Do followers of Christ really explain themselves to be saved already or in receipt of their heavenly salvation in the present when Christians profess Jesus Christ to be the final judge of all who are saved?
Isn't is a sin of presumption to pronounce ones own final salvation before the final judgement of Christ? I think we should leave Jesus in our salvation equation what say you?
2007-10-14 16:18:43 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Steve what I gage from your contribution is... salvation is a process which is not over therefore it is not correct in telling others ":i am saved" which only representation a past event.
2007-10-14 21:47:32 · update #1
which is only a representation of a past event
2007-10-14 21:48:14 · update #2
Having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, we have our fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting life...right now...present tense....we have the end of our salvation right now Billie.
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2007-10-18 06:49:27 · answer #1 · answered by harry killwater 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus gave us quite a few glimpses of what the judgment will be like. If you read the passages in Matthew 24 and 25, for instance, you'll find that He will judge His servants in order to reward them for their faithful service or their unfaithful service. Now we love and obey Him - that is how we express our salvation. At the judgment we'll be rewarded according to that love and obedience.
Jesus died that I may be saved. That salvation has several components that believers don't talk about much.
1. I am saved from the penalty of sin. When Jesus died on the cross, God placed on Him the blame for all the sins of the world. Jesus bore the penalty for our sins so that we would not have to.
2. I am saved from the power of sin. In the past, I sinned because it was my nature to do so. It was normal to have nothing to do with God all day long. My mind was set upon what I could see, feel, taste, touch, and hear in the world around me. I was moved by those things. Saved from the power of sin, I can now be moved by spiritual things, such as the love of God.
3. I am saved from the corruption of sin. We were made in the image of God. But sin had corrupted that image. When I believed In Jesus Christ, God put the Spirit of Christ in me. Spiritually, my sinful nature went into the tomb with Jesus, and my new nature rose from the dead with Jesus. Now day by day I can become more and more like Jesus as He lives His life through me. This is the process of sanctification, where we are being saved - salvation is an ongoing process.
4. When I die and am resurrected, I will be saved from the presence of sin. Sin will not inhabit this resurrected body. Sin will have no place in the kingdom of God to come.
In this life, if I sin, I will bear some judgment or consequence for it. Jesus does it in this life to correct me so that I will not have to face judgment for it in the life to come.
I hope this clears up matters.
2007-10-14 17:20:31 · answer #2 · answered by Steve Husting 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps so. But I seem to remember reading something about the Judgement Day. Why would Jesus even bother if they can just declare themselves saved?
2007-10-14 16:24:34 · answer #3 · answered by Saint Nearly 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think it depends on what you mean by "saved." I believed I've been saved through my accepting Jesus Christ as my personal savior, but what what does this mean. Do I believe that I don't have to keep his commandments or repent or anything because my side of the deal is done? No! I believe that because I've accepted Christ I now have committed to following him and if I continue to follow him - by keeping his commandments and repenting - this his saving grace made through his atonement will save me.
Without Christ, I would go to hell if I sinned one time (and we all do), not matter how righteous I am. With Christ, but without my work to keep his commandments and repent, I would go to hell, because his grace saves only those who are willing to accept it by repenting. He will not repent for you, he will only open the door to heaven if you choose to repent.
2007-10-14 16:25:55 · answer #4 · answered by hoyshnin 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
We presume nothing. If you accept the sacrifice of Christ on the cross, the his blood was shed for payment of your sins then you are saved. Simply by accepting the gift of Christ, by faith you are saved.
2007-10-14 16:24:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋