tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7984481633806018539.post2512115466810005961..comments2023-09-21T01:03:40.134-07:00Comments on A Fresh Perspective: Before-and-After: Christian Salvation Is about TransformationChuck Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07189976951236608116noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7984481633806018539.post-22186620749879820172016-09-08T12:47:13.730-07:002016-09-08T12:47:13.730-07:00Have you considered taking a look at this issue no...Have you considered taking a look at this issue not from a grace vs. works paradigm, but instead from a paradigm of earning vs. effort? Of course grace cannot be earned. It is eternally free! (earning)<br /><br />Philippians 2:12-13, 1 Cor. 15:10, 2 Peter 1:5-11, Titus 2:11-15, 2 Peter 1:3-11 are good passages to consider when looking about what the scriptures teach about the place that "effort" has in our salvation.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06832558191151374934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7984481633806018539.post-89921702987169405122013-07-28T18:42:00.681-07:002013-07-28T18:42:00.681-07:00How many steps did you complete to receive the &qu...How many steps did you complete to receive the "free gift" of Salvation?<br /> <br />Is this a "free" gift?<br /><br />I tell my child that I have an incredible gift for him. However, in order for the gift to be his, he must:<br /><br />1. apologize for his bad behavior and sincerely mean it.<br />2. he must commit to change his ways and follow MY ways for the rest of his life.<br />3. he must make a decision that he WANTS my gift.<br />4. he must then approach me, hold out his hands, ask me for the gift, and cooperate with me, as I place the gift into his hands.<br /><br />If he does all this, he will receive his gift. But...if he chooses to reject my gift, I will damn him to HELL!<br /><br />Now is this "gift" really a gift...or a REWARD for making the right decision?<br /> <br />No, that is NOT a gift.<br />. <br />This is a gift: "Dear Son, I have a gift for you. Here it is. I love you more than words can describe", and then I place the gift in my son's lap. No strings attached. The gift is his. He did nothing to receive it. I did everything.<br /><br />THAT is a gift! <br /><br />So what is God's free gift? It is the whole salvation package: faith, belief, repentence, forgiveness of sins, atonement, and eternal life. It is ALL free... to those whom God has predestined, before the world existed, for reasons we do not know, to be his children.<br /><br />http://www.lutherwasnotbornagain.com/2013/07/how-many-steps-did-you-complete-to.html<br /><br />Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02519721717265344702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7984481633806018539.post-88980725571020959722012-06-24T05:22:42.657-07:002012-06-24T05:22:42.657-07:00Awesome summative of the transformative lives we a...Awesome summative of the transformative lives we as Christians should strive to achieve.Royal Ladies Small Business Incubatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00256948661802180889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7984481633806018539.post-31950652557550820632012-01-23T17:16:42.669-08:002012-01-23T17:16:42.669-08:00Nice post! I was thinking through the same concep...Nice post! I was thinking through the same concept and came up with salvation being transformation and liberation, pretty much what you said here. We can make the right decisions when guided by truth, which comes from the Holy Spirit.<br /> <br />http://graceemerges.blogspot.com/2011/09/fuel-for-decision-engine.htmlGraceEmergeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11958580545720947207noreply@blogger.com