That is an untrue statement.
No, it's not. Any work on our part for salvation is an attempt to take away from the efficacy of Christ's perfect offering.
[Rom 4:4 KJV] 4 Now to
him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace,
but of debt.
He is indeed our Savior, but there are no liars, adulterers, thieves, or blasphemers of the Holy Ghost going to heaven.
Ergo, we can't lie, steal, blaspheme the Holy Ghost, or commit adultery...in order to be saved.
You can't have it both ways.
The disobedient will all perish.
All of us are of those things until becoming saved. After which, we change, with none becoming perfect.
Look at how Paul described himself and we know beyond question Paul was saved.
[1Ti 1:13-15 KJV]
13 Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did [it] ignorantly in unbelief.
14 And the
grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
15 This [is] a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that
Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
[Rom 7:23-25 KJV]
23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and
bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
24 O wretched man that I am!
who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God;
but with the flesh the law of sin.
This is how Paul describes the total efficacy of Christ's offering:
[Heb 10:12, 14, 17 KJV]
12 But this man, after he had
offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; ...
14 For
by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified. ...
17
And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
Jesus did His part.
But we have a part to play too.
No, we don't. Jesus is the one and only Saviour, we are not, and He is the Saviour in ALL ways.
If we have any part to play, then we must play ALL of the parts, not just one or some: it's all or nothing.
Which one of the Mosaic Laws Paul preached against mention hearing, believing, repentance, or baptism in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins?
And Jesus Himself said that only those who endure till the end will be saved.
"But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved." (
Matt 24:13)
Was He in error?
Only those saved will/can endure to the end and do so from salvation. Remember, the manifestation of
salvation has two parts: 1) positionally when God places someone under the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus and takes them from the law of sin and death sometime during their lives, and 2) at the end of time ( the day of the Lord Jesus) when they shall not experience God's actual wrath. The "shall be saved", is referring to 2, not 1.
Which laws? As pertaining to becoming saved, all of them.
[Gal 2:14-16 KJV]
14 But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before [them] all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews,
why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?
15 We [who are] Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,
16
Knowing that a man is
not justified by the works of the law, but
by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be
justified by the faith of Christ, and
not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
It is the Law that Paul preached against in order to nullify circumcision, mainly, but also dietary rules, feast keeping, tithing, and such.
I hope you realize that your doctrine is just another accommodation for sin.
If we can't resist temptation, because it is a work, doing evil becomes the Christian's way.
If you trust in yourself to make yourself worthy of salvation, then you are in great jeopardy indeed.
In your reply above you've taken liberties with my statements. My point was that the saving of someone is God's
work through Christ, not ours. Only after becoming saved can someone truly do good works, because before that,
they didn't and couldn't know what good works are truly are. My doctrine (as you call it) makes no accommodation for sin, in fact, those saved by God are under greater scrutiny by God not to sin or they suffer greater and greater punishment until they cease from it. This, however, does not save them but instead is a result of salvation and of being a son
[Heb 12:7-8 KJV]
7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
8
But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
Have you ever thought that it is by the grace of God that we can hear, repent of sin, get baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins and endure faithfully until the end?
Yes, I've thought about it and found it not possible. How can that be God's grace if it does not result in salvation? God's grace in the spiritual, if given, has to result in salvation
We are clearly informed in the Bible of God's grace:
[Eph 2:6-8 KJV]
6 And hath raised [us] up together, and made [us] sit together in heavenly [places] in Christ Jesus:
7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in [his] kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
8
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God:
Why are there any exhortations at all in Paul's letters to the churches?
I mean, nothing really matters if your doctrine is right.
Not true. We as Christians have to be taught the doctrines of Christianity. We do not wake up one morning
knowing everything. The difference is that those saved see and learn through a renewed spiritual mind, given to them by the Holy Spirit and no longer by the earthly mind we were born with. They absorb those doctrines and learn thereof of God's mercy and grace.
[Eph 4:12-13 KJV]
12 For the
perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
13
Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
