True Believers.

in #steemchurch6 years ago

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Only the Gospel of Jesus brings salvation, nothing else does. With this we can know who true believers are.

Many times we have set different kind of measures to know who true believers are, some believe true believers are those who goes to their church, some believe true believers are those who dress in a certain way, etc as much as this may look so pleasing, it is not the basis of identifying believers, Believers are those that have believed the gospel of Christ.

I am not saying that a Christian shouldn't be known by character, character and Christian living is important, but they should be fruits of believers not identity and most times, fruit takes time to come out on trees, cutting and scaring away the tree because it doesn't produce would not still bring the fruit out, You could have just helped it out by supplying the nutrient it might be lacking, that's what makes you a good gardener.

The True Believers are those that believed in the Gospel of Jesus and are saved by it, so this might not be applicable to individuals that worked for their own salvation, or got their salvation through laws
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Paul termed those kind of people has Being fallen from grace.

Galatians 5:4 KJVS
Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.

This doesn't mean they were in the grace before, they were not there, it means they rejected it outrightly,

A verse before vs 4 explains that better;
Galatians 5:2 KJVS
Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ SHALL profit you nothing.

Circumcision is a requirement of the law too, and Paul said if you think you could get righteousness through that, Christ SHALL not profit you..
You haven't chosen Christ before, your choice was circumcision and that's telling Christ that "His finished works is not needed, I can get it done myself"

Instead, this should be your testimony:
Philippians 3:9 KJVS
And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:

The point is that the True Believer is saved by grace through faith and not by laws or works.
Galatians 2:21 KJVS
I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.

Good morning.
Happy Sunday

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