WHAT IS EPH 2:8 REALLY ALL ABOUT ….
ETO ANG SINABI NI : ISA SIYANG BORN AGAIN.. PASTOR YATA ITO.. PAKI CONFIRM MO LANG HA ….BOYET.. THAT IS THE WAY I READ YOU…
Boyet Lopez Abella Jerome Reymundo ligtas ka pagtinanggap mo si Jesucristo bilang iyong Dios at tagapagligtas. tama ka Jesus paid it all.kaya nga sinabi niya it is finished. because of him we are saved by grace.(eph.2:8)
SAGOT NG ISANG KATOLICO….
TALAKAYIN NATIN ANG SINABI NIYA… WITH THE VERSE THAT HE QUOTED… MAHILIG ANG MGA PROTESTANTE AT MGA BORN AGAIN… TO WRENCH SCRIPTURES… AND TREATING IT AS A GENERAL STATEMENT…
Ephesians 2:8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—
LETS START WITH THE WORDS:
****FOR IT IS BY GRACE
THE BIBLICAL TERM FOR 1.. GODS FAVOR AND 2. GODS SUPERNATURAL LIFE…THE FORMER DESIGNATES THE CONDITIONS OF GOD GIVING US GIFTS.. FREE UNDESERVED GIFTS..
ROMANS 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life inChrist Jesus our Lord
AND THE LATTER DESIGNATES THE CONTENT OF THE GIFT WE RECEIVE ..A SHARE IN THE DIVINE NATURE (WE CATHOLICS BELIEVE AND THE CHURCH TEACHES THIS)
1 PETER 1:4 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in[a] Christ Jesus our Lord
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**** YOU HAVE BEEN SAVED…
SALVATION HERE IS DESCRIBED AS A PRESENT STATE RESULTING FROM A PAST ACTION….THE PRECEDING CONTEXT INDICATES THAT DELIVERANCE FROM SIN AND SPIRITUAL DEATH IS IN VIEW..
EPH 2:1-3 Made Alive in Christ
1 As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, 2 in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. 3 All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts.
Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath.
….THAT SALVATION IS NOT REPEAT IS NOT THEREBY ASSURED…BUT IS ALSO A FUTURE HOPE..
ROMANS 8:24 For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have? “
ROMANS 5:10 For if, while we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!
PAUL TELLING US..WHAT IS THERE TO HOPE FOR WHEN YOU SAY YOU ALREADY HAVE IT….
to continue…..
**** THROUGH FAITH
FAITH IS INSTRUMENTAL IN SAVING US AND UNITING US WITH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST…IN THE CONTEXT OF CONVERSION… (NOT INDOCTRINATION)
SALVATION IS CONFERRED THROUGH THE INSTRUMENT OF BAPTISM.. JOHN 3:5 UNLESS ONE IS BORN OF WATER AND THE SPIRIT.. HE CAN NOT ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD…
1 PETER 3:21 and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
1 COR 15:17— FOR IF JESUS DID NOT RISE ON THIS DAY.. SINS WILL NOT BE FORGIVEN..AND MAN IS DOOMED..
AND SALVATION IS CONFERRED THROUGH THE INSTRUMENT OF FAITH..
ROMANS 3:24-25 and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. 25 God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his blood—to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished—
PAUL SAID .. BELIEF IN JESUS CHRIST IS A DIVINE GIFT
PHIL 1:29 For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in him, but
also to suffer for him,
ONLY THOSE WHO ENDURE TO THE VERY END WILL ONLY BE SAVED…MATTHEW 24:13
CARRY THE BURDEN OF YOUR NEIGHTBORS…GALATIANS 6:2
MATTHEW 25:45-46 “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’
46 “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”
REVELATION 22:12 Epilogue: Invitation and Warning
12 “Look, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to each person according to what they have done.
PAUL SAID WE EXERCISE WHEN WE ADHERE TO GOD WITH TRUST OUR PERSONAL ASPECT….AND ASSENT TO THE TRUTH HE HAS REVEALED…IN THE GOSPEL…..
THESE ARE THE GOOD WORKS GOD THROUGH JESUS CHRIST..PREPARED FOR US IN ADVANCE..FOR US
TO WALK IN THEM. EPH 2:10
PROTYS AND BAS WILL NOT READ EPH 2:10 BECAUSE IT CONTRADICTS.. THEIR TEACHING.. “ONLY BY FAITH WILL A MAN BE SAVED.. AND GOOD WORKS ARE NOT NECESSARY “..
ITS EITHER THEY DELIBERATELY DO NOT READ THIS.. OR THEY CAN NOT EXPLAIN. .FULLY AND
THOROUGHLY WHAT BY GRACE YOU HAVE SAVED BY FAITH IS ALL ABOUT…..
FOR THEY DO NOT BELIEVE.. THAT BAPTISM CAN NOT SAVE.. AND GOOD WORKS ARE NOT NECESSARY
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THEY JUST SHOT THEIR OWN TWO FEET AGAIN…A LURE OF THE DEVIL THEY TEACH….