3 March 2018 | Religion Versus Faith & Salvation Versus Grace.

Religion Versus Faith & Salvation Versus Grace.

Claiming a religious label isn't going to spiritually save you. You might think that that's what saves you, but we are not yet saved. Not until we are actually saved in the time of the judgement. So many people call themselves "non-practicing [whatevers]" or claim that they're "good church-going / praying / tithing believers that read the Scriptures sometimes", and - okay - maybe you have a right to do so, but what does that really do for you spiritually? You might believe in the Creators, but so do the adversary and the fallen angels. We are not saved by works alone, but through faith. We are to repent, to keep the Father's commandments (yes, all of them ... we might not be perfect, and we might mess up, but the Messiah did not come to do away with the law, he came to fulfill it), to have faith, and to share it with other people. Going to church is not what redeems you (so many of them teach lies, hierarchy, not keeping the Sabbath, and preach that the Messiah did away with the law), reading the Bible here and there is not what saves you, being a good person is not what saves you. "Salvation" isn't something that you automatically receive when you pray a sinner's prayer. Salvation comes later. What we receive is grace, but it is a work in progress. If we keep on going against what were supposed to be doing, if we keep on sinning, the Father's protection can be removed from us, and we could experience trials and temptations and really hard times, but - when we keep the commandments and do what the Father wants for us to do - then he will bless us. We might mess up, but it's still important to repent and to continue to try. Some people say that "trying is not doing", but that's probably kind of subjective, because trying can be doing on some level(s). I mean, how and / or what about "If we don't try, then we might never do"? Isn't trying still active? A verb? Doing? Anyway(s). May the Creators [continue to] bless you guys. 2 Corinthians 4:18.