When all the chaff is finally blown away by the wind; what we are left with is this:
Saved by Faith; but Kept by Works.
Good luck at knowing just WHEN enough ‘works’ have been done.
I don't think so, Els. That thought might pass under Wesley's theology, but not under Pauline thinking. What I hear this suggesting is that you have to do good works to keep your salvation; that otherwise you can lose it. That's Arminian, not Biblical.
Try this:
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"Saved by Faith; Served by Works; Kept by Jesus and My Heavenly Father.
Joh 10:27-29 AV:
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish,
neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
My Father, which gave them to me, is greater than all;
and no man is able to pluck i>them out of my Father's hand.
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Once I am His and no longer Satan's possession, nobody, not even me, can escape His grip as His possession. If I coulf, I would be stronger than Satan. But, why would I, once committed to Him, ever even think of it?
"Saved by Faith; Serving by Faith; Kept by His Faithfulness"