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THE SAVED


        The part of the church of Jesus Christ that stands in a truly saved position
realize some of the following demands of God.  This bible study shows that
some of the things that God says in the bible are commands, not suggestions. 
Keep in mind that God loves you and only wants the best for you.  In order for
this to happen we must have a relationship with Him, and then He changes us.
We can not be and do without His grace.


CONDITION AND BENEFITS OF THE ETERNALLY SAVED

CONDITION
        1. Holy
               
Heb 3:1 holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling
        2. Without Blame
               
2 Pe 3:14 be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace,
                        without spot and blameless
                Ja 1:27  pure undefiled religion is to keep oneself unspotted
                 from the world
        3. Undefiled
               
Rev 3:4 a few names even in Sardis, which have not defiled
                their garments and they shall walk with me in white, for
                they are worthy
                    (Note: I must say here that one is to come as they are. It is the
            Lord's job to clean us up and make us holy; but he needs
            a willing heart. Without a willing heart, one remains in a state
            of rebellion.)
       
4. Over comers
               
1 Jn 5:4 that is born of God overcometh the world
                Mt 24:13 he that shall endure unto the end shall be saved
                Rev 3:21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in
                    my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with
                    my Father in his throne.
                Rev 2:7  to him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of
                    life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God
                Rev 2:11 He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second
                    death.
                Rev 2:17 To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the
                    hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the
                    stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving
                    he that receiveth it.
                Rev 2:26 he that overcometh and keepeth my works unto the
                    end, to him will I give power over the nations.
                Rev 3:5  He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in
                     white raiment, and I will not blot out his name out of the
                     book of life, but will confess his name before my father
                     and his holy \angels
                Rev 21:7 he that overcometh shall inherit all things, and I will
                     be his God, and he shall be my son
                        (Note: We are not sons at the cross.)

BENEFITS
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REQUIREMENTS FOR SALVATION
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TUDYING FOR THE TEST
        The following are real, but they are easy.  Don't worry about the state you're in, it doesn't
matter.  Don't try to be a better person, for in us is no good thing.  Come as you are, don't
change a thing; but come and stay.  I'm not saying join a church, but I am saying continue in the Bible.  When you were a child, you didn't like the same things you do now.  So it is with the requirements.  As one grows up in Christ, their likes and dislikes change.  The things you are worried about giving up, they will be like the cartoons you liked as a child.  Don't give up on anything you don't want to.  When you want to, just do it.  Most pastors today don't explain the following.  They would rather scratch itching ears than tell the them what they don't want to hear.  That is why it is so imperative that you study the Bible on your own.  That is a must.  If you get out and end up back in something, don't worry; babies fall many times before they can walk on their own.  Have the beer and cigarette while you read the Bible, just read it.
    Hearing with ears that hear
( Mt: 11 15) comes by the word (Rom 10:17).  Faith comes from hearing (Rom 10:17).  (see EARS THAT HEAR)
There are 6 other fruits one gains, besides faith, from ears that hear.  As these fruit grow, giving to others one's time and finances becomes easy.  Some try and after failing their own standards, they give up and quit.  These are the ones that never get to the eternal part of salvation or the eternal part of life.  It is sad but these are the lost sheep that don't know they're lost.  These break my heart, they are my brothers and sisters.  I am even one of them at times, my road is up and down in an upward direction. 

           
Jn 10:27-29 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:  And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.  My Father, which gave them me
Jn 6:45 they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath
            learned of
the Father, cometh unto me.

A. Repentance

Lk 13:3 repent or perish

Rev 3:3 hold fast and repent or I will come in an hour that ye know not

(Note: like the 5 virgins)

II Cor 7:10 Godly sorrow works repentance to salvation, worldly
                sorrow worketh death

B. Confession

1 Jn 1:9 if we confess our sin, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins

Rom 10:9 if we confess with our mouth, the Lord Jesus, and believe in
                our heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved

Phil 2:9-11 the father gave Jesus a name that every tongue should
                confess him as Lord

                        (Note: This doesn’t say confess him as savior.)

Jn 12:42 many chief rulers believed, but wouldn't confess it. They
                loved the praise of men more than praise of God and feared being
                put out of the synagogue by the men.

C. Being A Doer Of The Word And Not A Hearer Only

1 Jn 3:7 let no man deceive you, he that doeth righteousness is as
                righteous as Christ

1 Tim 6:18 do good works, laying a foundation, that they may lay
                hold on eternal life

Ja 2:20 faith, without works, is dead

Rom 6:22 we are made servants to God at the cross

Lk 6:48 he who hears and does is like a man who built his house on
                solid ground

Rom 2:13 not hearers of the word are justified before God, but
                doers are

Heb 4:8 Jesus hasn't given rest, there remains a rest. He that enters
                rest has ceased from his own works as God did from his

Lk 8:21 Christ's mother and brethren are those who hear and do the
                word of God

Phil 2:13 God works in you (grace) to will and do his pleasure

D. Holiness

Phil 3:15 let us who would be perfect be thus minded: present your
                body a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable unto God

1 Jn 3:2-3 every man that hopes to see Christ purifies himself as Christ
                is pure

Heb 12:14 pursue peace with all men and holiness, without which, no
                man shall see the Lord

II Pe 3:14 be diligent, that ye may be found of him in peace, without
    spot and blameless Eph 5:26 Christ looks for his church, sanctified
    and cleansed by the word, to present himself a glorious church without
    spot or wrinkle, holy and without blemish

Mt 5:48 be ye perfect, even as your father is perfect

Eph 4:10 he gave apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers to
                perfect
the saints

Eph 4:24 put on the new man which, after God, is created in righteousness
                and true holiness

I Pe 1:16 BE ye holy for I am holy

I Pe 1:22 ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth

I Jn 3:6 he that abides in Christ sins not

I Jn 3:8 he that commits sin is of the devil

I Jn 3:9 one born of God doesn't sin

I Jn 2:11 write that ye sin not, but if a man sins, we have an advocate

II Cor 7:1 let us cleanse ourselves perfecting holiness

II Thes 2:13 to salvation through sanctification of the spirit and belief
                in the truth

E. Overcoming

Rev 3:5 he that overcometh, I will not blot out of the book of life; him
                I will confess before the father and he will be clothed in white

Rev 2:7 over comers will I give to eat of the tree of life in paradise

Mk 13:13 he that endures to the end shall be saved

F. Obedience

1 Jn 2:3 we know that we know him if we keep his commandments

1 Jn 2:4 he that says he knows Christ, but doesn't keep his
                commandments is a liar

1 Jn 2:5 we know we are in Christ, if we keep his word

Heb 5:9 salvation to them that obey him

Mt 19:17 if thou will enter into life, keep the commandments

Jn 15:10 if ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love

G. Works

Titus 3:14 learn to maintain good works that ye be not unfruitful

Ja 2:17 faith without works is dead

Ja 2:22 faith is made perfect by works

Ja 2:24 by works a man is justified

Rev 20:13 a man shall be judged according to his works

Rom 9:30 righteousness is gained by faith, not by works of the law

Eph 2:9works cannot save
               
(Note: Works don’t save but are the evidence of one’s salvation)

Heb 10:8 God has no pleasure in sacrifices and offerings by the law

Heb 10:9 Jesus came to take away the letter of the law and establish
                the spirit of the law

Heb 10:16 God puts his law in our hearts and minds

Gal 5:14 the law is fulfilled by loving one's neighbor as himself

Gal 6:10 do good works unto all men, but especially the Brethren

Gal 6:2 bare each others burdens and so fulfill the law

Rom 11:16 not by works but by grace. Work is by the law, but grace
                causes work by faith

H. Picking Up Our Cross And Following Christ

Mt 10:38 he that takes not his cross and follows me, is not worthy
                of me

Mt 16:24 if any man will come after me, let him deny himself, take
                up his cross, and follow me

Lk 9:23 pick up his cross daily and follow me
I. Miscellaneous
           
Heb 9:28 to those that seek him, he appears the second time unto
                salvation
            Lk 21:36 watch and pray always, that ye may be counted worthy
                to escape those things that shall come to pass
                  (Tribulation by the rapture)


Is Grace License To Sin
       
Rom 6:1 Shall we sin that grace may abound?
            Rom 6:2 How shall we that are dead to sin (repentance) live any
                longer therein
            Rom 6:3 One baptized into Christ is baptized into his death
            Rom 6:4 We are buried with him by baptism into his death
            Rom 6:10 In that he died, he died unto sin once
            Rom 6:11 Reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin
            Rom 6:4 As Christ was raised from the dead, so should we walk
                in newness of life
            Rom 6:11 Reckon ye yourselves alive unto God through Jesus Christ
                our Lord
            Rom 6:12 Therefore let not sin reign in your mortal bodies
            Rom 6:14 ye are not under the law but under grace
            Rom 6:15 Shall we sin because we are under grace and not the law?
            Rom 6:16 Ye are servants to whom ye yield yourselves to obey,
                whether sin unto death or obedience (vs. 17 - to the doctrine
                delivered you) unto righteousness (righteousness not at the cross)
          
Rom 6:18 Being free of sin, ye became servants of righteousness
           Rom 6:22 Being made free from sin and become servants to God
           Rom 6:23 The wages of sin (if sin is your master) is death
           Rom 6:23 The gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
               Lord (master)
                    (Note: We serve God but eternal life is a gift because even our
                    service couldn't save us.)


Does Faith Void The Law?
      
Rom 3:31 Do we make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea we
                   establish it.
            Rom  :20 by the law is the knowledge of sin
            Rom 4:15 where no law is, there is no transgression
            Rom 8:4 that the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us who
                    walk not after the flesh but after the spirit
            Mt 5:17 Christ came to fulfill the law, not to destroy it
            Rom 8:3 What the law could not do, God did through His son
           
Rom 13:10 Love is the fulfilling of the law
            Gal 5:14 All the law is fulfilled in one word: Thou shalt love thy
                    neighbor as self

Faith Establishes The Law
       
Rom 3:31 We establish the law through faith
            Rom 4:3 Abraham believed God and it was counted unto him for
                 righteousness
            Rom 4:13 The promise that he should be heir of the world was not
                through the law, but through the righteousness of faith
            Rom 4:18 Who believed in hope, according to that which was spoken,
                so shall thy seed be (he had no seed yet)
           
Rom 4:19 He considered not his dead, 100 year old body; nor the
                deadness of Sarah's womb
            Rom 4:20 He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief, but
                was strong in Faith, giving glory to God
            Rom 4:21 Being fully persuaded that God was able to perform what he
                had promised
       (Note: Abraham’s faith was imputed to him for righteousness, but he still
       wouldn't have received the promise if he hadn't done his work - plant the
       seed in Sarah. Also, it was when Abraham was about to sacrifice his
       only son, Isaac, on the alter for God, that God saw Abraham's faith and
       obedience. Here it was that God said that he knew Abraham loved Him
       and love fulfills the law.)

            Ja 2:17 Faith, without works, is dead, being alone
            Ja 2:21 Abraham was justified by works, when he offered Isaac

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