If Jesus saves what does God do?
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Excellent question. \n\nIf Jesus saves what does God do?\n\nJesus is the savior of the world, and God the Father is the one who has given us that Savior. What does God do? He gives us a Savior. In John 3:16 we read, “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” God the Father has given us the Lord Jesus Christ. \n\nNot only does God the Father give us Jesus, but he also gives us to Jesus. We know this because Jesus says that the Father has given us to him. He says, “All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out. For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me. And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day. For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day." (John 6:37-40) Here again we see that God the Father gives for the purpose of us having eternal life. He gives Jesus to us and us to Jesus so that we may have eternal life. And what exactly are we talking about when we speak of eternal life? Jesus answers this question for us in a prayer to his Father in John 17:3 when he said, “And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.” Eternal life is this: Knowing the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ. Now if God the Father gives us to Jesus, does that not make him our savior as well? It does! We see this in 1 Corinthians 6:14 where Paul says, “And God raised the Lord and will also raise us up by his power.” Just as God the Father raised Christ from the dead, he raised us from death to life also.\n\nIn 2 Thessalonians 2:13-14 the Apostle Paul speaks of what God the Father has done. In writing to the Thessalonian Christians, Paul writes, “But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the firstfruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth. To this he called you through our gospel, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.” Just as we read in John 6:37-40 about how God the Father had given us to Jesus, we read here in 2 Thessalonians that God the Father chooses people to be saved. How does he choose them? Through “sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.” What this means is that ultimately, our salvation was a matter of God’s choice. God did not have to save us, but he freely chose to save us because that is what he desired to do. Not everyone is saved, but everyone is called to repent, and those who repent and come to faith in Jesus Christ they are the ones who have been saved and are prime examples of the Father’s loving choice. I’ll close with one other passage that speaks about what God the Father does, and that passage is Titus 3:4-6. Here we read, “But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior,” \n\nIf Jesus saves what does God do? The answer according to Titus 3:4-6 is that God saves too. God the Father saves us not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy. How does he do this? Through “sanctification by the Spirit and belief in truth” or to say it differently: “by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,” We’re talking about new birth here. Being born of the Spirit. Which is done through whom? Jesus Christ our Savior. Jesus saves and what does God do? God the Father saves too, but not apart from His Son, or His Holy Spirit.\n\nThat is my answer: God saves. \n\nWit
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He would do any thing for his Father with all he had,\n\nHis LORD God appointed him to be Lord God to save the world from sin and death in a temporary life John 3:13-17; to have everlasting life. It taes time.\nJohn 10:34-36[Jesus calls them gods if the word of God is in them]; 2Cor.4:3,4[beware of this god];\n1Thes.5:1-9,21; tells us how important time is.\nMatt.24:3[end of this world], 14[Word to world], 36[Only\nLORD God knows the day and the hour];\nI have had all I could do to try and learn this book. The God and Christ of this book John 3:13-17; has the world covered.\nThe whole thing is his family from Eden and Adam 6130 years\nlife on his planet is temporary, full of trouble, but Jesus\nwill handle it and give eternal life to the meek and Just.\n\nGen.1:1,2[Billions of years in time];\nGen,1:3-31[41,870 years + 130 years to end Day six];\nGen.2:2,4[Heb.4:1-14; 6,130 years after Adam];\nRev.20:1-6,12,13[1000 year reign of Christ to make all things new, as restored to all it was originally before sin];\n\nMAXIMUN BIBLE TIME LINE TO 6,130-AFTER EDEN.\n1656 flood plus 427 to Abraham age 75 + Gen,15:13,16;\n2083 covenant Exo.7:7; 12:41[430]; Moses age 80.\n2513 half million covenant heirs with Moses.\n40 years to heirs inherit lots in Promised Land.\n2553 Jdgs.11:26[Jair,301 =]2854 + 89 = 2943-Jdgs.13:1;\n2513 + 450 Acts 13:20; = 2963 - 2943 = 1Sam.7:2;\n2943 + 16 Samuel, 70 David, 4 Solomon 1Ki.6:1;\n480 = \n3033 + 36 = 3069 Solomon dies 1Ki.11:42;\n36 = 3069 Solomon dies 997 BCE.\n3069 + \n391 = 3460 Daniel's Prophecy in Babylon[2520].\n3460 + [7x 360 = 2520 Dan,4:16,23,25,32[= 1914 CE];\n2520 = after Babylon Michael/bible/Satan is down.\n5980 = 1914 CE[ = 2520 = 5980 after Eden].\n150 = Rev.9:1-5[5x 30= 150 years also Dan.12:12]; \n-----------Dan.12.12[2x 1335=] 2670 less 2520 = 150].\n6130 years after Eden. Rev.20:1-6; 1000 year reign.\n[Prophecy by Daniel and John is 1914 + 150 yrs].\n3460 is end of Judah kings in Babylon. Rev.9:1-5;\nDan.8:12-14; 12:1-13[Rev.12:6,7-11,12,14,17...\n[Prophecy of Michael = 150 years WORD to end].\n\nMINIMUM BIBLE TIME LINE TO 6,090-AFTER EDEN.\n1656 flood plus 427 to Abraham age 75 + Gen.15:13,16;\n2083 covenant Exo.7:7; 12:41[430]; Moses age 80.\n2513 half million covenant heirs with Moses.\n40 years to heirs inherit lots in Promised Land.\n2553 Jdgs.11:26[300? Judges last 390 years ]; \n480 [= 2993 this will omit this in Jdgs 13:1[40 years];\n2993 [this will omit 450 Moses to Samuel Acts 13:20];\n2993 + 36 = 3029 Solomon dies 997 BCE.\n36 = 3029 1Ki.11:42[death of Solomon];\n3029 [Solomon but in maximun bible time line David died].\n390 = 3419[Daniel's Prophecy 4:16,23,25,32 = 2520];\n3419 + 2520 after Babylon captivity, Judah kings ended.\n2520 = 5939/40 = 1914 CE[= 150 future years as above].\n5939/40 = [1914 + 1918 no established future years]. \n[Missing, Michael and WORD sown end time];
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True for the most part, but different people have different definitions of "saved." Also, many of the Christian denominations use this word differently, so I'm not sure what you mean by it here. Essentially, you're right. Just because one knows Jesus and what He did for us doesn't guarantee one's salvation. Both faith and good works are required to be saved. For more on this, read the letters of St. Paul.
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those who are left behind will be standing around wondering what happened.  God will rapture Christians to heaven and begin judgment on earth for anyone left behind [regardless of their religion] ,because those who had a personal relationship with God through Christ Jesus are all gone [went to heaven with Christ]. \n\nWant to go to heaven? http://www.NeedGod.com
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•Jesus is not a Saviour. He is not capable, even, to save himself from his enemies. How he can be considered “All-Able” to save everyone on the earth. It is the Lord alone__ Who is the All-Able to save every creature of the universe including the mankind__ as the Lord is already saving__ each of them__ without any desolation and defect.\nThe Same God is the God of Jesus who was the God of Jacob and Moses (peace & blessings of God be upon all the three). The one God, beside whom, there is no God at all.\n\nJesus is not the inventor of Trinity. Nor he is presenting him as one of three Gods. Nor he is telling the One God as the third of the three gods. Instead, he is openly rejecting the concept of Trinity, which stands for the following three gods.\n\n1.The God of Moses____ Jehovah\n2.The word of God_____ Jesus\n3.Holy Spirit or Holy Ghost.\n\nThe Trinity is a baseless concept in terms of the Verse under reference, the verse 3 of the prayer.\n\nTorah says,\n“Remember This! The Lord and the Lord alone___ is our God.\nLove the Lord your god with all your heart,\nWith all your soul, and with all your strength.”\n(Deut 6:4-5)\n\n“Fear the Lord your God, worship only God,\nand make your promises in God’s name alone.\nDo not worship other gods,\nAny of the gods of the people around you.\nIf you do worship other gods,\nThe Lord’s anger will come against you\nLike fire and will destroy you completely,\nBecause the Lord your God,\nWho is present with you, tolerates no rivals.”\n(Deut 6:13-14-15)\n\n“God is a great god and (only) one to be feared.’\n(Deut 7:21)\n\nPrior to Jesus, the Lord had created Eve, without mother__ and Adam, without mother and father, the both. Afterwards, the Lord created Jesus without father. So the creation of Jesus, without father, is the third instance of the Lord’s all-encompassing creativity___ which is free from all the channels or systems of the birth. Instead, all the channels or systems of the birth are subservient to the all-encompassing and unique creativity of the Lord.\n\nJesus was born after Adam, Noah, Abraham, Ismael, Isaac, Jacob, David, Solomon, Moses and the numerous other Prophets (peace & blessings of God be upon all of them). If he were the Son-God, then, all of the foregoing Prophets, must have been the believers of Trinity. But the case is not like that at all. None of them was the believer of Trinity, rather, none of them, had, even, heard about the name of Trinity, in their times. Hence, Trinity is nothing else but an invented and artificial concept which has no existence, even, during the time of Jesus. It is, therefore, a rootless concept from all accounts.\n\n•Jesus believed in the same God___ who was believed in__ by Adam, Noah, Ibrahim, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses and all the prophets (peace &blessings of the LORD be upon all of them).\n\nAccording to Jesus, God, the Holy One; is the Saviour of the Whole mankind. God is capable (be God glorified as God is) to relive off every infliction. None of the human beings is saviour beside God. Jesus, himself is also, not a saviour at all. The people who have chosen him as their saviour__ they have denied the Holy One___ who alone is the saviour of Jesus and whole mankind and the act of choosing Jesus as saviour__ is equal to hate the Holy One___ as it is clearly written in the old Testament:-\n\n“I am the Lord your God. Worship no God but Me. Do not make for yourself images of anything in heavens or on earth or in the water under the earth. Do not bow down to any idol or worship it. Because I am the Lord your God and I tolerate no rivals. I bring punishment on those who hate me, on their descendants, down to third and fourth generation.”\n(Exodus 20:1-5)\nDuring his preaching, Jesus had never called himself as God or Son-God.Now, look upon those people who consider Jesus as God or Son-God. They are, baselessly, blaming even those people who were present at the spot and knew that Jesus was not God or son-god. In
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JESUS SAVES.\n\nHe clips coupons religiously.
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There are reasons why God could not save us from sin with a snap of His fingers.  His holy and just character would not allow it.  A payment had to rectify the transgressions committed.\n\nWhat He did though is offer a SOLUTION to the sin problem that  would also lead to eternal life.  The solution was Jesus Christ, His only begotten Son.\n\nCan man just do anything he wants and expect eternal life?  No.  Adam and Eve were given the opportunity to live forever and CHOSE to blow it.  THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES for blowing it, in every aspect of life.  Adam and Eve were no exeption, rather they were mankind's first examples to demonstrated that there are consequences for doing wrong.  Instead of being able to live forever, they would die.\n\nThe consequences to sin then is death.  So, what is the remedy?\n\nSomething had to remedy sin.  There is no darkness in God.  He is holy.  No man could ever see God and live.  He is too holy and full of pure light...beyond our scope of understanding.   Therefore, He had to make a way for us to be able to exist with Him forever in His magnificent glory, splendor, and light.  Sin is darkness and can not abide with light.\n\nIn Leviticus 17:11 God told the Israelites that the life of the body is in the blood. He gave them rules for pouring that blood on the altar. They had to do this in order to cover their sins. \n\nWithout the shedding of blood there is no remission of sins Hebrews tells us.  The blood represents life.  If a sacrifice were made, it would remedy the sin...wash the sin away...cleanse the sinner from the sin.  Why? Because God said so.\n\nIn the TNK, this was temporarily accomplished through animal sacrifices...spotless animals.  The reason for Jesus Christ coming in the flesh was so that he could be the final sacrifice.  He would literally give His life, so that all might live.  He was blameless, he did no sin, therefore he qualified as the "spotless Lamb" of God.  He gave His only begotten Son who was willing to die for the world.\n\nIn the offering the priests shed animal blood, but that blood only provided a cover for sin. Only the blood Christ shed was able to put sin away (Hebrews 9:26)! \n\nCouldn't God have died for us?  No.  God is not a man.  Only a flesh and blood sinless person could be the exchange.  His Son was what He gave, with His Son willlingly doing so.\n\nJesus GAVE his life freely out of love.  It was not "taken" from him.  His blood poured out to cover the sins of all who believe and wash them...freeing them from the bondage of sin.  All sin was imputed to him to reconcile the world to God.  Jesus Christ, through His sacrifice, put the world in a position to be "reconciled" in actuality to God.\n\nReconciliation removes the hatred (Romans 5:10; Colossians 1:21; Ephesians 2:16); reconciliation makes a person clean. Through reconciliation God paid for our sins and put them away (2 Corinthians 5:19; Hebrews 9:26; 1:3). Reconciliation breaks down the walls between God and man (Ephesians 2:14). At one time you and I were the enemies of God. By faith in Christ we brought ourselves back to God (Colossians 1:21). The war is over! God signed a peace treaty in the blood of Christ (Colossians 1:20)! \n\nAnyone, who believes God and His Son can be washed clean by the spilled blood of Christ.  God then, by His loving grace, declares a person "righteous" who has this kind of saving faith.\n\nJust as God raised Christ from the grave to a new body and immortality, so will He do the same for all who believe.  At the first resurrection, and at the last trump, Christ will return.  All in Christ (true Christians) will be changed instantly to an incorruptible, immortal body and person never to sin again and fit to dwell in the light of God.
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Just be the vessel and make yourself available for the Holy Spirit to use you. Pray for your friend. Pray that he will be saved. Pray for opportunities to witness to him about what Jesus has done in your life. Pray that you will say the right thing. When the Spirit leads you, without being pushy, as the opportunity arises, tell him your story. The Holy Spirit will do the rest as and when God wills it. Remember, you don't save. Jesus does. God bless.
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Understanding the plan of salvation.
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JESUS RESURRECTED TODAY! =)\nTHANK YOU JESUS FOR SAVING ME!
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The Christian answer is that he does try to save you. That’s what Jesus was all about. And all you have to do is have faith, which pretty much amounts to believing for the sake of believing or because you’re afraid of what will happen if you don’t. The problem with citing the bible as evidence is that the entire book amounts to nothing more than hearsay from people who barely understood the world around them. God is all-powerful, yet somehow he can’t seem to provide adequate proof that the bible is anything more than mythology. And every piece of “proof” that has been presented is flawed and the result of desperately wanting a given belief to be true.\n\nWhat I’ve seen here, so far, in the way of answers, amazes me. It’s so simple, right? Just put all of your faith into a book written 2000 years ago by people who believed, among other things, that the Earth was flat. Never doubt it, and close your mind to all logic. Just ignore the fact that logic has a MUCH better track record than tales of magic and miracles, and that stories we now know to be fictional were once accepted as fact the same way some people seem to be accepting this as fact. Just look around you. There are things we can’t understand. Pay no attention to the fact that as we gain knowledge, we learn and understand things that were once considered mysteries. That the same way some people point to life and marvel at its complexity, and claim that it MUST have been deisgned, people used to speak the same way about something as simple as a thunderstorm. We don’t understand it now, so it is impossible to understand, and therefore God must exist. Do you people see the flaw in this reasoning?!\n\nSearching with an open mind raises the kinds of questions you have just asked. Closing your mind is what provides the answers, and the fact is, it only makes sense because they want it to. I believe that the Christian answer IS possible. THAT is keeping an open mind. Insisting that it absolutely is the truth is just plain ignorant.\n\nLet me say that what so many have said, here, is possible. But it is only one of nearly infinite possibilities. Some people refuse to acknowledge that. My advice to you is this, don’t do the same. Accept that for the time being, we cannot know, and be open to all possibilities.
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his message is who he is. accept jesus as lord and repent from your sins so you can be saved.
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Someone to tell about Jesus. How much He Loves them, and wants to save them.
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"shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air" 1Thessalonians 4:17 - Behold He cometh with clouds.... Revelation 1:7 - Also see - Revelation 14:14-16 - A lot more in the old testament.\n\nI wish I could see that in my next grilled cheese sandwich.\n\nGood post dude - And yes they will have an opportunity to be saved. But if you are wondering for yourself, don't wait to be saved, Jesus is knocking at the door to your heart and waiting to come in and there is nothing better then having a relationship with your creator.
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turn to God. He has all the answers
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U bet! All he has to do is repent!  God loves his prodigal children who come back to Him in remourse.  Check this out:\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prodigal_son\n\nAlso, we are all sinners but are saved by the Blood of the Lamb!  God loved us so much that He gave us His only Son that whomever believes Jesus is the Son who died for humanity IS saved.  \n\nThe Bible talks about forgivness; and Jesus was seen dining with sinners and publicans.  He told the Pharisees that He came to Save Sinners and of his role as Servant to those who needs to be Saved.
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He'd be goalie because Jesus saves!