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Originally Posted by refridgerator
. . . In this case I could be baptised and then go rampage kill random people as happens from time to time in America (it is a cultural thing already) and still be saved . . .
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That question was answered many years ago by our eminent theologian scholar, Pastor Billy-Reuben, in his monograph
Perserverance of the Saints - Once Saved, Always Saved.
There is no need for me to add unto his words:
Yes, friends, once Jesus has bought you WITH HIS BLOOD, you can do no wrong. You could meet the Devil at the cross-roads and offer to trade your soul for a brand new Ford Taurus, then go out for a raging night of wild homosexual sex, armed robbery, murder, and Democrat party fundraisers, and when you wake up the next morning you will STILL be SAVED!
SHOUT GLORY! The BLOOD of JESUS washed ALL those SINS AWAY! PRAISE God!
However, the key phrase is "once Jesus has bought you with His blood". Being saved isn't thinking that you're saved. It isn't being TOLD that you're saved by some liberal-minded so-called minister who is more interested in telling you what you want to hear than in bringing you to Jesus.
In fact, Jesus could show up in person and tell you to your face that you are saved, even though you are not, and you would still go to Hell.
Why, you ask, would Jesus do a thing like that?
II Thessalonians 2
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness
13 But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
These verses tell us that God picks and chooses ahead of time (from the beginning) who is and who isn't saved, amen. He will cause people to believe lies, just so He can damn them to Hell. Praise!
How can you tell if you are saved? If you have absolutely no desire to do anything other than pray, worship Jesus, tell Jesus how great He is, tell others how great Jesus is, witness for Jesus, forcibly convert others to Christ, tithe, work for tithing money, sing hymns, and pump out little baby Christian Soldiers, then you are probably safe in assuming that you are saved.
So, being saved means that you can do whatever you want, but you only want to do what Jesus wants you to do. If you have any desire whatsoever to do anything that is not listed in the previous paragraph, then you aren't really saved.
Praise Jesus!
Pastor Billy-Reuben