I believe there are two realities in salvation. There is the positional reality where we are positionally placed in Christ the moment we believe. This is apart from any behavior change or even water baptism. The second salvation reality is experiential. For one to experience the reality of salvation in their life one must live according to the will of God. This includes water baptism. Each step we take in obedience to the faith will bring us into a more deeper and life changing experience of God's saving work in us. It's these experiences that change us to become more like Christ.
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CF has always been a site that welcomes people from different backgrounds and beliefs to participate in discussion and even debate. That is the nature of its ministry. In view of recent events emotions are running very high. We need to remind people of some basic principles in debating on this site. We need to be civil when we express differences in opinion. No personal attacks. Avoid you, your statements. Don't characterize an entire political party with comparisons to Fascism or Communism or other extreme movements that committed atrocities. CF is not the place for broad brush or blanket statements about groups and political parties. Put the broad brushes and blankets away when you come to CF, better yet, put them in the incinerator. Debate had no place for them. We need to remember that people that commit acts of violence represent themselves or a small extreme faction.
Salvation and behavior change...
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We are positionally placed in Christ the moment we come to God just as we are, sinful, helpless, dependent, believing that the merits of Christ's sacrifice are sufficient to present to the Father in our behalf in order to receive all the blessings of the covenant of grace, that is, to receive the grace of the Holy Spirit which brings the righteousness of Christ into the life which accomplishes everything as it is made manifest in obedience to the will of God as expressed in the precepts of His holy law. Thus we become one with Christ and we are walking in the light as He is in the light.
This is our lifebusiness.
rainbow
We are positionally placed in Christ the moment we come to God just as we are, sinful, helpless, dependent, believing that the merits of Christ's sacrifice are sufficient to present to the Father in our behalf in order to receive all the blessings of the covenant of grace, that is, to receive the grace of the Holy Spirit which brings the righteousness of Christ into the life which accomplishes everything as it is made manifest in obedience to the will of God as expressed in the precepts of His holy law. Thus we become one with Christ and we are walking in the light as He is in the light.
This is our lifebusiness.
rainbow
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