Many in our world today want us to believe that we can except Christ simply as a Savior from sin, but not the Lord of our lives. They teach essentially that a person can perform an act of believing on Christ once, and after this, they can fall away even into total unbelief and yet still supposedly be "saved". Christ does not call men in this way. Christ does not save men in this way. The true Christian is the one continually coming, always believing in Christ. Real Christian faith is an ongoing faith, not a one-time act. If one wishes to be eternally satiated, one meal is not enough. If we wish to feast on the bread of heaven, we must do so all our lives. We will never hunger or thirst if we are always coming and always believing in Christ. He's our sufficiency. Christ the bread from heaven. We must feed on all of Christ, not just the parts we happen to like. Christ is not the Savior of anyone unless He is their Lord as well. .James R. White
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The quote above talks about how some people want to believe that they can accept Christ as their Savior and then continue with their sins. This is not what God wants for us. We are supposed to be living for Him. We are supposed to be serving Him.
We are supposed to be striving to do what He asks of us. If we think that we can just accept Him as our Savior and then go on continuing on with our sins, then we are setting ourselves up for failure. We will never be able to live for Him or serve Him if we think that He will save us from our sins and make us righteous, but then forget about us after we become Christians.
We must realize that the only way of salvation is through the blood of Jesus Christ, otherwise known as the cross.
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