Oscarr said in post #81:
This foreshadowed justification by faith and not by works.
Initial salvation is by grace through faith without any works at all on our part (Romans 4:1-5, Ephesians 2:8-9, Titus 3:5; 2 Timothy 1:9). But note that other passages show that initially saved people must have both faith and continued works of faith (1 Thessalonians 1:3, Galatians 5:6b, Titus 3:8) (not works of the letter of the Old Covenant Mosaic law) if they are to obtain ultimate salvation (Romans 2:6-8, James 2:24, Matthew 7:21, Matthew 25:26,30, Philippians 2:12b, Philippians 3:11-14; 2 Corinthians 5:9, Hebrews 5:9, Hebrews 6:10-12; 2 Peter 1:10-11, John 15:2a; 1 John 2:17b). For believers must continue to do righteous deeds if they are to continue to be righteous (1 John 3:7, James 2:24,26). And there is no assurance that believers will choose to do that, instead of wrongly employing their free will to become utterly lazy without repentance, to the ultimate loss of their salvation (Matthew 25:26,30, John 15:2a).
Oscarr said in post #81:
So, in my case, my first wife walked out of the marriage and refused to be reconciled. She has since married another. That sets me free from any obligation to her. I married a widow, so my remarriage is that much further away from any scripture that would be applied to condemn me in any way.
That's right.
But note that you (like the OP) are still married (in God's eyes) to two women at the same time. (If neither you nor your first wife had prior, valid spouses).
For see post #30 above.
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Oscarr said in post #84:
"There is no condemnation to those in Christ".
Romans 8:1 ¶There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Note that in the original Greek Textus Receptus and the KJV, the latter half of this verse states the condition for the first half. If the latter half is not done, then the first half does not apply, as other verses also make clear (e.g. Romans 8:13; 1 Corinthians 9:27, Hebrews 10:26-29).
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Oscarr said in post #88:
There are no rules for women divorcing their husbands . . .
Note that there are (Mark 10:12; 1 Corinthians 7:11).
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Oscarr said in post #92:
The Holy Spirit never causes any sense of condemnation.
Note that He does (John 16:8).
Oscarr said in post #92:
However, because no one is without sin and 95% of believers struggle with their failures and shortcomings and the other five percent are liars, wouldn't that mean that a person is lost every time they sin and are saved all over again when they confess?
No, for it is only if Christians continue in a sin without repentance, until death (1 John 5:16b) or Jesus' return (Luke 12:45-46), that they will ultimately lose their salvation due to unrepentant sin (Hebrews 10:26-29; 1 Corinthians 9:27, Galatians 5:19-21).
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Oscarr said in post #96:
If we could claim salvation by faith and then continue the live the Christian life by rule of Law then it means that Jesus is not a complete Saviour at all - that His work on the Cross was not a finished work.
No, for only Jesus can save people (John 14:6, John 3:36), by his sacrifice (Romans 3:25), and the ability that he gives to saved people to continue in the faith (Hebrews 12:2), to continue to do good works (John 15:5), to continue to repent from any sin that they commit (John 8:34-36), and to overcome to the end (Revelation 12:11), by their own choice. All NOSAS does is admit that there is no assurance that every saved person will choose to continue to do all of these things to the end.
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Oscarr said in post #98:
Therefore legalists are the ones in danger of losing their salvation, that is, if they never came through the narrow gate in the first place, but over the wall of legalism.
Note that grace sets Christians free from the letter of the Old Covenant Mosaic law (Romans 6:14b, John 1:17, Romans 7:6), but not from Jesus' New Covenant law (Galatians 6:2, John 15:10; 1 Corinthians 9:21, Jeremiah 31:31-34, Matthew 26:28), the commandments of which (John 14:15) are those he gave, for example, in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:19 to 7:29) and in the epistles of Paul the apostle (1 Corinthians 14:37). For while Christians are initially saved by grace, by faith only (Ephesians 2:8-9, Titus 3:5, Romans 4:1-5), and do not have to obey the letter of the commandments of the Old Covenant Mosaic law in order to obtain ultimate salvation (Galatians 2:16, Romans 7:6), they do have to obey Jesus' New Covenant commandments in order to obtain ultimate salvation (Hebrews 5:9, Matthew 7:21, Romans 2:6-8).
It is by Christians obeying Jesus' New Covenant commandments, whether obeying them currently (1 John 3:24) or during the future tribulation of Matthew 24 and Revelation chapters 6 to 18 (Revelation 14:12-13, Revelation 12:17b), that Christians can be sure that they are truly loving Jesus (John 14:21-24; 1 John 5:3), and remaining in his love (John 15:10, John 14:21b,23b, Jude 1:21). Christians must fear ultimately losing their salvation, ultimately being cut off the same as unbelievers, if they do not continue in his goodness (Romans 11:20-22, Luke 12:45-46).