I was born with a sin nature. If you are responsible - why do you sin?
We are not responsible for our salvation.
I am so I accepted what Jesus offered... His death in place of mine - He took my penalty. Don't you 'hear and obey' either which is the will of God?
If we were responsible for our salvation, then the blood of Christ is only partially sufficient.
How could you even type those words - that the blood of Jesus is partially 'anything'? Who would even say/ teach/imply such? If someone needs those words to defend their agenda - they are already off the scale of Christianity. When I received and accepted Jesus as my Savior, how does it make the blood of Christ (is) only partially sufficient?
If we are responsible for our salvation, then we become our own Saviors.
If you don't personally RECEIVE the GIFT of salvation by accepting Jesus as your Savior, you will become your own savior and die in your own sins.
God GAVE His Son so we must RECEIVE Him in order to have Him as Savior.
"He came to that which was His own, but His own did not RECEIVE Him." John 1:11
"Yet to all who RECEIVED Him, to those who believed in His Name, He GAVE the right to become children of God" --John 1:12
Salvation is a GIFT..."For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God-- not by works, so that no one can boast."
I read here how some are boasting - some about 'their' works and others who think they don't have to RECEIVE the GIFT for they were already picked/chosen.
We become co-redemptors in our eternal destiny.
Those 'in Christ' become 'co-heirs' with JESUS because they RECEIVED Him. Only God redeems so, again, 'co-redemptors' is off the scale of Christianity so it is for your agenda purposes only. Hint: Don't 'use it' on born again Christians for they know better - it's a red flag that propaganda is in it's midst.
Romans 8:17 "And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with Him, that we may be also glorified together."
Galatians 3:29 "If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise".
Galatians 4:7 "So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, God has made you also an heir."
So that means they were a slave once and those who CHOSE not to be a slave (to sin) any longer by CHOOSING Jesus 'LIFE' they are a son/co-heir. NO ONE can have what they don't CHOOSE to RECEIVE first. Heaven is a witness....there is life/death, blessings/curses, good/evil. Jesus says 'choose'. And because HE loves ALL, HE gives the answer to choose LIFE.
God didn't pick, God GAVE - to ALL and NOT ALL RECEIVED Him. Are you one of those?
Ephesians 3:6 "This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are heirs together with Israel, members together of one body, and sharers together in the promise in Christ Jesus."
Did you do that because you were wise or because God changed your heart?
God GAVE His Son so we must RECEIVE Him in order to have Him as Savior.
If your nature is to reject God and reject Christ, then how can you receive him unless God gives you a receptive heart? Did you receive him because you were wise or was it because you had been changed so that you were receptive to the gospel and receptive to Christ?
Which comes first, the changing of the nature or the acceptance of Christ?
"He came to that which was His own, but His own did not RECEIVE Him." John 1:11
"Yet to all who RECEIVED Him, to those who believed in His Name, He GAVE the right to become children of God" --John 1:12
Salvation is a GIFT..."For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God-- not by works, so that no one can boast."
I read here how some are boasting - some about 'their' works and others who think they don't have to RECEIVE the GIFT for they were already picked/chosen.
God says we must receive. But if someone believes that they are picked, then they probably don't see the need to receive.
That could not work out well. Or that could work out not well.