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  • Donna G. Warren on Romans 8 - 1 year ago
    Our salvation is not a singular event or even a sprint but a marathon . " Life isn't about how to survive the storm , but how to dance in the rain " ."The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing"(John Powell) " Real integrity is doing the right thing knowing that nobody is going to know whether you did it or not"(Oprah Winfrey).Pray, read the Bible, do what you can especially by example. One can see what is all over the place in the world ,lead by example. Learn from when you commit a sin , no matter whether it is small or of a larger magnitude, it can & will happen, repent, pray,reach out when tribulations rain down ,reach out to share blessings,we learn by all of these, sometimes others learn. Bible verses shared in comments, I read not only the verse , but the entire chapter many times. God Bless!
  • Kay - In Reply on Romans 8 - 1 year ago
    Hi Donna,

    I'm not sure I understand, "our salvation is not a singular event.." When God got a hold of me, It WAS a singular event! He brought me to repentance, He showed me my sin, He showed me the errors of my man-made, superstitious religion - and I believed on Him and in that moment was born from above! In that one moment, God took out my stony heart, and put in me a heart of flesh. My sanctification, your sanctification, the sanctification of every born-again, blood bought believer is a process, it is us 'working out our salvation with fear and trembling', as the Bible says.

    But as for salvation, there must be a time when we can point to when God dealt with us, and changed us from within by being born-again by the Spirit of the living God! As for me, it was the best day of my life! Praise Jesus! That was almost 39 years ago, and Jesus is sweeter than ever! :)

    Yes, salvation is a singular event, which a believer will never forget in his whole life. We cannot keep getting 'saved', but we can keep getting 'sanctified', i.e. growing in grace, becoming more and more rooted in God's Word and growing in faith. I share these things because I am concerned about you, wanting to be sure that you KNOW you are saved by being born again by believing the gospel of Christ...and then, after that, being changed little by little by the Holy Spirit!

    Grace to you!

    -Kathy-



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