That's impossible!

Romans 10:9 says,

The 13th verse says,

These two verses tell us clearly

that people have been saved through Jesus' salvation.

As long as people confess with their mouth and believe in their heart,

they will get saved.

Once saved, always saved.

God won't and needn't repeat the work of saving man.

But you said that God comes again to do the work of saving man.

That's impossible.

Sister, speaking of “getting saved,”

we indeed got saved because of the Lord Jesus' redemptive work.

But what does getting saved mean here?

About this question, we have to talk from the Age of the Law.

As we all know, in the Age of the Law,

God issued the law through Moses for people to obey.

Whoever offended it had to atone for his sin by offering sacrifice.

Otherwise, he would face the danger of being executed by the law.

So, people at that time all kept the law properly, and no one dared disobey.

But at the end of the Age of the Law,

people became more and more corrupt, committed more and more sins,

and didn't have enough sin offerings to atone for their sins,

so they all faced the danger of being executed by the law.

In this regard, God was incarnated and came to the world.

He was personally crucified and became man's sin offering.

From then on, if one believed in and relied on Jesus,

he would be forgiven of his sins

and wouldn't be condemned by the law any more.

This means that we got saved because of the Lord's redemption.

So getting saved means that after one believed in Jesus,

if he confessed and repented,

he was forgiven of his sins and wouldn't be executed by the law.

What's more, he could enjoy the peace, joy, and rich grace

the Lord Jesus bestows to him.

This is the true meaning of “getting saved” in the Age of the Grace.

Just as the Bible says,

Here, “getting saved” only means that

we are forgiven of our sins and are not condemned after we believe in Jesus.

But we still have corrupt disposition and often commit sins and resist God.

Then, does it mean that

we who often commit sins and resist God always got saved?

Although we haven't broken away from sins,

the Lord has forgiven us and we're no longer of sin.

As long as we obey the Lord's teachings to confess and repent

and rely on the Lord Jesus' redemption, we got saved.

Yeah!

Sisters, although we're not of sin due to the Lord Jesus' redemptive work,

it doesn't mean that we've broken away from sins and always got saved.

Because we haven't broken away from sins,

we still live in the fallen life

of committing sins in the day and confessing them at night,

and still can't break free from the bondage and restriction of sins.

This is the state of us believers in the Lord.

As Paul said,

Although the apostle Paul was forgiven of his sins

due to the Lord Jesus' salvation,

the biggest misery in his heart

was that he still often committed sins and resisted God in spite of himself

because of being unable to break free from the bondage and restriction of sins.

So he said helplessly,

Sisters, isn't Paul's misery

the misery of the brothers and sisters believing in the Lord today?

Isn't the salvation that Paul eagerly wished to receive

what we believers in the Lord eagerly wish to receive today?

Sister, especially believers in the end time have a deep experience of it.

Man's heart is taken by various poisons and philosophies of Satan

and man is filled with arrogance, selfishness,

craftiness, greed, evil, and so on.

So, we can still go with the world trend and associate with Satan,

seeking after position, fame and gain, and money

and enjoying the pleasure of sin.

Even if one is familiar with the Bible,

he can in no way break free from the bondage of sin.

So, in the Age of the Grace,

all believers in the Lord who have been redeemed by the Lord Jesus

haven't truly broken away from Satan's influence of darkness

and their heart hasn't been completely gained by God.

Even if they have some changes in their outward behaviors

and sometimes they can do some good things,

their inner sinful nature still rules and controls them within,

so that what they live out is still the corrupt satanic disposition

and they haven't broken away from the bondage of sin.

Don't you think so?

So, the “getting saved” you talked about

doesn't mean that one has truly broken away from sin and been holy.

Sister…

What they said is a fact.

No! The Lord Jesus already saved us. This is a fact.

Humph! No! I have to find an opportunity to use their words against them.

Regarding this question, let's read Almighty God's words.

Wait!

Sister, do you have any question? Go ahead!

What you read just now tells us that we're never of sin.

Then why do you say that God comes to do the work of salvation?

Right!

Sisters, I haven't finished reading God's words.

After we finish the two passages, we can have a fellowship, OK?

Okay! Go ahead.

I'll see what else you'll say.

Later I'll embarrass you. See what you'll say!

Sister Gao, please read it.

Sisters, God speaks very clearly

that it is because of God's salvation

that man is forgiven of sins after being redeemed by the Lord Jesus.

God says that man is no longer of sin,

but it doesn't mean that man won't commit sins.

It just means that God doesn't remember man's sins

and doesn't treat man as a sinner.

But the Lord Jesus' work just achieved the result of redeeming man's sins,

and it didn't solve the problem about the root of man's sinning.

So, man's sinful nature still roots in his heart.

In this regard,

even if the Lord Jesus' sin offering is forever effective for man,

it can't save man from sin thoroughly.

So, those who have received the Lord Jesus' redemption

still commit sins and resist God.

They need God's further work of salvation,

and only thus can they thoroughly break away from sin

and receive God's full salvation.

It sounds right.

You're wrong! The Lord Jesus' salvation has forgiven our sins.

We're already sinless and simply don't need the new work you said.

You're denying the Lord Jesus' salvation!

Yeah, if God still works when He returns,

doesn't it deny the redemptive work Jesus did?

Sisters, we're not denying the Lord Jesus' salvation.

The Lord Jesus redeemed people from sins.

It's an absolutely true fact and nobody can deny it.

But those who have received the Lord Jesus' forgiving grace

still have corruption within,

and they're still living a fallen life

of committing sins in the day and confessing them at night.

Isn't it a fact?

So, we should understand the Lord Jesus' salvation correctly.

The work the Lord Jesus did just redeems people from sins but

it doesn't solve the problem about their sinning.

So, those who got saved by the Lord Jesus

still need God's further purification and salvation.

Only thus can they be saved.

Sisters, at this point, I want to ask you a question.

In your opinion is God holy?

You even need to ask? Of course holy!

God is holy. Then what's the criteria for man to be saved and gained?

Of course holiness as well!

Are we holy now?

Sister Lu, do you remember what the Bible says?

And in John 8:34-35,

From these verses we can see that breaking away from sin and being holy

is the criteria of being saved that God requires man to reach, right?

Those who commit sins stay not in the house for ever.

These are the Lord's words.

Can't we who often commit sins be always saved?

Impossible! The Bible says clearly,

Does “being saved” here, just as they say, not mean being always saved?

No! No! O Lord!

May You keep my heart so that I can hold on to Your way!

Sister, just think: If God raptures to His kingdom

a mankind who still has corrupt satanic dispositions and can resist and betray God,

is God's kingdom a holy kingdom?

How can God's kingdom permit mankind who resists God to exist?

That's impossible, and it's against God's holy and righteous disposition.

What's more, if this is the case,

isn't it meaningless for God to do the work of saving man?

So, according to God's disposition and the plan of God's work of saving man,

it's wrong to say that man is saved and can enter into God's kingdom

after he receives the grace of Jesus' redemption.

Actually, we thought that we could be approved by God

after being forgiven of sins,