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Those Who ENDURE Unto the END Shall be SAVED!
Some Christians dogmatically demand that they can NEVER LOSE their salvation no matter what they do or do not do because they simply do NOT understand what the WHOLE word of God teaches.
Eternal security once saved always saved grace alone believers CLAIM that 1 Corinthians 3:15 is absolute PROOF that a Christian can NEVER LOSE their salvation, but may lose their REWARDS.
1 Corinthians 3:15.
“If any mans work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.”
As I have said many times that any verse, when viewed ALONE and APART from the REST of God’s word, may SEEM to be saving or may be made to say something that it is NOT TRULY saying when it is correctly interpreted in the LIGHT of the WHOLE word of Almighty God.
Now those who teach eternal security INTERPRET this verse to mean that a Christian can NEVER LOSE their salvation and they teach that no WORKS are required to keep or maintain our salvation in order to receive eternal life in the world to come.
They say the only thing a Christian can ever lose in their REWARDS.
Let us now take a CLOSER look at this verse with the emphasis on the word WORK.
1 Corinthians 3:15.
“If any man’s WORK shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.”
What WORK? And by what FIRE shall we be saved?
For you see, THEIR argument is that there were no WORKS in order to be saved.
And THEY believe the they ALREADY HAVE obtained eternal life and can never lose it no matter what they do or do not do.
But clearly, there is a man’s WORK that may or may not be BURNED.
Fore you see, there is a conditional if saying if any man’s WORK would be burned then he shall suffer LOSS.
And we can safely assume that this means loss of REWARD but he HIMSELF shall be saved YET so by FIRE!
Well, mere common sense should tell anyone with eyes to see and ears to hear that ALL evil sinful WORKS will indeed without fail be BURNED.
So, there is no if whether or not that the WORKS of INIQUITY will be burned.
And it should also be clear that GOOD WORKS will not be burned.
Therefore, this verse is CLEARLY NOT speaking of good works versus evil sinful WORKS.
For you see, who in their right mind would think God would REWARD evil sinful works BUT if those evil sinful works will be BURNED, then they lose their reward.
As in, the could have had a reward if their works would have been GOOD WORKS.
Again, I say, of course evil sinful works will burn because that is WHAT Jesus came to DESTROY.
Jesus came to destroy the WORKS of the devil.
And again, it is also clear that God is NOT going to burn our GOOD WORKS.
So then, the WORK here is NOT good works versus evil works.
But rather, the word “WORK” in this passage of Scripture has the CONDITION if it will be burned we shall suffer the loss of reward.
And if the “WORK” is NOT burned, then we SHALL receive a reward.
Therefore, to me, the entire CONTEXT of this word “WORK” is speaking of those we bring to saving faith in Jesus.
And if one of them, our WORK of sharing the gospel with them to be saved.
So, if one who we worked to bring to Jesus should lose their salvation and be burned in the lake of fire, then we will suffer the loss of reward.
In other words, we will lose the reward that we would have received for THAT Christian who did not endure unto the end to receive the END of their promised salvation, eternal life in the world to come.
Why do you think Paul was plagued with care for the churches daily and always checked to see how they were doing? Why was Paul worried about LABORING in VAIN?
It was because Paul and the other apostles were concerned that some Christians would be DECEIVED and depart from God.
Also, I want you to notice that Paul adds the CONDITIONAL clause “Yet so as by FIRE” in order to be SAVED.
Now FIRE in the Bible speaks of TRIALS and TESTING, the TRYING of our FAITH to see if we will be found FAITHFUL.
So, this teaches us that our OWN works MUST be GOOD WORKS or we will NOT receive the END of our salvation, which is eternal life in the world to come.
Again, the TRUTH of the matter is that the WORK here in this passage of Scripture does NOT refer to good WORKS of righteousness VERSUS evil sinful WORKS.
But rather, the CONTEXT speaking of our WORK of bringing people to saving faith in Jesus, the BUILDING of the body of Christ, the church.
And if they REMAIN FAITHFUL unto the end, then we shall receive a reward.
BUT if one or more of those people we bring or help bring to saving faith in Jesus are found UNFAITHFUL on the Day of Judgment and THEY cast into the lake of fire to be burned, then we shall lose any REWARD that we would have received if they were to have remained faithful unto the end to receive their eternal life in the world to come.
God understands that we cannot MAKE people believe the TRUE gospel of Jesus Christ that we must endure unto the END to be saved.
But that does not mean we should not try our best to show them the true gospel of salvation.
So, to those of you who are reading this study in God’s word who have made up your minds that the once saved always saved doctrine is true, please understand that I am not trying to make you believe what I myself believe.
But rather, I am simply showing you WHY I do not believe that the OSAS eternal other forms to eternal security doctrines are sound Biblical teaching.
In other words, I am showing all of my readers WHY 1 Corinthians 3:15 does NOT teach us that Christians can never lose their gift of eternal life.
Let us now read the WHOLE context to see the TRUE SOUND BIBLICAL meaning of verse 15 concerning WHAT the WORK truly is according to the CONTEXT.
Please read 1 Corinthians 3:1-18 where you will see that our WORKS are those people we bring to saving faith IN Jesus.
1 Corinthians 3:1-18.
“And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.
1 Corinthians 3:2. I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto you were not able to bear it, neither yet now are you able.
1 Corinthians 3:3. For you are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are you not carnal and walk as men? (And this DIVISION that arose around the time of John Calvin is not of God)
1 Corinthians 3:4. For while one says, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are you not carnal?
1 Corinthians 3:5. Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but MINISTERS by whom you believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? (Paul was made and Apostle for the WORK of the MINISTRY, according to Ephesians 4:11-16)
1 Corinthians 3:6. I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. (So then, the subject under discussion here is the WORK of the MINISTRY, the preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ whereby people are SAVED.
Some Christians WORK to sow the seeds of God’s word, while other Christians WORK to water those seeds, and then it is God who makes His seed to grow)
1 Corinthians 3:7. So then, neither is he that plants anything, neither he that waters; but God that gives the increase. (Also under discussion is the carnal mindset of Christians boasting that they are of Paul, while others boast that they are of Apollos.
Today Christians boast that they are Baptist, while others boast that they are Calvinist or some other church denomination.
Basically, Paul is saying that all the DIVISIONS of church denominations are NOT of God)
1 Corinthians 3:8. Now he that plants and he that waters are ONE: (Meaning that we SHARE in the reward if our WORK remains faithful unto the end and is NOT burned in the lake of fire) and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labor. (Paul is still talking about preaching the gospel which is sowing and watering God’s word.
Paul is saying now if one Christian plants a seed of God’s word and another Christian comes along and waters that seed of God’s word.
Then they BOTH shall SHARE or receive a REWARD for that person coming to Jesus to be saved if they REMAIN in the faith of the true gospel of Christ unto the end.
The end being either the end of their physical life in this present world or the coming of Jesus, which ever comes first.
One Christian may receive a little more reward than another Christian depending on how much work they put into bringing the person to saving faith.
In other words, one Christian might do way more work of the ministry compared to another Christian’s efforts of witnessing to that person who accepts Jesus as their Savior.
But for sure, BOTH shall receive a reward if their WORK remains faithful unto the end.
So again, the context of WORK is all about BUILDING the kingdom of God)
1 Corinthians 3:9. For we are laborers together with God: (Or we are WORKERS together with God BUILDING His church) you are Gods husbandry, you are God’s building.
1 Corinthians 3:10. According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise master builder, I have laid the foundation, and another builds thereon. But let every man take heed HOW he BUILDS thereupon. (Because if your WORK does NOT remain faithful, then you will lose your reward.
And you MAY ALSO be held accountable for their soul to be lost. Please see Ezekiel 3:18-21.
Building the kingdom of God is WORK. Bringing people to Jesus is the WORK of every Christian called the WORK of the ministry, according to Ephesians 4:11-16.
We may not all be called to a full-time ministry, but we are ALL called to be a LIGHT unto the world.
YOU may be the only Bible some people ever read. So do they SEE Jesus in you?)
1 Corinthians 3:11. For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 3:12. Now if any man BUILD upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; (In other words, there are basically TWO WAYS a Christian can BUILD the kingdom of God.
We can TAKE HEED to be sure to BUILD strong well rooted and grounded Christians who will endure unto the end and never depart from God.
And thus, those Christians are likened to gold silver and precious stones which do NOT BURN in the fire but are refined by the fire of the trying of our faith in this present world.
Or we can NOT TAKE HEED as to HOW we BUILD and produce Christians that will live in sin.
And that is because they are not rooted and grounded in the TRUE gospel of Jesus Christ.
Thus, those Christians are more likely to be or become wood, stubble, or hay, which BURN in the lake of fire on the Day of Judgment)
1 Corinthians 3:13. Every man’s WORK (Speaking of WHO he or she has helped come into the kingdom of God by their WORK of the MINISTRY sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ) shall be made manifest: (You shall know a tree by its FRUIT) for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; (Or is revealed as what kind of work it is by the TESTING and trying of their faith) and the fire shall try every man’s WORK of what sort it is. (Or every Christian who is some other Christian’s WORK will be TRIED or tested to see what fruit they will bear.
Please see the parable of the sower sowing the seed of God’s word how some Christians only endure for a short time.
And, those planted and water in the GOOD SOIL produced Christians who bear GOOD FRUIT. See Matthew 3:3-23.
Now that you have read the CONTEXT above, let us now read the verse used by Calvinist Christians to TRY to prove their false doctrine of once saved always saved and other eternal security doctrines)
1 Corinthians 3:14. If any man’s WORK abide (Or REMAIN and endure unto the END) which he has BUILT thereupon, (The foundation of Jesus Christ adding to God’s BUILDING) he shall receive a reward. (BECAUSE those Christians who are the WORK of other Christians will REMAIN faithful unto the end to be saved or to receive eternal life in the world to come.
And THEN, the second death has no power over them to be burned in the lake of fire, BUT)
1 Corinthians 3:15. If any man’s WORK shall be burned, (Or if any person we bring to Jesus falls away from the faith and they are destroyed by being burned in the lake of fire) he shall suffer loss: (Or he shall suffer the loss of the reward he would have received If that person would have endured unto the end to receive eternal life in the world to come) but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire. (Meaning that EVERY Christian’s faith is TRIED or TESTED to see if they themselves remain faithful unto the end to receive eternal life in the world to come)
1 Corinthians 3:16. Know you not that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?
1 Corinthians 3:17. If ANY MAN defiles the temple of God, him shall God DESTROY; for the temple of God is holy, which temple YOU are. (Now, while it is true that a Christians can DEFILE his or her OWN temple, the greater CONTEXT is speaking of DEFILING other Christians by FALSE doctrines)
1 Corinthians 3:18. Let no man DECEIVE HIMSELF. If any man among you seems to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.”
Now, if so be that no true born-again Christian can ever lose their salvation then why does the Apostle Paul WARN us NOT to defile the temple of God which temple we are and then tell us to NOT DECEIVE OURSELVES?
All Christians who think they are above being DECEIVED are deceived already.
ONLY true born-again Christians can receive the INDWELLING of the Holy Spirit to be the TEMPLE of God so it is very clear that the Apostle Paul is speaking to TRUE born-again Christians warning us that if ANY TRUE born-again Christian DEFILES HIMSELF, then God WILL destroy him on the Day of Judgment.
The truth of the matter is that 1 Corinthians 3:15 does NOT prove that a Christian can never lose their salvation, but they can only lose their REWARD.
Anyone truly seeking the TRUTH of the whole word of God can clearly see that the WORK in verse 15 is the SAME WORK throughout the whole CONTEXT.
And that “WORK” is the WORK of the MINISTRY to bring PEOPLE to saving faith.
So then, the WORK is the “WHO” or the “PERSON” that is BUILT on the foundation of Jesus Christ.
The work is a Christians who is brought into the body of Christ by another Christian, or Christians WORK, in the ministry of reconciliation.
So, who will receive a REWARD for adding them to God’s BUILDING, the church, if they remain faithful unto the end and are NOT burned on the Day of Judgment in the lake of fire?
It will be ALL of us who had any part in ROOTING and GROUNDING them in the word of TRUTH so that they will never depart from the true faith.
Our WORK is “WHO”, the people whom we bring to saving faith in Jesus Christ.
And if they endure unto the end we shall receive a REWARD for our WORK of helping to reconcile them to God through the gospel we share with them.
But if they lose their salvation by not enduring unto the end to be saved, then we shall suffer the loss of the reward we would have received if they were to be found that good and faithful servant on the Day of Judgment.
In other words, we do not lose our salvation if the people we bring to saving faith become deceived and fall away from the faith and they are burned in the lake of fire on the Day of Judgment.
But we will lose our reward which we would have received if they would have remained faithful unto the end to receive their eternal life in the world to come.
Now, if so be that no true born-again Christian can ever lose their salvation, then Paul would NOT have used the if our work burns we shall suffer loss.
Can you not see my dear brothers and sisters in our Lord Jesus Christ that if Paul is teaching us that no Christians can ever lose their salvation, then not one single person we help BUILD on the foundation of Jesus Christ to become a part of God’s building will NOT ever be able to be BURNED.
So it makes no sense whatsoever for Paul to warn us that if our work would be burned, THEN we shall suffer the loss of the reward we would have received if our work would remain and not be burned.
The Bible warns us that there will be some in the last days who will NOT ENDURE SOUND doctrine and will heap to themselves teachers that will tickle their ear with words that they like to hear.
Please read 2 Timothy 4:1-8.
“I charge you therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; (The word CHARGE here mean hortatively, to earnestly exhort, to implore and to strongly urge you before God to know and understand that both the living and the dead will be JUDGED at his appearing.
Now we also know that ONLY the dead in Jesus Christ will be judged at his appearing according to Revelation 20:4-6.
So then the LIVING here is also speaking of those of us in Jesus Christ.
So we best know and understand what it MEANS to be in Jesus Christ and having the promise of eternal life ABIDING in us at his appearing)
2 Timothy 4:2. Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. (Why the need to reprove and rebuke if so be no true born-again Christian can ever lose their salvation?)
2 Timothy 4:3. For (Or BECAUSE) the time will come when they will NOT ENDURE SOUND doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
2 Timothy 4:4. And they shall TURN AWAY their ears from the TRUTH, and shall be turned unto FABLES.
2 Timothy 4:5. But WATCH YOU in all things, endure afflictions, do the WORK of an evangelist, make full proof of your ministry.
2 Timothy 4:6. For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.
2 Timothy 4:7. I have FOUGHT a GOOD FIGHT, I have finished my course, I have KEPT the faith: (Keeping the TRUE faith is WORK)
2 Timothy 4:8. HENCEFORTH (Or for this very reason of my fighting a good FIGHT of faith to endure unto the END to KEEP my FAITH) there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, (Speaking of our crown of eternal life for be found that GOD and FAITHFUL servant unto the END) which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto ALL them also that love his appearing.”
Well, clearly that time has come where some Christians will NOT ENDURE SOUND Biblical doctrine that they MUST endure unto the END in order to receive eternal life in the world to come.
Please read 1 John 3:1-15.
“Behold, what manner of love the Father has bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knows us not because it knew him not. (The world does not know or understand Christians who return GOOD when evil is done to them)
1 John 3:2. Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it does not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. (One of the joys set before us is to know and understand that we will receive eternal life like Jesus was GIVEN eternal life.
Ane we will rule and reign with him in the world to come)
1 John 3:3. And EVERY man that has this HOPE in him (The HOPE of eternal life) PURIFIES himself, EVEN as he is PURE. (The only way for us to be as PURE as Jesus is to confess our sins and believe in God’s faithfulness to His word that He will forgive us of all our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness each and every time we sin.
And in those times we do not sin the blood Jesus continually keeps us cleansed.
But if we sin, then our garments are stained with sin so we must CONFESS our sins and ask God to forgive us so that we will be PURE even as Jesus is PURE and not be ashamed at his coming)
1 John 3:4. Whosoever commits sin transgresses also the law: (NOT the law contained in ORDINANCES which we are NOT UNDER but rather the MORAL law of God) for sin is the transgression of the law. (Breaking any MORAL law is SIN so we need to repent quickly and CONFESS our sin to keep ourselves PURE even as Jesus is PURE)
1 John 3:5. And you know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. (So we are in Jesus HAVING the promise of eternal life ABIDING in us so long as we are KEEPING ourselves PURE even as Jesus is PURE)
1 John 3:6. Whosoever abides (Or REMAINS) in him sins not: whosoever sins has not seen him, neither known him. (This teaches us that those who claim they are born-again Christians, but they continue to LIVE in a lifestyle of sin having no change in their desire to live in sin, then they do NOT truly know Jesus. And they are NOT TRULY saved)
1 John 3:7. Little children, let no man DECEIVE you: he that does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. (John is repeating what he said at the beginning of his letter in 1 John 1:6,7 where if we walk in the light even as Jesus.
And if we do that, then his blood CONTINUALLY keeps us CLEANSED from all our sin so that we remain perfect and pure even as Jesus is perfect and pure)
1 John 3:8. He that commits sin is of the devil; for the devil sins from the beginning. For this purpose, the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. (Paul teaches us in Romans that we are FREED from sin and that sin shall NOT have any more dominion over us which means that we no longer are in bondage to be servants of sin.
We do NOT have to OBEY the lust of the flesh any longer.
For you see, GREATER is he who dwells in us than he who is in the world speaking of the devil who tempts us to sin)
1 John 3:9. Whosoever is born of God does NOT commit sin; (As in, we as true born-again Christians cannot CONTINUE to live in sin without being convicted of LIVING in a lifestyle of sin) FOR his seed remains in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. (God’s word is his seed planted in us. And Jesus said that if we CONTINUE or remain in his word then we will know the TRUTH and the TRUTH will make us FREE.
And if you read the CONTEXT you will see that Jesus is speaking of being free from SIN. See John 8:30-51.
This verse does not mean that it is impossible to sin but rather our new heart will not allow us to continue in sin.
BUT a Christians can be DECEIVED by false teaching and harden their own heart to live in sin and never confess their sin because that false teaching has convinced them that nothing they do can ever cause them to lose their salvation)
1 John 3:10. In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: (In other words, a tree is KNOWN by what FRUIT it bears) whosoever does NOT righteousness is NOT of God, neither he that loves not his brother.
1 John 3:11. For THIS is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
1 John 3:12. Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
1 John 3:13. Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hates you.
1 John 3:14. We know that we have passed from death unto life because we love the brethren. He that loves NOT his brother abides in death.
1 John 3:15. Whosoever hates his brother is a murderer: and you KNOW that no murderer has eternal life ABIDING in him.”
Plain and simple, if we do NOT walk in LOVE and we harbor hatred toward one another refusing to repent then we are likened to being a MURDER which we KNOW cannot inherit eternal life in the world to come.
So, therefore, if we SAY we love Jesus then we will OBEY his teaching which he taught to his Apostles and disciples in the NEW Testament under the NEW Covenant.
Now some Christians have gone to the EXTREME on one side of the scale while some Christians have gone to the EXTREME on the opposite end of the scale.
What I mean by this is that some Christians have been deceived to try and keep BOTH the OLD Covenant AND the NEW Covenant in order to be pleasing to God and receive eternal life in the world to come.
While some other Christians have been deceived to not keep ANY of the teachings of Jesus to ENDURE unto the end to be saved.
But the TRUTH of the whole word of God is right down the middle between these two EXTREME teachings of the Seventh day of the week Sabbath keeping Christians AND the once saved always saved grace alone you can never lose your salvation no matter what you do or do not do Christians.
The SIMPLE gospel message is to be LED by the Holy Spirit and WHILE we are obeying the leading of the Holy Spirit there is no condemnation in us.
But as soon as we begin walking after the FLESH the Holy Spirit condemns us of SIN. And we have that condemnation of SIN until we confess that sin and ask God to forgive us of that sin.
And when we OBEY the leading of the Holy Spirit to CONFESS our sins if and when we sin then God forgives us and cleanses us from all unrighteousness to be made PERFECT once again in the eyes of God.
How can the gospel of Jesus Christ be any simpler than OBEYING the leading of the Holy Spirit dwelling in you to lead and guide you into all truth?
Now some Christians who have been TAUGHT that it is wrong to break the weekly Sabbath day do indeed feel GUILT if they do not keep the seventh day of the week Holy as they have been TAUGHT even though what they have been taught is NOT the TRUTH of the whole word of Almighty God.
What I am saying is that simply having CONDEMNATION does NOT prove that the condemnation is FROM the Holy Spirit.
And here is how I KNOW this to be true. Every seventh day of the week SATURDAY Sabbath keeping Christian will argue that the Bible itself does NOT command us to keep SUNDAY as a day of rest and I agree. But here is the thing.
When I was raised in the Roman Catholic Church I was TAUGHT that it was a mortal SIN if I missed going to mass on Sunday.
And when I became a true born-again Christian in the Assemblies of God denomination that TEACHING stayed with me and I felt GUILT if I missed going to church on Sunday.
But AFTER I saw from God’s word that there is no such commandment to keep ANY day of the week that CONDEMNATION of missing church service on Sunday has left me and has never returned.
Now on the other end of the scale, those Christians who are TAUGHT once saved always saved grace alone and no WORKS will reason away any condemnation of sin by WRONGLY teaching that ONLY Jesus can live without sin.
And over time they quench the convicting work of the Holy Spirit to no longer CONFESS their sins.
So then, on the one end of the scale, there are some Christians who are not fully trusting in the work of Jesus who go about to try and earn their salvation by works of keeping the Law of Moses CONTAINED in ORDINANCES that are no LONGER REQUIRED under the NEW covenant.
And on the other end of the scale, there are some Calvinistic Christians who do not truly BELIEVE the teachings of Jesus to OBEY his teachings to do the works of righteousness that ARE REQUIRED to obtain eternal life in the world to come.
Paul WARNS BOTH groups of Christians on BOTH ends of the scale that they have departed from the TRUTH of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
The Judaizing Christians have fallen from grace and the Calvinistic Christians living in sin and defiling the temple of other Christians with their FALSE doctrine of once saved always saved have departed from God.
So, UNLESS both groups of Christians repent and obey the TRUTH of the gospel, then both of those groups of Christians are in danger of losing their reward of the GIFT of ETERNAL LIFE in the world to come.
Now BOTH groups of Christians seem to LOVE defending what they have been TAUGHT by their church denomination.
And the OSAS group of Christians would say that the Sabbath-keeping Christians are making a LIE or teaching a FALSE doctrine.
And the Sabbath-keeping Christians would say that the OSAS Christians are making a LIE or teaching a FALSE doctrine.
And those of us who are down the middle will say that BOTH the Sabbath-keeping Christians AND the once saved always saved Christians are making a LIE or teaching FALSE doctrines.
And here is what Jesus is saying about those who LOVE making a LIE.
Please read Revelation 22:11-15.
“He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still. (So then at the very moment of the beginning of the sounding of the LAST trumpet which is when our CHANGE from mortal to immortality takes place in a MOMENT and in a twinkling of an eye.
And thus, there will be no time for ANYONE to REPENT of living in SIN or turn away and commit any sin.
And that is WHY we must always be READY for the coming of Jesus and the rapture of the church.
For if we are found a worker of iniquity we shall NOT inherit eternal life when Jesus returns)
Revelation 22:12. And, behold, I come quickly; and my REWARD (Or payment that is promised) is with me, to give every man according as his WORK shall be. (At the MOMENT I return which is WHY I am WARNING you beforehand that those living in unrighteous when I return will be rewarded according to their WORK of iniquity)
Revelation 22:13. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
Revelation 22:14. Blessed are THEY that do his commandments, that (Or so that or in order that) THEY (Speaking of ONLY those of us who are in Jesus Christ who are OBEYING the leading of the Holy Spirit to KEEP the commandments written in the NEW Testament under the NEW Covenant) may have RIGHT to the tree of life, and may ENTER in through the gates into the city.
Revelation 22:15. For (Or because) without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loves and makes a lie.”
Over and over in the letters to the CHURCH Jesus WARNS us that if we do not overcome then we will NOT be granted eternal life in the world to come.
So I implore my readers to do your own word search on how and WHEN we receive eternal life in the world to come.
And once you see directly from God’s word that in our receiving the PROMISE of eternal life is CONDITIONAL then you will see that being saved is a PROCESS that BEGINS our faith.
Jesus is both the AUTHOR and the FINISHER of our faith and we can be ASSURED that he who BEGAN this good work in us will also complete it which means that He will never leave nor forsake us but it does NOT mean that we can never be deceived by false teaching and forsake him.
For a deeper understanding of all the verses used by those who teach that a true born-again Christians can never lose their salvation no matter what they do or do not do please read the study F-2. IS ONCE SAVED ALWAYS SAVED BIBLICAL?
Thanks for reading, and may God bless you richly as you continue to seek the TRUTH of the WHOLE word of Almighty God.
And to me, the truth concerning who Jesus TRULY is, according to the Bible ITSELF, is the Biblical Unitarian view of Jesus.
Once Christians, Jews, Muslims, and even atheists understand the REASON that Yahweh CREATED the Son of MAN, Jesus, was to have DOMINION over the work of Yahweh’s hands.
And after you understand that the REASON that Yahweh did that is to STILL His ENEMIES, Satan and the fallen angels.
Then you can understand that God made His human Son to become “a” Lord, “a” King, and “a” God, under and subject to his God and Father in order to JUDGE Satan and the fallen angels.
For a deeper understanding of this WAR that Lucifer and one third of the angels waged against the throne of Almighty God, please read the studies under the subject category called ** Q-0 Why Are We Here? Is God at WAR? **.
More studies are coming in this SHORTER Biblical Unitarian view of who Jesus is according to the WHOLE word of God.
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For further and more in-depth studies on this subject of Jesus being created to STILL the enemies of Yahweh, please read the studies called D-25. A NEW LOOK at JOHN 1:1, In the BEGINNING!
And also read the study called D-28. The PRE-ADAMIC LUCIFERIAN FLOOD!
At the top of my homepage, there are subjects or categories which contain compiled lists of ** ALL Studies! ** I have written on that particular subject. So, if a link within a study is broken, then click on ** ALL Studies! ** to find the suggested study.
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Thanks again for reading, and may God bless you richly as you continue to seek the TRUTH of the WHOLE word of Almighty God.
And to me, the truth concerning who Jesus TRULY is, according to the Bible ITSELF, is the Biblical Unitarian view of Jesus.
And again, for ALL of the studies on the Biblical Unitarian view of Jesus, please click on the subject heading ** D-0 The BIBLICAL UNITARIAN VIEW of Jesus! **
And for the SUBJECT on the true foundation of the church, please click on the subject heading ** C-0 The TRUE FOUNDATION of the Church! **
This way you can just send ONE link to those who you want to share the TRUE sound Biblical FOUNDATIONAL teachings of the church that Jesus and his Apostles taught in the first century church.
Your brother in our Lord Jesus Christ,
Brother Mark.
My heartfelt prayer is that all Christians RETURN to the TRUE FOUNDATION of the church that is taught by the very Apostles of Jesus in the first century.
So let us all come into the UNITY of the faith and return to what Jesus and his Apostles taught us in SIMPLICITY in the New Testament.
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Always be faithful to share, to preach, and to teach the whole gospel of Jesus Christ!
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