If they meet the biblical standard, they are saved, if not, they aren't.
So if they have rejected the will of man in favour of the will of God (loving neighbour as self) they are saved.
Mortal sins separate us from God and are, therefore, more significant than other sins.So when is it a sin? Why do we decide that some sins are more important than others and when does a sin become important?
So if we love God first as the commandment states does that not mean we put His will before ours, the reversal of what man has been doing since the Garden?? Is not His will commandment number two that we love neighbour as self??
Mortal sins separate us from God and are, therefore, more significant than other sins.
Yes, the second commandment is an integral part of what distinguishes a believer from a non-believer, but it is not the only thing Scripture points to that does so. A genuine believer also hungers for God's word, forsakes sin, lives in constant surrender to Christ, desires fellowship with God, is grateful, and joyful, and patient, etc.
Since we all have sin, then we should treat others the same if they
are married or walking with an escort service.
Romans 12:10
Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.
Ephesians 5:21
Submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.
1 Peter 3:8
Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind.
Ephesians 4:32
Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
Romans 14:1
As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions.
Matthew 22:36-39
“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
Matthew 7:12
“So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
Matthew 7:1-2
“Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you.
Luke 6:31
And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.
It seems to me Jesus summed that all up in His two commandments. Are we to turn from simple straightforward scripture in order to immerse ourselves in complicated theology? For who's benefit?
If we neglect to do so, our "love" quickly becomes corrupt, sentimental, selfish and so not in obedience to the second commandment, really, at all.
All sins are "mortal" sins. All sin "separate" us from God.Mortal sins separate us from God and are, therefore, more significant than other sins.
Yes, but failed to back it with scripture.
All sins are "mortal" sins. All sin "separate" us from God.
However:
The only sin that cannot be forgiven is Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. Even still.. Christ states that they are still only "in danger" of eternal damnation.
Mark 3:28-30 King James Version (KJV)
28 Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme:
29 But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation.
30 Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.
Well, the two youngest of my three brothers were alcoholics. They are both entirely free of their addiction to drink now and have been for years. Neither brother thinks of himself as an endlessly-recovering alcoholic, but as the spiritually-regenerate person Paul describes in Romans 6 who is "dead unto sin but alive unto God through Jesus Christ." My brothers don't define themselves in terms of their sin, but in the terms the Bible uses to define all born-again Christians: new creation in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17), saint (Romans 1:7; 1 Corinthians 1:2), joint-heir with Christ (Romans 8:17), redeemed, sanctified, and justified believer (1 Corinthians 1:30), etc. They look at themselves as Paul looked at the stumbling, contentious, carnal Corinthian believers:
1 Corinthians 6:9-11
9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites,
10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.
11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.
Paul here reminded the Corinthian Christians that they were not the sum of their sin, but were washed clean of their sin and made completely new in Christ. Paul did not think the Corinthian believers should have continued to frame their view of themselves in terms of their sin but rather in accord with their new spiritual identity in their Saviour.
Goodness. You couldn't be more wrong.
I'm afraid the teaching of Scripture is quite clear that a person's salvation is "black or white." You are either in the kingdom of God, in His family, or you aren't. There is no middle ground to occupy.
I disagree. All throughout the New Testament we are given criteria by which to judge if we (or others) are within the faith or not (Matthew 7:17-20; Romans 6:22; Galatians 5:22-23; 1 John 3:14; Jeremiah 15:16; Romans 8:16, 1 Corinthians 16:22; Galatians 1:8-9, etc). I am well within biblical boundaries, then, to assess a person's claim to salvation on the basis of the criteria given in Scripture. If they meet the biblical standard, they are saved, if not, they aren't.
But God's will is not simple. Sometimes its utterly mystifying.
There is no need to. It speaks for itself. The Holy Spirit would stand aghast at the thought that you needed a scriptural endorsement to realise that.
Incidentally, the Old Testament would have been Jesus' Bible, but I don't recall Jesus ever specifying the author of his scriptural quotes, or chapter and verse or any equivalent markers. 'It is written...' or just 'scripture?', I recall. He expected his audience to recognise the words and teachings.
There is no need to. It speaks for itself. The Holy Spirit would stand aghast at the thought that you needed a scriptural endorsement to realise that.
He summed it all up in two commandments. Put His will before the will of man, that will being love all neighbours as self. Seems simple enough. Why do people confuse the theology (religious philosophy aka opinion) of man with the word of God? They serve two different masters.
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