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10) Salvation is freely received in a point of time.
In a point of time a person believes on the Lord
Jesus Christ and passes from death to life (John
5:24).
11) Salvation is based upon what Christ has
done.
“Being justified freely by His grace THROUGH
THE REDEMPTION that is in Christ Jesus” (Rom.
3:24).
12) When it comes
to salvation,
what is man's
part? The
answer: FAITH
“And they said,
Believe on the Lord
Jesus Christ, and
thou
shalt
be
saved” (Acts 16:31).
God does the saving; we do the believing.
13) The question of salvation: DID YOU
BELIEVE ON CHRIST?
“It pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to
SAVE them that BELIEVE” (1 Cor. 1:21).
14) When it comes to salvation, there are certain
things that God does not remember.
“And their sins and iniquities will I remember no
more” (Heb. 10:17).
15) Salvation always involves God's full approval
in Christ.
“To the praise of the glory of His grace, wherein He
hath made us ACCEPTED [highly favored] in the
Beloved” (Eph. 1:6).
16) All believers share the same salvation.
The “salvation package” of one believer contains
everything that is found in the “salvation package”
of another believer. We share the same “so-great
salvation (Heb. 2:3). We are RICH in Christ and
possess every spiritual blessing in Him (Eph. 1:3).
Salvation
10) Rewards are earned throughout a whole believing lifetime.
“For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one
may receive the things done in his body [from the point of salvation to the
point when the believer goes to be with the Lord], according to that he hath
done, whether it be good or bad” (2 Cor. 5:10).
11) Rewards are based upon what we have done (as believers).
“...that every one may receive the things done in his body, ACCORDING TO
THAT HE HATH DONE, whether it be good or bad” (2 Cor. 5:10).
12) When it comes to rewards, what is man's part? The answer:
FAITHFULNESS.
“He that is FAITHFUL in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he
that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much. If therefore ye have not been
faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true
riches? And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who
shall give you that which is your own?” (Luke 16:10-12).
13) The question of rewards: HAVE YOU BEEN ABIDING IN
CHRIST?
“And now, little children, ABIDE IN HIM; that, when He shall appear, we
may have confidence, and not be ashamed before Him at His coming” (1
John 2:28).
14) When it comes to rewards, there are certain things that God does
remember.
“For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye
have showed toward His Name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and
do minister” (Heb. 6:10).
15) Rewards may involve God's disapproval.
“But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and
there is no respect of persons” (Col. 3:25). See also 1 John 2:28 which
implies the possibility of SHAME because of God's disapproval and see Phil.
3:8 where Paul sacrificed all so that he might gain or win Christ and His
approval.
16) All believers do not share the same rewards.
“And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto Him, Grant that these
my two sons may sit, the one on Thy right hand, and the other on the left, in
Thy kingdom....And He saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup,
and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on My
right hand, and on My left, is not Mine to give, but it shall be given to them
for whom it is prepared of My Father (Matthew 20:21,23).
Not all believers will sit at Christ's right and at His left. This place and
position will be reserved for two believers, as determined by God the
righteous Judge.
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Salvation vs. Rewards:
Continued from the May Issue
Rewards
And that from a child
thou hast known the
holy scriptures, which
are able to make thee
wise unto salvation
through faith which is
in Christ Jesus.
(2 Timothy 3:15).
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