Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’
If that hasn't at some point put the fear of being rejected by Him in you, have you really Truly been seeking the Lord God Omnipotent? I know that I have long been afraid because of it.
In my own search to Truthfully understand what it is Jesus Christ requires of us in order to be saved, I've talked a lot about the various conditions of salvation. For it Truly scared me, for a long time, that Jesus Christ might deny me if I continued to succumb to the temptation of sin. But what are these conditions to be accepted by Jesus Christ?
Are they to, "Go and sin no more" (John 8:11), maybe it's only for "them that overcometh" (Revelation 3:21). There are a number of things recorded in the Bible that could be the one thing we need to do. Perhaps all one needs is as told in John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that He gave His Only Begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
But then again, even with all the belief one could ever have, faith without works is dead...
Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
But therein lies the answer to "faith without works is dead." This is because to have been saved by Jesus Christ in the first place, you would already be committed to good works. It is a package deal. If one is Truly saved, they will have True, and full-faith in the Lord God Jesus Christ, as well as good works.
But of all the things I've learned on my journey to be accepted by Jesus Christ, here is the simplest way I think people can know that they are saved: We must understand that we are worthy of nothing but death.
Yes, if one has committed even a single sin - which in our mind may even appear as a small one, for instance, "a little white lie" - we deserve to be forsaken by God, and put to a permanent unmaking.
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
That means our payment (wage) for sinning is to die. There is nothing - no, not one thing - that we can do to make up for even a single sin. No penance, no work, no apology, no "good" action or choice. The only thing that saves us is the covering blood of Jesus Christ.
This Truth is reflected in the Passover of the Old Testament, at the time of the Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt. In that day, the blood of the Lamb was spread over the entrance of each believer's home, and the spirit of God's wrath passed-over them due to it.
See, it is only the blood of the Lamb, who is the Lord God Jesus Christ, that in the day of the Lord God Father's righteous vengeance, HE shall Passover us. Jesus Christ Himself shall stand before us, He may even say, "Not these ones, Father. For they are with Me." And only because we understood our fallen, dead state and Truly believed that only the Lord God Jesus Christ covers us of our sins - will we be saved.
Logos Prevailing.
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