Salvation?
Is there a chance of losing salvation? If you are truly saved there is no chance of losing it. You can be confident of this very fact, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;Philippians 1:6
For We are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
Ephesians 2:10
This verse is talking about the spiritually regenerated man. His great mercy and love reconciled man to Himself by taking on the punishment for sin on His own body at Calvary. This is made possible by faith, and faith alone and not by works of law.
What does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith which we preach): that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Romans 10:8-10 We were spiritually dead because of our sins and carnal desires. God wanted to regenerate us from this stage and so “Jesus gave Himself up for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works.
Titus 2:14
That’s His grace which brought salvation to all those who believe in His great work of redemption. We are promised the blessed hope of our eternal relationship with Him. We are His choice and our reciprocal behaviour is total surrender to the promptings of the Holy Spirit. One who is in Christ is a new creation and he joins with the body of Christ, His church. The new identify of the believer in Christ is given in these verses.
“For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ. For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free—and have all been made to drink into one Spirit”.
I Corinthians 12:12-13
The Spirit of God dwells in the believer and guides him according to the Word of God. Though we may belong to the different denominations of the church constant reading of the Bible will inspire us to follow the right path and leave unnecessary rituals and wrong interpretations. Once you know the truth you will be bold enough to leave whatever is not Biblical…If you are convinced of the truth you will follow truth leaving aside everything else. What is truth? Jesus prays to the Father
“Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth.” John 17:17
Truth will set us free. One who is rightly saved will be guided by truth, that’s the Word of God. This is how you can say about yourself that you are the workmanship or masterpiece made for good works created in Christ. He who started this new work in you is God and He will continue this work till the very day you will be taken up or raptured to be united with Christ Jesus. If you waver from the right path the Holy Spirit will bring it’s awareness in us to repent and return to Him again. And the journey continues till the very end. He will redeem us from every ungodly ways and keep us with Him as part of His body, the church. Praise Jesus.
Prayer
Thank you, Heavenly Father, for keeping us as part of the Body of Christ, the Church. Thank you for the blessed hope we have in You. Bless us O Lord. Keep us away from temptations and temporary pleasures. In the name of Jesus, we pray. Amen.
Sol. Salomi Kurian