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Sorry po kasi focus lang tong thread na to sa book na "Isang tanong, Isang sagot".. About po sa mp3 o videos ni Ptr. yup sa you tube po marami nun.. Thanks for the interest to my thread.. God Bless!!
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Q: Nawawala ba ang salvation?
PTR ED LAPIZ' ANSWER:
"The Bible says that when one person accepts Jesus as His healer, Savior, and Lord, the angels in heaven rejoice. If you prayed to receive Jesus and believe it in your heart, remember this day. Because Today, according to the Bible, your name is written in heaven. And if you commit sin, you will still be saved. The question is about security of salvation. Is salvation lost when you commit a sin? Now, in fairness to scholarship, let me tell you that the Christian community has two ideas about this. Several Bible scholars and theologians say yes, but there are also those who say no, it is not lost.
Legal and Actual Holiness, I think that we have to look at the two types of holiness, the legal and the actual holiness. When I accepted Jesus as my Savior and lord I don't become actually holy; I become legally holy. Meaning, what He did for me makes me holy, what He did for me I cannot undo. I am given a legal status called clean. I'm now called a child of God. So, if I accept Jesus as my Savior and Lord, and then commit a sin while I'm alive, I have to pay for that sin here on earth. But I will not have to pay for that in the next life because that's what Jesus paid for.
Faith, not sinlessness, brings salvation. Ang tanong, na-save ba kayo dahil wala kayong kasalanan? Hindi! Sinlessness does not give you salvation. It is your faith in Christ that gives you salvation. Kung minsan nagkakasala ka nga pero hindi naman ibig sabihin nawala yung faith mo. Nagiging guilty ka nga eh! That means may faith ka pa, and it is faith that gives you salvation. It is only what Christ did that is relevant.
However, you can lose the joy of salvation. So, pwede na pala akong magkasala kasi hindi naman mawawala ang salvation ko? Yes, pwede. Pero matutulad kayo kay David na nawala ang joy of salvation. Kaya, sabi niya, Return to me the joy of my salvation.* Hindi niya sinabing "Return to me my salvation". Alam niyang hindi nawala yung salvation, pero nawala yung joy. Pwedeng mawala ang blessing, mawala ang prosperity, mawala ang peace. Naaksidente ka, naputol ang dalawang kamay mo, naputol ang dalawang paa, nakapatong ka lang diyan na parang lumpiang macao, buhay ka pa! Ang kaluluwa mo pag namatay ka, saved! Pero look at you life, parang impyerno, parang nasa impyerno ngayon. Kasi hindi sila nabubuhay sa kabanalan.
'Sinless' Christian. Kaya technically, wala tayong kasalanan pagdating sa Diyos. Pagharap mo sa Ama, wala siyang makikita kundi kabanalan, perfection. Charged to Christ na lahat ng kasalanan mo! Kaya nga sabi sa John 1:29, Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world! Kinuha na ni Kristo lahat at inilagay sa katawan Niya.
While we are told that we should live a holy life, if we sin, 1 John 1:9 says, we should confess to the Lord; because we have an advocate with the Father. That is why I react to that question - if a person accepts Jesus as Savior and Lord, will he not commit sin? It is different to commit sin, and it is different to live in sin. This is the actual difference between those who are in the Lord, and those who are not. You commit sin like a sheep. Sheep are very particular about their cleanliness. Because they are walking on the ground, they get dirty. What they do is to scrub themselves against rocks, trees, or anything to get the mud off their bodies. A pig behaves differently. A pig, in the morning, will look for a mud hole and stay there. You try to pull the pig out, and the pig will squeal and stay there. So, if one accepts Jesus as Savior and Lord, he will still commit sin because he is still in human frame. But he will not intentionally, continuously, and stubbornly live in sin like those who are not in the Lord.
*Psalm 51:12
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