The following scriptures have been discounted or at least de-emphasized as being vital for understanding personal salvation and having any connection with salvation by grace!
That is because the prevalent false version of grace which people have been taught can’t allow for them. These scriptures don’t fit in with that license to sin and must be rejected. To the eternal harm of souls, this continues on despite their glaringly obvious relationship to salvation:
- “The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap ETERNAL LIFE. Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest IF we do not give up.” (Gal 6:8,9)
- “Dear children, do not let anyone lead you astray. He who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous.” (1 John 3:7)
- “All men will hate you because of me, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved.” (Mat 10:22)
- “… our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.” (Rom 13:11)
- “and, once made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who OBEY him” (Heb 5:9)
- “so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE.” (Titus 3:7)
- “Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown of life. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes will not be hurt at all by the second death.” (Rev 2:10,11)
- “I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.” (Rev 3:11)
- “By this gospel you are saved, IF you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have BELIEVED IN VAIN.” (1 Cor 15:2)
- “Anyone who loves his father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and anyone who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.” (Mat 10:37-39)
- “The man who loves his life will lose it, while the man who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.” (John 12:25)
- “To those who by PERSISTENCE IN DOING GOOD seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give ETERNAL LIFE.” (Rom 2:7)
- “See that what you have heard from the beginning remains in you. IF it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father. And this is what he promised us—even ETERNAL LIFE.” (1 John 2:24,25)
- “The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.” (Gal 5:19-21)
- “Anyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life in him.” (1 John 3:15)
- “You who are trying to be justified by law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.” (Gal 5:4)
- “But whoever disowns me before men, I will disown him before my Father in heaven.” (Mat 10:33)
- “If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned.” (John 15:6)
- “For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure or greedy person—such a man is an idolater—has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God’s wrath comes on those who are disobedient. Therefore do not be partners with them.” (Eph 5:5-7)
- “For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But IF you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.” (Mat 6:14,15)
- “… those who have done good will rise to live, and those who have done evil will rise to be condemned.” (John 5:29)
- He replied, “My mother and brothers are those who hear God’s word and put it into practice.” (Luke 8:21)
- “Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.” (James 1:12)
- “Anyone who runs ahead and does not continue in the teaching of Christ does not have God; whoever continues in the teaching has both the Father and the Son.” (2 John 1:9)
- “For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live” (Rom 8:13)
- Someone asked him, “Lord, are only a few people going to be saved?” He said to them, “Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.” (Luke 13:23,24)
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WARNING! If you share those scriptures with others, who have been adversely influenced by the devil’s doctrine, they very well might label you as teaching a work’s salvation, legalism, and being cultic though these scriptures are pure 100% word of God! Be prepared and remember their rejection of those scriptures doesn’t negate them! They are still related to salvation as much as John 3:16; Romans 10:9,10 and Eph. 2:8,9! The problem is their faulty theology, not the aforementioned scriptures.
