonbeliever( a family member) and decided to leave. I got saved in 92 and walked away in 96.
2007-09-27 13:57:45 · answer #6 · answered by Bobbie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
1 John 5 says that if they leave Christianity, they were never saved in the first place. The Bible clearly teaches once saved always saved.
2007-10-01 11:56:04 · answer #7 · answered by CJ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No questions at all. Strange how people still want to "go it alone" and trust in themselves to gain Heaven on their own. Didn't Jesus say this was impossible? What comfort we have then, in being part of God's flock, with the Good Shepherd watching over us.
2007-09-28 01:05:11 · answer #8 · answered by ccrider 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We are sealed till the day of redemption when we will be brought before judgement of how we did,God said them who live under the law has fallen from Grace.
2007-09-27 13:50:09 · answer #9 · answered by elaine 30705 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
WE.... can Never LOOSE... the Holy Spirit...!
(Rom 8:9) But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
Thanks, In Christ Jesus, Roger R.
2007-09-27 15:42:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋