Salvation produces good works. Bad works after salvation does not nullify salvation. Is it Biblical?
We come across exposures of celebrated Christian leaders. We are encouraged to view them as bad works from the flesh but not to doubt their salvation. Why can't we doubt their salvation itself?
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Asked January 12 2024
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venkatesan Iyer
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Mark Vestal
Yes, that is a biblically accurate statement. Regarding questioning their salvation, only God truly knows their hearts. We then should maybe not question it, but we can, and are commanded to, discern the validity of their MESSAGE of salvation itself. For instance, what do they say regarding how salvation is obtained? Is it by the gospel of God's grace and Christ crucified through faith alone (1 Cor 15:1-4), or something in contrast to it? They could be "preaching another Jesus" (2 Cor 11). They could be one of Satan's "ministers of righteousness" (2 Cor 11:13-15). They could be "preaching another gospel" (Gal 1:6-8). By discerning the truth (found or confirmed in God's written Word), compared to the lies of false teachers, we can then "mark and avoid them": Rom 16:17-18 "Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. 18 For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple."
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