When is a Man Saved?
If, as some of our religious friends contend, men were saved at the point of faith alone, we would be confronted with the following unscriptural conclusions: (1) We would be saved before turning unto the Lord, “and a great number believed and turned unto the Lord,” (Acts 11:21). If these people were saved the very moment they believed, they were saved before they turned to the Lord. (2) One would be saved without confessing Christ, John 12:42. Who can accept this conclusion in view of the Lord’s statement in Matthew 10:32, 33? (3) One would be saved without repentance. If it be by faith only that one is saved this excludes repentance, yet Luke 13:3 tells us that “except you repent you shall all likewise perish”. (4) We would be saved before coming to God. The Bible teaches that one must first believe and then come to God. Hebrews 11:6, not that believers had already come to God by the act of faith alone. (5) A man would be saved without obedience because no act before faith would please God and no act after faith would be essential to salvation, Mark 16:16; Hebrews 5:8, 9. (6) All men would be saved out of Christ because baptism is an act which follows faith, and is a translating act by which we come into Christ. We are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus, “for as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ,” (Galatians 3:26, 27). J. A. McNutt Comments are closed.
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