My brothers and my sisters once again I would
like to meditate with you on the need for perseverance. Many people start a
Christian life and after a few years they think there is no more need to live
those commitments when accepted the faith. Will gradually distancing himself
and losing his first love. When they realize ... And when they realize, because
they often don't realize that they are moving away from the Lord. I must tell
you that this theology once saved, always saved for unbiblical and the person
even having been saved can be lost if there is perseverance. I know they say:
my life doesn't matter now because I have been saved or saves. But not is this.
Salvation is a process and has not yet been consummated in us in all its
fullness. There is a "now and a not yet" on us in this process.
That's why Paul says work out your salvation. (Pil. 2:12) This development is
the commitment to work our salvation in this world where we can still lose it.
Only in the glory run no more. So we need to be very careful with this definitive
salvation theology here in this world because it is not what the Bible teaches
us. If we practice acts that are not approved by God, sad to say, but we lose
our salvation.
The biblical texts set out today show that it
is necessary to persevere. No use having started well and not have continued.
Even in prayer is necessary perseverance. We can't start a prayer and then
leave. There has to be continuity. And the biblical text is in a context where
the subject is the tribulation. Paul recommends patience and then to
perseverance in prayer. Many times we don't have our demands met because we
gave up halfway. We are not steadfast. Persevere is synonymous of argue,
stress, etc. In other text Paul recommends the same thing with regard to
salvation. Recommends the development and perseverance.
My appeal to all is so let us persevere. No
one day I was saved. In my understanding once being achieved by the saving
grace of God we started a process that we call it sanctification. Methodist
Soteriology provides for this. The process of salvation provides the process of
sanctification and regeneration. Because it is a process he is dynamic. It's
walked. It's not finished, done, done. In English it says: It is Done. But it's
not. Have a walk of faith while we're in this world and so we have to be
steadfast.
That God will help us and give us strength to
persevere. We must be faithful to death to receive Crown of life. (Revelation, 2:10) Amen.
Rev.
Jesué Francisco da Silva.
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