What the Early Christians Believed About Salvation

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Did the early Christians believe that we saved by faith alone? Does obedience play a role in salvation? What the early Christians believed may surprise you.

[jean-mariemusslin]

Very accurate message ! How many are we, hearing Sunday after Sunday the same preachings of God's Grace and God's Love, forgetting God's Holiness and Righteousness requiring our holiness and our righteousness. Thank you brother for the rigour of your messages.Thank you Father for the spreading of the Truth !

[dw]

It fits the idea of the narrow gate, then the narrow/difficult way or path.

[musicmaniandevil]

I believe I am in the second stage.

I have not heard the voice of God in a long time, and have lived a sinful life.

Is it too late to be part of God’s kingdom?
To repent?

And if not, how do I repent?
What are the works of God?
And will it be enough for the misuse of Jesus?

[HebrewDay]

It's sad so few people read their bibles. It would lead to people not believing in this gnostic gospel today.

[Polack]

I wonder what the early church fathers thought about the idea of eternal I can understand the need for unrepentant sinners to go through hell as a sort of "tough love" teaching that leads them back to God, but it's going to be hard seeing God as all-loving and all-merciful if He did indeed create a reality that He knew would give birth to souls destined for eternal torment.

[felixnyathi]

thanks for insightful teachings may God bless you I pray that we christians can have One theology and same faith and understandings amen

[GeorgeSerofim]

Great Gospel teaching brother . Keep on preaching for the glory of His Name Jesus Christ . Till All the WICKED christian recieve the true gospel message . Before their names are plotted out of the BOOK of LIFE . GOD BLESS

[seannadeburca]

Do you have any resources on early church ecclesiology and its relevance to salvation?

[Contraflow]

Makes sense since the jews before Christ had to work hard and do righteous works as a means for Salvation despite the bigger understanding that God's grace ultimately is what leads one to Salvation.

[philipbuckley]

so is one to assume that OSAS came out of the so called reformation...

[PaperBagMan]

Now, as much as I do love your videos (I really do), we have to be careful with using age of any particular doctrine as evidence of its truthfulness. The apostle Paul says people were corrupting his letters even as he was writing them (can't find the verse unfortunately). Also the Galatians were mixing Jewish law with salvation even before 100 AD. So the point is, while I believe eternal security is obviously false and there's this major issue of the hyper grace movement of today, we can't base the evidence of true doctrine solely on the age of the doctrine. It's good for evidence, but not by itself.

[catholicseymour]

One thing I have a problem with is saying the early church took the New Testament in totality. It was not ratified until 383 AD. However they did understand Christ in the Old Testament very well.

[lastdayswitness]

Holy spirit truth evidence for enduring till the end to be saved : osas is apostasy lie satan
1. Peter Speaks in Solomon's Colonnade-Acts 3:19
…18But in this way God has fulfilled what He foretold through all the
prophets, saying that His Christ would suffer. 19Repent, then, and turn
back, so that your sins may be wiped away, 20that
times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that He
may send Jesus, the Christ, who has been appointed for you.
2.
Matthew 24:13 but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.Revelation 2:263.25Nevertheless,
hold fast to what you have until I come. 26And to the one who is
victorious and continues in My work until the end, I will give authority
over the nations.4.Colossians 2:6
Therefore, just as you have received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to
live in Him.5.
Colossians 1:10
so
that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord and may please Him in
every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of
God.6.
1 John 2:6 He that said he stays in him ought himself also so to walk,
even as he walked.7.
12Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my
presence, but now even more in my absence, continue to work out your
salvation with fear and trembling. 13For it is God who works in you to
will and to act on behalf of His good pleasure. Philippians 2:128.Philippians 1:6
For I am confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will continue to perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.
9.He who overcomes will thus be clothed in white garments; and I will not
erase his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before
My Father and before His angels.
10. 8I know your deeds. See, I have placed
before you an open door, which no one can shut. For you have only a
little strength, yet you have kept My word and have not denied My name. revelation 3:17

[odouls]

Martin Luther's doctrine us not my idea of Early Christians. I expect to here of Christians in the first few decades after the crucifixion.

[philipbuckley]

on your presentation on divorce there were no comments...ergo this one here...the Mt 19.9 in the KJV was fornication....as sexual immorality changes the meaning...one has to know why fornication was used....or who commits this sin....the sin of adultery is for married persons....is not the sin of fornication for the unmarried...ergo....maybe a person, that is engaged...ergo the divorce...from the Jewish perspective...

[philipbuckley]

salvation clears the board....so to speak, so what changes, if any are example....the ones remarried, from a non Biblical divorce....are they forgiven and allowed to remain in that relationship....the same could be said, about any crime....would forgiveness mean that one is no longer held, to be, accountable for their actions...

[LB-swkm]

So when the church says unless you are born again and the second stage is infilling if the Holy Ghost by speaking in new tongues as evidence. So if you do not speak in tongues you are not born again according to the UPC . And they also say be baptized in the name .. what’s the name ? Jesus .
What do you say ? Think ?

[kkchacko]

Did the apostles speak greek or armaic

[philipbuckley]

evidently you don't believe in once saved, always saved...