Who then can be saved?

[fhansen]

That's all well and good, but it still doesn't support the saved by works gospel at all. Nowhere do any of the above say, you must do these things in order to be saved.

So inheriting eternal life is different from being saved now??

 

[fhansen]

I don't do good works to be saved, I do them because I'm saved, see how that works. Your gospel message is completely different from the one found in the Bible.

If a person does good works, produces good fruit, due to their encounter and relationship with Christ, their connection to the Vine, and continues to do so throughout their lives, then they should have a high level of assurance that they’re one of His, that they’ve persevered. And if the thief on the cross had been allowed down from his cross, given more time, gifts, opportunity, then more would’ve been expected of him. Luke 12:48 as well as the Parable of the Talents shed light on this.

 

[fhansen]

Jesus never said, "if you believe in Me, you might be saved". You will not find a single verse in the Bible to support this idea that salvation is a maybe, depending on how good you are.

Jesus said lots of things, and we don’t throw out the parts we don’t like.

If you want to enter life, keep the commandments.” Matt 19:17

“For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.” Matt 6-14-15

Any of this can only be authentically accomplished via love, via grace, via the power of the Spirit by one who’s been justified. With Him, we can reciprocate with the love we’ve been shown, and given. And of course John tells us in his letters that, if we don’t love, we’re not one of His.

 

[NewLifeInChristJesus]

It actually sounds like a Biblical view, and if you believe that the Bible is Gods Word, then you also believe it's actually Gods point of view as well.

I get it, natural man can't accept Gods point of view as it goes against human nature. That's why God must regenerate a man and change his nature before the man can receive spiritual things. Until then, they are foolishness to him.

Unregenerate people approach the Bible, with preconceived ideas and expectations of what it must be saying. No natural man can receive the truth, while his sin nature dominates him.

I don't think this post complies with CF's rules of engagement. But of more concern than that is the judgementalism that is packed into your comments. Some introspection on your part is needed to address this issue.