Silverhair
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when God places an individual into Christ spiritually, based on crediting their faith as righteousness.
Sigh...
The above runs contrary to scripture.
Let's read scripture.
Ephesians 2:4-5
But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—
Notice what we don't see. Nowhere does it say "based on crediting their faith as righteousness."
It only says "even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved."
Now, Van, you seem to misunderstand salvation and thus only see justification. Justification comes after salvation, therefore the elect are placed into Christ before faith is even given to a Christians so that the faith God gives them might be their means of justification.
Now, I dare you to address the text and me directly rather than drift into third person response.
Why do you always ignore this text
Eph 1:13 In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation—having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise,
Eph 1:14 who is given as a pledge of our inheritance, with a view to the redemption of God's own possession, to the praise of His glory.
Seems quite clear to me. hear the gospel, believe the gospel God saves. Is that to hard for you to accept as it does not fit with of theological view?