Featured Truly saved, or just saved?

None whatsoever. "Truly saved" is a misnomer, coined for argument's sake. As Jon said, "saved is saved." Either one is, or one isn't. End of story, as least from the perspective of God, who is the only one who can tell there is a difference.

 

No difference, period...

 

A Brother who used to post on here, and actually helped baptize me on 6/10/2007(I'll never forget that day), said he witnessed a deacon coming forth, one who had been a deacon for years, and stating he wanted rebaptized. He had thought he was saved, and found out he wasn't. Served as a deacon and was lost. He had an honest heart when confronted with the truth...

 

Yes, and it does bring to my mind the verse in 1 Cor 3:15 talking about our works rewards before the judgment seat of Christ.

If it is burned up, the builder will suffer loss but yet will be saved--even though only as one escaping through the flames.

Here is the guy who made it through with the D-. I have often wondered about this guy. We know two things, one, he is truly saved, and two, he did have works. That to me excludes those who have done nothing for the Lord since salvation. I have always wondered what works got this status. Any thoughts convicted???

 

The way I have come to see this is like this; we're not saved by our level of knowledge, but solely by the sovereign grace of God. Now, we have fallible bodies and minds, and none of us has a theology that is errorless. There are some things we hold to as biblical truths that are just flat out wrong. We may not know that, but it's true. If we were right on everything, we'd be on par with Jesus, and none will ever attain that status here. That's why some of it will be burned up, yet we're still saved.

 

The one is a claim and the other is a reality.

 

To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 1 Peter 1:4,5 KJV

to an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and unfading, reserved in the heavens for you, who, in the power of God are being guarded, through faith, unto salvation, ready to be revealed in the last time, YLT

Are you truly saved prior to receiving your salvation?

Who has actually received, been made perfect and become, the author of eternal salvation? See Heb 5:9

When that took place, was that the moment in time spoken of as before the faith came and after the faith came of Gal. 3:23 and Gal 3:25?

Who has become; The substance of things hoped for the evidence of things not seen?

in the power of God are being guarded, through faith, unto salvation,

It was through Jesus becoming the faithfulness of God, we could be given the Holy Spirit of God, to guard us, unto salvation.

Before man was created, before God said let there be light, God said I will have a Son that will be obedient unto dying, being separated from me forever, yet I will make a promise relative to that obedience, the hope of eternal life.

God believed in the obedient shed blood, wherein was the life of him, of his Son. The faith of God. God so believed in that obedient blood that he before placed Jesus as a propitiation, a place of mercy. Jesus that Son, learned and became obedient unto that death and received the promised, hope, eternal life.

That is the salvation we also shall inherit, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

 

I am not sure how you arrived at that from what I wrote in response to the OP.

 

I use truly saved a lot because there are people that believe if they are a citizen of America, living in a so called godly country that makes them saved. Others think being a patriot makes them saved, others, if they are a conservative they are saved. Some people think because mother and dad were Christians, their saved. The word has lost it's value because it is flippantly thrown around.

 

I would say it does when used in context of my original answer.

 

This is not about people claiming they are truely saved. You need to go back to the beginnig and read what was said.