KneEmail - a devotional by Mike Benson associated with Forthright Magazine
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CAN YOU BE a Christian without being perfect...?
"It's no use. I tried and failed. I quit." Sound familiar? "Once saved, always saved" is wrong. "Once saved, never saved" is equally wrong. Christians must know they are saved. Because I cannot be perfect, I must be saved by faith. Because I cannot save myself by myself, I must be saved by someone else (Jesus). Our faith (believing in believing) does not save us; the object of our faith (Jesus) saves us.
Saints sin! Saints walking in the light sin ( 1 John 1:7-2:3). The blood of Christ saves us; the blood of Christ sanctifies us ( Hebrews 10:29). Saints are constantly washed. No man walking in the light can go to hell. Saints are not just saved - they have a Savior. (Charles Hodge, reprinted with permission, Gospel Advocate)
KneEmail: "And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God" ( 1 John 5:11-13).