Free Republic
Browse · Search
Religion
Topics · Post Article

To: narses

How many of your sins were future when Christ died for them? I’ve asked you this before but you don’t seem interested in answering it. Do you think a murderer on death row can be saved? Do you think Hitler was saved? He was a member of the Catholic CHurch. Do you believe an abortion doctor can be saved? What about the person who makes the instruments used in the abortion process? Is Madonna saved? She’s a Catholic.


1,260 posted on 07/20/2010 9:45:23 PM PDT by small voice in the wilderness (Defending the Indefensible. The Pride of a Pawn.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1256 | View Replies ]


To: small voice in the wilderness

An outstanding point.

It might also be pointed out that no human being is condemned to the Lake of Fire for their personal sins. All human beings, except for Jesus Christ Himself, were condemned prior to ever having any salvation.

Just as all personal sins were imputed to Christ on the Cross and judged once and for all, likewise, we aren’t saved by anything we’ve have done, but only but us having the same faith in Him as Christ on the Cross did in the Father, at which time He imputes righteousness onto believers.

At the moment of faith in Christ, we are facing Him, though faith in Christ, confessing our sins to Him, and because of the redemption of our sins, He is free by grace to regenerate our human spirit. The believer then is saved with eternal life.

The issue upon saving faith is forgiveness by God.

Just because we sin after salvation, doesn’t mean we have lost eternal life, rather we have stepped out of fellowship with Him, and until we return to Him, and confess those post salvation sins, i.e. allow Him to wash our feet partially, we remain out of fellowship. Upon our being partially cleansed, he forgives postsalvation sins and we are back in fellowship with Him, ready for His continuing sanctification process.


1,265 posted on 07/20/2010 10:02:05 PM PDT by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1260 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
Religion
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson