Is My Salvation an Event or a Process?

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John Piper, Unknown, 163859, Pastor, Ask, Theology, Desiring God, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Questions

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🗓️ 4 February 2022

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

If our final salvation rests on the condition that we persevere in faith, how can we know that we really will make it to heaven?

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0:00.0	Happy Friday, everyone.
0:06.0	We have a good one for you today, an episode that will answer a question we get all the time
0:10.0	in the inbox.
0:11.0	Basically it's this, is our salvation an event or is our salvation a process?
0:19.1	Are we saved in a moment or are we saved in a series of unfolding events?
0:25.1	We need to work that out with open Bibles.
0:27.5	The question comes to us from Andrew, a listener in Jonesboro, Arkansas, with an open
0:32.3	Bible.
0:33.3	Hello, Pastor John.
0:34.3	My brother sends me questions frequently so we can discuss them.
0:36.7	The most recent one from him comes from Colossians, chapter 1, verses 21 to 23, where
0:41.9	it seems as if Paul is saying this salvation is a process, not an event.
0:46.1	The only reason I have an issue with this is because he seems to think that this also
0:50.4	indicates that the once saved, always saved teaching is incorrect.
0:56.5	As we aren't actually once saved, but are more accurately continually being saved
1:02.0	as we continue in the faith.
1:03.5	This seems contrary to the many verses that say salvation is by faith, not by works, but
1:08.0	it still cannot completely reconcile verses such as these in Colossians.
1:12.6	What are your thoughts?
1:14.2	Well, let's read the text because we need to have the verses right there in front of
1:18.6	us so that we can see what the real problem is for so many people.
1:25.5	Because like this, and you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil
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