No other structure in the world can be called on to
promise eternal salvation, and when such salvific claims are made in the name of some nation, race, social class, religion, or ideology, the church must fight such idolatry and blasphemy with all its means of persuasion, even to the point of martyrdom.
Not exact matches
The Bible is so ambiguous, it's not even clear what exactly is required for its main
promise of
eternal salvation, that any of the good teachings in it are rendered meaningless by the evil teachings that are in it.
The church and its members have a special and exclusive calling to be witnesses of God's
promise of
eternal salvation through faith in Jesus Christ.
who with the lordship position can ever know that they have a personal relationship with christ and can stand on his
promises of the certainty of
salvation and
eternal life.
Assurance of
salvation is based on God's
promises in Scripture that those who believe in Jesus will receive
eternal life.
Is it possible that the reason that the Corinthians were so concerned about baptism is that they had been taught by the Apostle Paul and other Christian evangelists that
salvation and the
promise of the resurrection of the dead and
eternal life are received in Baptism, just as orthodox Christians, including Lutherans, have been teaching for almost 2,000 years??
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
In communities under siege from plague, wars and malnutrition, the Virgin's breast was a symbol of God's loving provision of life, the nourishment and care that sustain life, and the
salvation that
promises eternal life.
We spell out this great Word of God — Jesus Christ — reconciliation,
salvation, forgiveness of sins,
promise of
eternal life, fulfilment of all things in God's own life.
bro.Jeremy; if our
salvation is not secured then
eternal life is never offered at all, or it is just a merely false
promise of God.
They all worshiped very powerful beings — that, after all, is what gods and goddesses are — and the more recently imported cults were very much concerned to offer
salvation, including the
promise of
eternal life, to their adherents.
Regardless it helps lay to rest the argument about losing a
salvation that is
promised as
eternal.
The book of Hebrews has more words like confidence, boldness, assurance, confirmation, access,
promises, hope,
eternal redemption,
eternal salvation and
eternal inheritance than any other book of the Bible.
At that time I had absolute assurance of my
eternal salvation BECAUSE God
promised it to me in His Word (John 3:16).
I do not want to hold my
eternal salvation in my own fragile hands, and why do that when we're all
promised so much more help!
Rather, assuming that we agree with your premise — that people who believe these things remain unsaved — there is another entirely viable option: that it is not sufficient to believe these things apart from the
promise of
eternal life by faith alone in Christ, but that these these are indeed essential elements of the gospel that must be believed for
salvation.