Are you saved, metmom?
Do you now know that you’re assured salvation, no matter what sins you have committed or what sins you will commit in the future?
Will you answer that question for all protestants to see?
Pick me!
By the grace of God, the blood and death on a cross for my sins, and placing my faith in Him alone...
1. YES!!
2. GLORIOUSLY YES!!
Every sin of mine was paid in full on the cross. God is not surprised by my sin. He knew of it and paid for it all when I could not.
I was saved, sealed by the Spirit, baptized into the Body of Christ, and positionally am seated in the heavenlies with Him.
And if He had not acted and sacrificed, NO ONE WOULD GO TO HEAVEN.
The real question is...
Why would anyone turn down that Gift of Grace???????
Why would they turn up their nose and place their faith instead in scapulars, saints, rituals, church, etc????
Those save no one.
Only receiving Christ by faith alone saves.
YES, GLORIOUSLY YES!
How many times and on how many threads has that question ALREADY been answered??? Do you have Alzheimer's or something? Besides, you just got done claiming earlier:
I find the ex-Catholics on this forum to be the most adamant about "once saved, always saved".
So, you DO know us by screen name. Maybe you should write it down this time.
Colossians 2:13-15 And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross.
He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him.
Jesus paid it all and I owe Him nothing.
All my sins were future to Him when he died, so it doesn't matter if there are sins that I have yet to commit. They are ALL covered under his payment for my sins because He paid for them all.
Will you answer that question for all protestants to see?
I'll answer for the ENTIRE WORLD to see for that is the promise of the Gospel.
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5For Moses writes that the man who practices the righteousness which is based on law shall live by that righteousness.
6But the righteousness based on faith speaks as follows: “DO NOT SAY IN YOUR HEART, ‘WHO WILL ASCEND INTO HEAVEN?’ (that is, to bring Christ down), 7or ‘WHO WILL DESCEND INTO THE ABYSS?’ (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).” 8But what does it say? “THE WORD IS NEAR YOU, IN YOUR MOUTH AND IN YOUR HEART”—that is, the word of faith which we are preaching,
9that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved;
10for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.
11For the Scripture says, “WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED.” 12For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, abounding in riches for all who call on Him;
13for “WHOEVER WILL CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED.” Romans 10:5-13 NASB
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This is the promise Paul was moved to write by the Holy Spirit.
It is crystal clear in meaning.
I believe it 100%.
I am trusting in Christ and Christ alone for my salvation. Only HE can cleanse my sins.
As a follower of Christ I have been adopted into His family.
15For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, “Abba! Father!” 16The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God, 17and if children, heirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him. Romans 8:15-17
In Roman times an adopted child had the following benefits per Roman law.
1. they could not be removed from the family once adopted
2. they had a right to use the family name
3. all their debts were assumed by the family
4. they had a right to inheritance of the family
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When Paul speaks of adoption as sons this is what he had in mind. The believers at the church in Rome, and around the Empire, would understand this.
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Now, what are you trusting in?
You are clinging to an idol of man-made cloth to avoid the eternal fire.
For it to "work" you have to wear it continually. You have to do a bunch of "good deeds". In other words, you're trying to earn your salvation.
Sadly though for you, and anyone else wearing this idolatrous thing around their neck, they have abandoned the Gospel of Christ. That is, you have gone after another gospel which is a false gospel.
That scapular you wear around your neck is an albatross that negates the Cross and His sacrifice.
Trusting in it over Christ consigns you to the very place you are trying to avoid going to.