Featured Salvation Formula

Revealing Grace + Repentance + Faith + Election + Spiritual Baptism + Conversion + Indwelling = Salvation + Good Works

Where:

Revealing Grace = hearing and understanding the call through the gospel of Christ.

Repentance + Faith = turning from our self-centered life to trusting in Christ alone with our life, now and forever.

Election = God choosing for salvation those whose faith He credits as righteousness.

Spiritual Baptism = God sets a person apart by placing them spiritually “in Christ.”

Conversion = Once “in Christ” a person undergoes the circumcision of Christ and arises “in Christ” a new creation, created for good works. It is a spiritual work of God, not us changing our minds.

Indwelling = After God puts us spiritually in Christ, He seals us with the Holy Spirit forever. The Holy Spirit provides each born again (converted) believer with light to understand the meat of God’s word, awareness of the will of God, and brings to mind our sins such that we are convicted. As we grow more mature, we will exhibit the fruit of the Spirit.

Salvation = First our "spiritual baptism into Christ" results in "positional sanctification" freeing us from the penalty of sin; Next as our indwelt Holy Spirit leads us from new born Christian to Christian maturity describes our "progressive sanctification" freeing us from the power of sin; and finally our adoption in glorified bodies at Christ's second coming results in our "ultimate sanctification" freeing us from the presence of sin.

Good Works = reflects our accomplishments for Christ after our positional sanctification and conversion during the remainder of our physical lifetime. If we build on Christ's foundation, we will enter heaven "abundantly" but if our "good works" burn up like straw, we still enter heaven, but as one escaping from a fire.

 

John 3:16 says everyone who believes into Christ shall not perish but have eternal life. How does God put us into Christ - the sanctifying work of the Spirit 1 Peter 1:1-2

 

It is God who counts our faith as righteousness. Ask yourself, what if you faith was superficial, like soil #2, or your faith was not only in Christ, but you still treasured worldly things like soil #3, did God credit those "faiths" as righteousness? I do not think so. (Matthew 13:20-22)

 

Salvation, positional sanctification, results in us being created for good works. It is part of the equation. But "good works" does not sustain our salvation, we still get to heaven even if we push mistaken doctrine, which does not merit eternal rewards. Once saved, always saved!

 

From my prior post: But "good works" does not sustain our salvation, we still get to heaven even if we push mistaken doctrine, which does not merit eternal rewards. Once saved, always saved!

Yes we differ. God rejects "superficial" faith or or faith that lets worldly concerns choke out our devotion to God. But we do agree, we all sin in our own estimation. Of course, in Christ we are sinless in God's eyes. We agree our sins, past, present and future are forgiven.

 

Not sure what the purpose of this post is, it reads like you did not understand the opening post.
Good works are the result of salvation, we are created in Christ for good works. It is something we can only do after we are born anew in Christ. Before that, while lost all our works of righteousness are filthy rags.

Next you seem to be pushing all born anew are predestined to produce good works. What about those who enter heaven as one escaping from a fire?

Please stop wasting space addressing false conclusions.

 

Thus far, the only objection to the equation is the claim if we believe in our own estimation, we are automatically saved. They claim God does not determine whether we believe in accordance with His standards. Romans 4 teaches God does.

 

No one said your faith was rejected by God. God knows who are His. Scripture tells me not to judge.

We differ in that you seem to think if a person, in their own estimation, has faith in Christ, they are automatically saved. Scripture teaches that it is God who decides whose faith will be credited as righteousness.

 

MB, the equation says salvation results in "good works." Twice now you have suggested I said salvation is the result of works. Once saved (positionally sanctified) we are a new creation created for "good works."

Here is what you said "It is too bad that you [Van] feel you have to work to keep your Salvation" "I merely pointed out that works is not part of the Salvation formula."

And to repeat here is what I [Van] said:But "good works" does not sustain our salvation, we still get to heaven

If all you want to post about is false charges, please do not waste electrons. If you have any views that actually differ from the OP, please address the specifics.

 

Hi MB, I did not see any specifics. I did not ask you to question your faith. I am to question my faith, per Paul's instructions concerning communion.