1. - One doesn't! The end (our
inheritance) has already been given, by God, and it is His
free gift to us. Completely and
totally His gift.
1 Peter 1:8 "Whom
having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing,
ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: 9 Receiving
the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls."
4. - Hebrews 6:4
"For
it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of
the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
5 And
have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
6If
they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they
crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame."
First, the above
verses are what Paul had to explain to the
Jews of the new
church.
He is explaining
what happens, when a Jewish person
would enjoy hearing
the good news gospel,
and even accepting
it for a while, as in (MARK 4:5-6) ,
but go back to the
'works of the law' of the old Testament Jewish religion.
THERES A BIG DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN TASTING,
AND EATING. .
(refer to here,
if you want more explaination;
not quite half way
down the page,
the "Why did Paul
so often say" section)
2 Timothy 1:9 "Who
hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our
works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in
Christ Jesus before the world began,"
Ephesians 1:13 "In
whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel
of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed
with that holy Spirit of promise,
These persons, Paul
is referring to, may have accepted the
good news gospel,
but they did not believe in their heart,
to the point of
trusting in Him, as their Lord.
Not staying under
the new testament of grace by faith,
they fell from the
gospel of grace, before they even experienced the
fullness of the
grace and liberty of Christ,
that was made possible
through the sacrifice on the cross.
It would now be
impossible for them
to come to repentance,
after that,
nor would they even
know what to repent of;
They had heard the
gospel,
they received with
joy,
but the seed was
thrown into 'thorney ground'
and did not take
root.
These souls were
not yet sealed by God.
8. - Acts 26:18 "To
open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the
power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and
inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me."
9. - Titus
3:5 "Not
by
works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he
saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;"
Ephesians 2:8
"For
by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not (nothing) of yourselves:
it is the gift of God:
9 Not
of works, lest any man should boast."
It is not our gift
to God, to try to deserve His salvation.
It is the
Gift of God,
through His son
Jesus, to save us.
Given completely
free and unconditionally to us,
because of His great
love towards us,
greater than
the heavens and earth.
10. - John 3:8 "The
wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but
canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one
that is born of the Spirit."
11. - Titus 1:2
"In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the
world began;"
Acts 10:34 "Then
Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no
respecter of persons:"
1 Peter 1:3
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according
to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the
resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
4 To
an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away,
reserved in heaven for you,
5 Who
are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed
in the last time."
13. - Titus 1:2
"In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the
world began;"
Galatians 3:22 "But
the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of
Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe."
14. - Ephesians 1:13
"In
whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel
of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed
with that holy Spirit of promise,
15. - John 10:28
"And
I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall
any man pluck them out of my hand.
John 10:29 My
Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to
pluck them out of my Father's hand."
I hope no one
is of the mind, that the devil, is greater
than our God. That he could
take us from the hand of our God.
Jesus went
to the cross, once and for all, We are born
-again, once , into the family of God. Now when we
sin, God deals
with us as our Father, not as an outsider, who never
had eternal life.
1 Corinthians 15:1
"Moreover,
brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which
also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
2 "By
which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you,
unless ye have believed in vain."
Paul is saying here,
that you will not keep in memory the gospel of salvation, if it did not
enter your heart. Belief, only with head knowledge.
Romans 10:10
"For
with the heart man believeth unto righteousness;"
2 Corinthians 1:22
"Who
hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our
hearts."
God is most interested
in our heart. This is where He looks, and works.
(feel free
to write me, with more questions on this subject) some I may
include here-with permission, of course! email
This is one
of the very important issues for Christians to understand, in the spiritual
realm! From the mind of Christ, who is full of abundant
grace, mercy, love, tenderness, and much long
suffering, toward us. These are
only a few of His unfathomable characteristics!
And we of all
life, cannot know for sure, if someone
is not saved, or even if they are saved. It is not
for us to judge this anyway, it is all
in the Lords hands. It is God,
only, that can see into the heart of man! We can only,
at best, judge between the spiritual and the carnal,
this is not judging a soul.
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