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In John 6:37-40 Jesus explains what the will of the Father is. He explains that all who the Father gives to him will come to him and those who the Father give to Jesus are saved and eternally secure it is done. But how do people know if they were given to Jesus by the Father? Just who are the unsaved people in Matthew 7:21-23? Are they people who never came to Jesus for salvation and instead trusted in their own works to save them? Their ability to keep the law? Jesus partially answers my question in John 6:37 when he says all that the Father gives me will come to me. So this means that everyone who comes to Jesus for salvation will be saved? What about those who come to Jesus for salvation and later reject Jesus?
I don't believe a person can be unborn again so were they just never born again to begin with? But that can't be true because its one of the promises of God that those who ask for salvation will become born again and will receive salvation. Those who have faith in Christ are given the holy spirit to reside in them FOREVER! That is a promise of God! So those who later reject Christ must still be saved from hell. What about people who come to Jesus for salvation and then later say "Well my sins are paid for that means I can live however I want and do whatever I want." Paul put it this way: "shall we go live in sin now that we know that our sins are paid for and we are not held accountable for them? By no means!" but these kinds of people do exist. Are they saved? What if a person has no works are they still saved and eternally secure? James says in James 2 that faith without works is dead. But Paul said that we are not saved by our works. He also said in Romans 4:5
"However, to the one who does not work but trusts God who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness."
So that must mean that people who have no works are still saved. They won't have any or hardly any rewards in heaven but they're still saved. They might not make it to the kingdom of heaven but they are still saved. Is that the answer to my question? Everyone who comes to Jesus for salvation will be saved and are eternally secure but some will lose heavenly rewards? One of those rewards being the kingdom of heaven? After all Moses was denied entry into the promised land for sin so it could be the same thing with the kingdom of heaven. I don't know. I'm just really confused on just what exactly Jesus meant in John 6:37-40.
I don't believe a person can be unborn again so were they just never born again to begin with? But that can't be true because its one of the promises of God that those who ask for salvation will become born again and will receive salvation. Those who have faith in Christ are given the holy spirit to reside in them FOREVER! That is a promise of God! So those who later reject Christ must still be saved from hell. What about people who come to Jesus for salvation and then later say "Well my sins are paid for that means I can live however I want and do whatever I want." Paul put it this way: "shall we go live in sin now that we know that our sins are paid for and we are not held accountable for them? By no means!" but these kinds of people do exist. Are they saved? What if a person has no works are they still saved and eternally secure? James says in James 2 that faith without works is dead. But Paul said that we are not saved by our works. He also said in Romans 4:5
"However, to the one who does not work but trusts God who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness."
So that must mean that people who have no works are still saved. They won't have any or hardly any rewards in heaven but they're still saved. They might not make it to the kingdom of heaven but they are still saved. Is that the answer to my question? Everyone who comes to Jesus for salvation will be saved and are eternally secure but some will lose heavenly rewards? One of those rewards being the kingdom of heaven? After all Moses was denied entry into the promised land for sin so it could be the same thing with the kingdom of heaven. I don't know. I'm just really confused on just what exactly Jesus meant in John 6:37-40.