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Grace Points is dedicated to examining bible truths and sharing the gospel (good news) of God's grace. Ephesians 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God.
Grace Points is dedicated to examining bible truths and sharing the gospel (good news) of God's grace. Ephesians 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God.
Through the graciousness of God and His infinite love, God is offering the greatest gift ever—eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord.
Can anybody take away what God has given us? Can we lose our salvation? Romans 8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? God answers this question empathetically with a loud NO! in Romans 8:38-39 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
It is the everlasting God (Rom 16:26) with his everlasting power (1Tim 6:16), who can not lie (Tit 1:2 in hope of eternal life which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began,) who has made this promise of eternal life. John 3:15-16 “that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. Once God has saved you there is absolutely NOTHING that can separate you from God. John 10:28 And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand.
This should bring peace to the troubled heart. We are in the hands of God and there is no safer place to be. No matter what the world throws at us we are more than conquers Romans 8:37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
Here are some other versus you may want to study. These are just a sampling on the theme of eternal life that resonates throughout the whole bible.
1John 5:11 And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
Romans 5:21 so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
1John 2:24 Therefore let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father.
1John 2:25 And this is the promise that He has promised us–eternal life.
1Ti 1:15-17 This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief. However, for this reason I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might show all longsuffering, as a pattern to those who are going to believe on Him for everlasting life. Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
2Ti 1:8-10 Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me His prisoner, but share with me in the sufferings for the gospel according to the power of God, who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began, but has now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who has abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,
Romans 6:22-23 But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting life. For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
What is a “saint”? The Bible declares all who have trusted in the blood of Christ to save them, “ A Saint”. Hagios is the Greek word for saint. It means separated ones; “holy ones”. We are separated from sin and separated unto the Lord.
When we were lost and helpless, God picked us up and made us members of His family. Believers are saints by position not by personal merit. We are not made holy because of what we have accomplished but by what God has accomplished. It is nothing we do to separate ourselves from sin but what the Father does. 1Thesolonians 5:23 Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
A good example of what demonstrates this principle is the verse below:
1Corinthians 1:2 To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who in every place call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:
The church of Corinth was not known as a moral church. They were permissive in their moral conduct and characterized as shallow with many divisions and contentions. Even with all these shortcoming Paul still called these believers saints.
How could these poor examples of Christians be considered saints when they were living such amoral lives.
They were sanctified in Christ Jesus. Therefore these Corinthians were saints because they were in Christ; they had been “accepted in the beloved.”
What is sanctification? It means to separate , to set apart as holy unto God. It is a term that designates ownership. As believers they belong to God. Because they belong to God they are called saints, not because of their actions. God sees man only two ways. Either as lost sinners or saved saints.
Sinners become saints when they place their trust in Christ for salvation, so that God now no longer sees them in their sinful selves, but in Christ. As saints we are separated from that which is common & unclean. God has set us apart from sin so that we may serve and have fellowship with Him.
Many words lose their power or true meaning because we use the words differently in the present, then the way the word was originally used, that is why going back to the Greek root word can help us better understand the true meaning of the word. The word “saint” is a good example of this because in modern day terms we think of a saint as a person characterized by good and moral deeds such as Mother Teresa or someone who has done a deed worth remembering and therefore classified a “saint” by a church.
If you make a study of the Pauline Epistles, you will see he refers to the saints almost every where he goes. It becomes quite clear; this is not a small group of elite believers but ALL believers.
Romans 1:7 To all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Philippians 1:1 Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:
1Corinthians 14:33 For God is not the author of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints
Salvation is an extraordinary gift and hit home with me in a very personal way when I realized that Christ died for me a sinner! Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
God in his ultimate mercy sent His only begotten son to die on the criminals cross. Christ died my death and your death on the cross; the innocent dying for the guilty. Christ died for sinners 1Co 15:3 For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,The righteous dying for the unrighteous.
The amazing thing is God did this while we were still at enmity with Him. Ephesians 2:4-5 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
God who is rich in mercy gave us the greatest gift we will ever receive. John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. All we have to do is accept this free gift and we will be saved.
“Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” (Acts 16:30) asked the Phillipian jailer. He was simply told “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.” (Acts 16:31)
There is nothing we can do to earn salvation. It is not wages to be earned but the free gift of God. Ephesians 2:8-9 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.
No amount of good works or church traditions can save you. If you try to approach God and present your own righteousness (Rom 3:10 As it is written: “There is none righteous, no, not one;) as a basis for salvation, He will not accept it.
What we present to God as righteous He views as filthy rags. Isa 64:6 But we are all like an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags; we all fade as a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
Romans 4:4-5 Now to him who works, the wages are not counted as grace but as debt. But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness,
Salvation is for eternity. Once your saved you can not lose your salvation. Otherwise it wouldn’t be salvation but probation. Romans 5:21 so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 6:22-23 But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting life. For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
When man dies he will either experience eternal condemnation or eternal life. The choice is yours. Simply believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and that He died on the cross for your sins and you will be assured of eternal life.
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