Sentences with phrase «earning salvation»

But doesn't that sound suspiciously like us earning our salvation?

The biblical view of salvation is not about earning salvation through works but about obedience to Jesus Christ and taking up our cross and following him no matter what the cost.

But other times it seems some of them truly did believe that they played a part in earning salvation, although in other places these same authors denied it.

Scripture says that there is NOTHING we can do to EARN salvation (even if we put our minds to it).

How do you earn your salvation?

Also, Christians don't keep score, so to speak, but we do our best to obey God, not because we are trying to earn salvation, but because we are thankful for the gift.

We new creatures in Christ do good works because we are saved, not to earn salvation, much less our own godhood.

We are saved by the grace of God and can add nothing to what God has already done for us we can not earn our salvation nor do we deserve it but God does require something of us and that is that we believe in his son as our saviour and Lord and that we acknowledge our sin repent and chose to follow him with all our heart.brentnz

Calvinists often argue that if man «contributes» faith to the process of salvation, then man has done a good work to earn that salvation, which therefore makes salvation not a gracious gift of God but a transaction between God and man.

But no amount of civil righteousness amounts to spiritual righteousness, that is, the right - acting that may earn salvation.

And at the end of the day, the vast majority of them would attribute their salvation to God's grace rather than anything they had done to earn salvation.

Yes, it is true that we can not earn salvation on our own merit but it is also true that God's undeserved mercy is absolutely conditional on authentic repentance and faith.

I am not trying to earn my salvation!

Here is my point: Doing something to RECEIVE salvation and doing something to EARN salvation are two very different things.

I specifically found your remarks that you could argue that Mormons are «just as orthodox as many» evangelical protestants,» specifically in regard to the role of good works in salvation» to be particularly interesting given a common description by LDS critics that Mormons try to earn their salvation.

So I am a faithful person, I have been bornagain by both water and faith, according to the Scriptures that is the requirement of Salvation and I produce Good works not to earn salvation but as result of belief in Jesus and I do not believe in Sola Fide I do believe my Salvation is an ongoing process, because should I turn away from Christ I do believe salvation can be lost.

So when I say Mormons are just as orthodox as many evangelical Protestants, I am actually saying that I think both are trying to earn their salvation.»

I have asked God for clear understanding on baptism MANY times and still find myself in a pickle over it so conclusion is «do what they that were mentioned as saved did» I already TRUST IN CHRIST as my savior, knowing I can not earn my salvation by works or deeds.

As it is IMPOSSIBLE to earn your salvation.

The pope also called out Christians who try to earn their salvation through works and associating with groups that don't actually do the things they say they are going to do.

Thus, while Jews did believe that their covenant obligation was to live by Torah (nomos in Greek), they did not believe that their efforts earned them salvation.

So it's not that you can earn your salvation through work.

It's a misunderstanding that somehow Catholics believe you can earn salvation.

On this day, Christians focus intensely on their utter and complete sinfulness and the necessity of Christ's suffering and death to earn their salvation.

Paul Schrader, raised in the Dutch Calvinist Christian Reformed Church, which basically believes that Christians don't earn their salvation but rather receive it as a gift they don't deserve, has made it his life's work to react against his faith — and to live it, too, when reaction fails.

Not exact matches

The first step in salvation is the confession that we are ALL sinners, then to realize that we can NEVER earn our way into Heaven regardless of how good we were, what or how much we did for others, how much we loved or were loved.

While it is true that salvation is not earned, it doesn't mean that Christians aren't rewarded / punished for behavior.

Righteous living is optional because salvation is a gift, not something you earn be living righteously.

We did not work for salvation, we did not earn it.

This is because Christian doctrine states quite clearly that we CAN NOT «earn» «merit» or «deserve» salvation or redemption based on the «good» we do.

And just so you understand me I am equally convinced that salvation is a free gift that we can not earn.

For the legalist trying to earn God's favor through good behavior, the bad news is that works of righteousness are not enough impress a holy God; the good news is that salvation is a gift.

Acknowledgment of this comes on occasion even from those who earned their fame (often their fortunes, too) by preaching salvation through science.

Honestly, while I'm frustrated that God hasn't «fixed» my situation to this point, I'm so grateful that nothing can take away the salvation he has earned for me.

In that statement we affirmed that the justification of sinners, which is not earned by any good works or merits of our own, leads us toward the fullness of salvation that is promised in the final kingdom.

PJJ... Jesus said to do that in remembrance of Him, as a symbol of the heart, not as a critical component of salvation where you have to «work» or «do» things to earn your way into heaven.

Ephesians 2:8 - 9 is saying that salvation is a gift of God that was bestowed on us through our faith, not because we earned it by works.

1) that eternal life given on the basis of faith alone, in Christ alone, apart from works; 2) that eternal security is part of the gift of eternal life; 3) that assurance of salvation is through faith in Christ's promise of eternal life, and not by looking at one's own works 4) Christians can apostatize in this life, and are still eternally secure 5) eternal rewards are earned by faithful works, and lost by unfaithfulness 6) unlimited atonement 7) free - will to respond to God's drawing or not

Of course, the Bible teaches that salvation is a gift that could never be earned but it is clearly conditional.

You are a sinner and can not earn your own salvation and need to realize that your sins condemn you without the finished works of Jesus.

His commands, like all moral principles, show us where our heart is, but they do not earn for us either salvation or damnation.

I would certainly agree that we can not be good enough and follow enough rules to earn any part of our salvation.

Christians believe that we can not «work» or «earn» our salvation, but only can we enter Heaven by repentance of sin and trusting in Jesus as our savior who paid for our sins on the Cross.

Therefore, having earned a reward by his sacrificial death, we can avail ourselves of the eternal salvation he has merited.

The RCC believes strongly in the concept of solipsistically earned Sanctifying Grace, necessary to salvation and earned by good works and adherence to the commandments.

Note distinction between Christian concept of grace, and all the rest requiring that we earn some or all of our salvation, as in temple duties and missionary work.

3) Here, Jesus identifies people as a part of His kingdom who could do absolutely nothing to earn it, this then becomes a powerful demonstration that salvation is by grace alone, not of works.

My friends obeying God is not works salvation, i can never earn my way into heaven, but in disobedience i can earn myself a ticket to hell.

Here, Jesus identifies people as a part of His kingdom who could do absolutely nothing to earn it, this then becomes a powerful demonstration that salvation is by grace alone, not of works.

Because salvation is, apparently, a prize won by the deserving, and the deserving earned their prize by the act of forcefully willing their opinions from incredulous to believing.