What's the difference, if any, between getting "saved" and getting "converted" to eternal salvation?
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Salvation and conversion starts in the head as a concept...unless it makes it another 12 inches to the heart, it will not work....
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Salvation is a gift, but we must hold onto it and persevere in our faith, not just pray a prayer one time and then live any way we want. I hope the first link below will be helpful for you. Feel free to e-mail me at chad@jesusfreak.com if I can help.
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:}\nScripture says believe and be gaptized\nYou should be re baptized, if it would be believers baptism now.\nBaptism doesn’t save you, it's symbolic of you following Christ in his death burial and resurrection, it tells the world that you have accepted him as your personal Lord and savior. Baptism before you accept him is a lie. Baptism afterwards brings glory to him and reminds Satan of the defeat he faced by Christ’s death burial and resurrection.
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I'd say get saved just incase, I mean if you are wrong, and the Bible is true and Hell is real, and you're not saved and you die, you're screwed, don't take chances.
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If you believe in Jesus Christ as your savior and ask for forgiveness you are saved, God can not lie and turn you back, if you have the holy spirit in you, you will be saved into an eternal life, people can call themselves christians, and not be saved.
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"Once saved always saved" as commonly understood is a perversion of the Biblical doctrine of the "Perseverence of the Saints" which teaches that all those who are genuinely born again and brought to a saving faith will, without fail, continue to believe unto death.\n\nThe Bible does not teach that one can simply "profess" faith and later renouce it and still be saved.  It teaches that one who is TRULY converted will stay in a state of believing until the end.\n\nThis confidence comes, not from any faithfulness in the part of the believer, but from the faithfulness of God to His children.  \n\nEternal life is just that, eternal.  Eternal means "without end".  It makes no sense to say someone has life without end and then it ends.\n\nOne must persevere to the end in faith to be saved but everyone who is truly saved WILL persevere to the end.
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some Christians might tell you anything.  hahahhahaha\n\nDon't confuse Eternal Life with salvation.\n\n\nwhat does God Himself say?\n\n\nYES.  you can lose your salvation. Read the last page of the Bible. What does it say? \n Anyone who does what?  ADD TOO.  OR takes away what? from this Book.  God will take YOUR name out of the Lambs Book of Life.  hello.??\n\nYour name had to be IN it, for God to take it out.\n\nbottom line.\n\nwanna Popsicle?
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Getting saved is only the beginning.  When you give your heart to Jesus, you begin a personal relationship with him.\n\nIt's like if the person of your dreams asks you out.  Now you have a boyfriend (or girlfriend).  So then what do you do? Do you just call it a day? Of course not. You spend time with the person, get to know them. You also make mistakes, get into fights, and forgive one another.  All the while the relationship grows, and so does the love.  \n\nIt is the same with Jesus.  You can't just call it a day once you're saved. OK getting saved will keep you from going to hell, so you don't have to worry about that anymore.  If you've repented and accepted His forgiveness, then you are forgiven.  But there is so much more to learn.  You can spend the rest of your life getting to know Jesus personally. The more you seek Him the more you will find Him and the more prepared you will feel. You do this by spending time with him in prayer (both speaking and listening to Him)and spending time in the word (read the bible).  Also if you don't already, find a good church to go to and good Christain friends to help you in your walk with Him.  It really is an awesome journey, but it's up to you to take the steps.\n\nBest of luck and many blessings. :)
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Once a person is saved, is he always saved?\n\nAccording  to most religions once you accept Jesus, you are always saved from then on.  BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT THE SCRIPTURES SAY:\n\nJude 5, RS: “I desire to remind you, though you were once for all fully informed, that he who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.” \n\nMatt. 24:13, RS: “He who endures to the end will be saved.” (So a person’s final salvation is not determined at the moment that he begins to put faith in Jesus.)\n\nPhil. 2:12, RS: “As you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.” (This was addressed to “the saints,” or holy ones, at Philippi, as stated in Philippians 1:1. Paul urged them not to be overly confident but to realize that their final salvation was not yet assured.)\n\nHeb. 10:26, 27, RS: “If we sin deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a fearful prospect of judgment, and a fury of fire which will consume the adversaries.” (Thus the Bible does not go along with the idea that no matter what sins a person may commit after he is “saved” he will not lose his salvation. It encourages faithfulness. See also Hebrews 6:4-6, where it is shown that even a person anointed with holy spirit can lose his hope of salvation.)\n\nIs anything more than faith needed in order to gain salvation?\n\nEph. 2:8, 9, RS: “By grace [“undeserved kindness,” NW] you have been saved through faith; and this is not your own doing, it is the gift of God—not because of works, lest any man should boast.” (The entire provision for salvation is an expression of God’s undeserved kindness. There is no way that a descendant of Adam can gain salvation on his own, no matter how noble his works are. Salvation is a gift from God given to those who put faith in the sin-atoning value of the sacrifice of his Son.)\n\nHeb. 5:9, RS: “He [Jesus] became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him.”  (Does this conflict with the statement that Christians are “saved through faith”? Not at all. Obedience simply demonstrates that their faith is genuine.)\n\nJas. 2:14, 26, RS: “What does it profit, my brethren, if a man says he has faith but has not works? Can his faith save him? For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so faith apart from works is dead.” (A person does not earn salvation by his works. But anyone who has genuine faith will have works to go with it—works of obedience to the commands of God and Christ, works that demonstrate his faith and love. Without such works, his faith is dead.)\n\nActs 16:30, 31, RS: “‘Men, what must I do to be saved?’ And they [Paul and Silas] said, ‘Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.’” (If that man and his household truly believed, would they not act in harmony with their belief? Certainly.)\n\nAre there scriptures that definitely show that some will never be saved?\n\n2 Thess. 1:9, RS: “They shall suffer the punishment of eternal destruction and exclusion from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might.” \nMatt. 7:13, 14, RS: “Enter by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is easy, that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard, that leads to life, and those who find it are few.”
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Salvation is by Gods grace and will alone, and is equally available to everyone who ever lived regardless of anything that they did, or did not do.\n\nThis I believe;  http://homelessheart.com/testimony.htm
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if you have been saved(accepted Jesus as your Savior) you will go to heaven..but if you haven't you will go to hell ..but not yet because nobody goes anyway until the day of judgment! it is in Revelations if you want to check!
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That line, 'once saved always saved' is an incorrect teaching. One can lose their salvation by turning away from God and denying Him, which many people who have tasted both baptisms of fire and water have done because the occult draws them back to their old behaviors. But one does not have to be in the occult to have this experience. If you look at the parable of the five soils, it demonstrates how the word of God flourishes or not in the Christian. It depends on how one is cultivated and nurtured with the things of God. Comes down to obedience. We are to work out our salvation with fear and trembling and not sit back and believe that one is safe completely without further growth. A tree must grow and bear fruit so must a Christian.
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Jesus <Christ> came to save sinners not save the spiritually healthy.\n\nChristian is someone who believes that Jesus is God within the Trinity and they believe he came to Save.  We're all sinners.  The redeeming hope is that Jesus has paid the price to save us.  However, it's up to us to find that path to salvation.  \n\nYou need to go to Church more, read the Bible more, and meditate more.  Tiding is very important.  Most people hear "Tiding" and automatically reach to protect their wallet.  However, "Tiding" is so much more than that. You should be giving 10% of your TIME, TALENT, and WEALTH to God.  Most people only give the wealth, and neglect to give God his time and talent.  When you do this, you'll get closer to God and understand his grace and mercy that much more. Give your Tidings to God and you'll become more of that Christian you imagine yourself to be.\n\nPlease remember, being Christian does not automatically make you a Saint ... you have to practice Christianity often to become a Saint.  Thank God, that you have the sense to recognise Jesus Christ and his salvation.  God bless.
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As a Christian, saved.
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You are saved when you have accept Jesus as your savior and ask him to come into your life.   Jesus died for your salvation.  \n\nSometimes we humans need to see a "miracle" or an answer to prayer to give us a boost in our spiritual lives.  I think you just had one.  \n\nGod honored your prayer so please do your best to honor God by keeping your promise.  It is you who will benefit by the knowledge of God's kingdom and His purpose and will in your life.  Believe me, God wants to bless you far more than you want to be blessed.  \n\nMay I make a suggestion about your bible?  I don't know which version you use, but I suggest you visit a local Christian book store and look through the many versions to find the one you understand the most clearly.  I prefer the Zondervan New International  Version Study Bible, but my husband prefers the New King James Version.  \n\nBefore you read the Bible, you should always ask that God open your eyes to the meaning and understanding of what you are reading.  Nothing will stop you from reading the bible quicker than not being able to understand it.\n\nFinally, have a plan to read it.  Most Bibles have a one year reading plan in them that includes daily readings from both the Old and New Testaments.  And do not be afraid to ask trusted Christians what a verse means.  You can study it together if you need to.
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The salvation that is of God by grace isn't the only type of salvation.\n\nMy thought- It is through childbirth that a woman comes into her glory, and I can't imagine an emptier life than that of a barren woman.
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here's the most important thing you need to know: he is forgiving and he sent his Son to die on the cross for your sins. all that you have to do to get to heaven is by getting saved and the way that you get saved is if you believe that Jesus died on the cross from your sins, rose on the third day, and then you have to confess to God in prayer that you are a sinner and that you believe He died on the cross for your sins and ask for His forgiveness on your sins and it is THAT simple, salvation is a free gift, we can't earn it. I am a baptist who believes (let me rephrase that, I KNOW) that this stuff I said is true. Dont be shy to contact me on this by going to my profile.