Eddie Ramos
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But what about the ones in the general population of Christendom?
This is a question that has widely been ignored for the most part because most self proclaimed Christians give no thought to their salvation. In other words, once they "ABC" (accept, believe and confess), they believe that this has secured salvation for them, when it has not. There is not a single thing any man must do to enter into the kingdom of God, for any act of obedience to a commandment of God is a work, and none are saved by their own works. God has chosen a people for himself to become saved (the elect) and He has indeed saved them. But what most do not understand is that every part of salvation is all the work of God from start to finish.
Philippians 1:6
Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
John 6:29
Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
Most self professed Christians trust in something they have done in order to become saved, the Pharisees made than same mistake.
Luke 18:10-13
Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.
11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
12 I fast twice in the week (twice in the Sabbath), I give tithes of all that I possess.
13 And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
The words, "I fast" and "I give tithes" are pointing to the keeping of the law. Essentially what this Pharisee was doing was trusting in his works. Well, self professed Christians do the same thing but they don't realize it. They trust in the fact that they have kept a commandment of God and yet think it is not a work. God commands to believe and people obey that commandment and think that that saved them, but it doesn't. God even gives us a crystal clear picture of this tremendous dilemma which the churches have engrained into their followers of believing in order to become saved.
Acts 8:13
Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done.
This man Simon who was a sorcerer, made the decision to believe and be baptized. Now if he had done this at an altar call in a church, he would have been guaranteed to be a child of God by the pastor because of what Simon did. But as we know, Simon never became saved.
Acts 8:23
For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.
This is a huge red flag which has gone ingored and so people make themselves professed believers all the time, but in the end, it amounts to nothing because they are still in their sins and have to pay for them with their death.
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