How are we to decide what a joyful noise is to the Lord?

That's just one of the questions we'll be answering on today's edition of Core Christianity.

Hi, this is Bill Meyer, along with Pastor Adriel Sanchez, and this is the radio program where we answer your

questions about the Bible and the Christian life every day. Our phone number is 8333-3-3-2ndy-Core. That's

1833-843-243-2673. If you get our voicemail system, feel free to leave your question there. You can also

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First up, today, let's go to Amalie calling in from Missouri. Amalie, what's your question for

Adrile? My question for Adriel, well, first of all, I want to thank him very much for his program,

and I listen to it every single day.

And my question to him is based on a call from a previous caller that wanted some clarification on the issue of,

if you're not baptized, you're not saved, that he had heard.

And I wasn't confused about that or didn't need clarification on that. And as I understand it, Pastor responded that, not to minimize

baptism, that it is very, very important, but we're saved by being justified by the work of

Jesus on the cross and repenting.

My question is, I know that we cannot continue to be justified because we're justified once,

but do we continue to be sanctified as we mature in the faith and as the days, weeks, years go by?

That's my question.

Yeah, we thank you so much for the question I love when we get follow-up questions.

And thanks for your encouragement as well.

So with regard to justification, justification is an act of God's free grace.

And you either are or you aren't justified.

There's not like a, you know, a range of being just,

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