2) Those who have rewards will lay those at Christ’s feet simply because they recognize that all good fruit belongs to Him.
3) A believer can grieve (sin of commission-Eph 4:30) and quench (sin of omission-1 Thes 5:19) but didn’t Christ die for ALL our sins? Didn’t He know that we would have committed these sins before justifying us? Chirst died for all of our sins. And as you rightfully stated we could commit an sin so grievous that God decides to call us home. We are God’s ambassadors and represent a King. God expects us to act like it.
4) I believe baptism to be a little stronger sacrament than just an identification (although it is that). Baptism is a work that our Lord Jesus instituted and I believe it is for our benefit as a work of God; like God commanding Naaman to go wash in the Jordan. Baptism doesn’t save you but your obedience to His command shows the inward change in your life.
5) Like 1 John 5:1 states, whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God. I will add there is much encompassed in “believes” but that sums it up nicely.
6) Communion, we are told in scripture, is a proclamation of our Lord Jesus’ return (1 Cor 11:23). Nothing more.
WHERE exactly does the Scripture differentiate between "salvation" and "rewards"? This is another Protestant twisting and reading into the text what is nowhere found. Whenever sin is discussed, "rewards" are not what is at stake, but "salvation"!
Communion, we are told in scripture, is a proclamation of our Lord Jesus’ return (1 Cor 11:23). Nothing more.
Ah. In the mold of Calvin. What does "THIS IS MY BODY" mean, then? What is interesting about this stance is that it is even less documented then "man has no free will"! You enjoy taking stances AGAINST hundreds of years of Christian practice, don't you?
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