Today,
reply is on the many assurances of salvation that are being provided
by divinity. The fighter in the public forum at “Yahoo! Answers”
Religion and Spirituality who uses the ID “DWILSO1034” (Level 1
with 187 points, a member since January 20, 2006) posted the
following:
Why
is Salvation Assurance so important?
THE
GOLDEN ARROW: Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure,
having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, let every
one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity. (2nd
Timothy 2: 19, King James Version, KJV)
THE
DOUBLE DAGGER: The Witness of Oceans (06/28/2018); Jesus Came To
Fulfill? (01/16/2018); Certainty, Conviction and Faith (01/05/2018);
Enduring As A Believer? (12/06/2015); Knowing? (05/24/2015); Knowing
the Spirit is Inside? 10/07/2014); Assurances of Salvation?
(10/07/2013); Of War and Judgment (10/08/2013)
“DWILSO1034”,
be encouraged! The many separations from our Savior Jesus Christ
that Christians must endure until his Second Coming have been
rendered less damaging by the empty tomb, and continuing blessed
assurances. The certainty of salvation is being established by GOD
as ongoing truth among mankind, the holy angels, and all Creation
(i.e., the hills, the mountains, the valleys, the waters). Included
have been the active presence of divinity on the earth
using human flesh (we say, Incarnation) as Jesus Christ; covenants,
proclamations, promises, and prophecy; the granting of forgiveness
and new life to sinners through water baptism (i.e., the death and
burial of ones inborn spirit with its rebirth (resurrection) from
divine seed); the sacred gifts from the Holy Spirit (we also say, the
Comforter; the Holy Ghost; the Spirit of Prophecy; the Spirit of
Truth); and that the children of GOD through Jesus Christ who are the new creation will be marked and sealed. In the same way
a man who buys a house makes a long-term commitment of indefinite
duration and shows “good faith” by providing partial payment up
front (we say, a down payment; an earnest; a pledge) divinity has
responded to the character and nature of finite created beings and
living creatures with divine operations and process that respond to
their personhood. Consider again the following that uses language
from the Bible:
(1.)
1st Peter 4: 14-16, King James Version (KJV): 14 If ye
be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the
spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is
evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified. 15 But let none of
you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an
evildoer, or as a busybody in other men’s
matters. 16 Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not
be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
(2.)
2nd
Peter 1: 3-5, KJV: 3 According as his divine power hath given unto
us all things that pertain
unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath
called us to glory and virtue: 4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding
great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of
the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world
through lust. 5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your
faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
(3.)
2nd
Corinthians 5: 4-7, KJV: 4 For we that are in this
tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be
unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of
life. 5 Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is
God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit. 6
Therefore we
are
always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we
are absent from the Lord: 7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
(4.)
Galatians 5: 17, KJV: 17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit,
and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to
the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
(5.)
Romans 8: 26-27, KJV: 26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our
infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought:
but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which
cannot be uttered. 27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what
is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for
the saints according to the will of God.
There
is far more that should be said, correctly examined, and spiritually
apprehended. (For example, (6.) Romans 8: 5-9, KJV: 5 For they
that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they
that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. 6 For to be
carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is
life and peace. 7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against
God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. 9 But ye
are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of
God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is
none of his.) Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it
unto you according to your faith.
THE
BLACK PHOENIX
Washington,
DC
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