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| Vol. 2, No. 10 |
November, 1965 |
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USE YOUR BIBLE . . . . . . |
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| Vol. 2, No. 10 |
November, 1965 |
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USE YOUR BIBLE . . . . . . |
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SAVED, NOW AND AFTER-A-WHILE |
| 1. | A Baptist debater once charged: "You can't preach a 'now' salvation." He believed "once saved, always saved." |
| 2. | Young lady questioned a public prayer containing the expression, "-- and save us after-a-while." She asked, "Why not now?" |
| 3. | Failure to recognize that salvation may be used in two ways: a. FROM past sins, now; b. Ultimate salvation IN heaven. |
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LATER |
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| Acts 2:47 'were being saved" (ASV) | Rom.8:24 "saved by hope" -- not seen. | |
| 1 Cor.1:18 "us who are saved" | 1 Cor.3:15 "he-- shall be saved," | |
| 2 Cor.2:15 "them that are saved" | 1 Tim.4:16 "thou shalt - save thyself" | |
| 2 Tim.1:9 "who hath saved us" | Jas.5:20 "save a (brother's) soul" | |
| No conflict in these passages. Some refer to salvation from sins, brought into covenant relationship with God: while others refer to final redemption in heaven, at the conclusion of a faithful life of service. |
| Old Testament Illustrations | |||
| Ex. 14:13 "Stand still, and see the salvation of Jehovah---today." | |||
| a. Refers to salvation FROM Egyptian, in the crossing of red sea. | |||
| b. Some forty years later, they were "saved" in Canaan Land. | |||
| * Many who crossed sea, did not enter Canaan. 1 Cor.10:1-12 | |||
| May be "saved" from past sins, yet miss heaven. | |||
| 2 Pet.2:1 Some "bought" (by Christ's blood) deny their Lord. | |||
| Bring upon themselves swift destruction. 2 Pet.2:20-22 | |||
| Heb.3:6 We are Christ's house "if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end." | |||
| Heb.3:12 "Take heed, brethren,------------departing from God" | |||
| Some say "Believer is sealed against loss by God's "SHALL NOT." (Jn.5:24) | |||
| But unbeliever also sealed against salvation by same words. (Jn.3:36) | |||
| BOTH----CAN CHANGE THEIR OWN STATUS | |||
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