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To: Salvation
I asked Jesus to forgive my sins and take me to heaven when I die, Aug. 15, 1981, at Eddie Klein's kitchen table.

Did I get saved? (salvation)

Am I still saved?

23 posted on 04/23/2012 7:10:16 PM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
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To: knarf

Do you still walk in the way of the Lord?

Pray and give thanks? Confess your daily trespasses? Reverence the most High? Live your belief rather than just talking about it?

If yes, I figure you are still saved. If no, you might want to fix that.

I used to be a Protestant (not a good one, but I accepted Christ into my life as my savior.) It sort of lapsed after a while, when what C.S Lewis called the honeymoon period was over.

Let me give you a very poor analogy. You shower every day because you get dirty. Our saviour is not a magic shower that cleans you from sin for good - you still need to bathe in His Grace daily, because you will sin each and every day.

I rejected Protestantism for that reason. People saying “Oh, I am saved,” then carrying on as normal. The Church doesn’t let you do that. You must examine your sins and atone for them.

I hope and indeed expect you personally do so and I fully expect to meet you in the fullness of time under His banner. Different battalions maybe, but under the same General.


33 posted on 04/23/2012 7:31:46 PM PDT by EnglishCon (Gingrich/Santorum 2012.)
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