We are saved by grace through faith. The word (and law) is our workbook for sanctification. We aren't saved by sanctification but sanctification is evidence of our salvation. If a person does not want to be sanctified, then he hasn't been saved. It isn't HOW we were saved but what we were saved FOR. It should be our DESIRE to be holy and this comes from the word and the law.
2Co_7:1 Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.
God called us to holiness. That doesn't mean were suppose to stop playing cards or give up PG-13 movies. But it does mean something.
No one has been saved yet.
The saving grace will only be for those who were truly in him, and it will be at the last trump, just as Yeshua clearly stated.
Those that found excuses for rejecting his loving commandments, will hear the words of Matthew 7:23 at the Great White Throne.
Yeshua told us that only the few would find his narrow gate, those that truly sought it.
This has nothing to do with Card games, nor what sort of beverage we imbibe, but how we fed his sheep, and how we kept his commandments holy.
Paul said it, James said it, John said it, and Peter said it. Why do so few believe them?
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