“Blessed be
the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant
mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus
Christ from the dead.” 1 Peter 1:3 (NKJV)
In
the precious and beautiful name of Messiah Yeshua “Jesus,” greetings.
Do you believe the person confessing
Jesus is the Son of God, the Lord and the Savior of their life,
and rejecting the doctrine of the “Trinity” altogether, is saved?
The above is the first of two questions I sent via E-mail to
an individual I saw on television. This
post will only address the first one as the second had absolutely nothing to do
with the Anthanasian Creed. Someone else
responded to my question, on the original recipients behalf. Both are followers of the Anthanasian Creed who
tend to forget one thing (not that there aren’t more), salvation by works and
God’s plan of salvation have absolutely nothing in common.
The response I received to the first of my two questions:
“So, in a round about way to
answering your first question, the answer is yes and no. If someone believes
Christ is their savior, yet obstinately and publicly denies the truth of the
Trinity after being adequately taught and instructed, and thus commits the sin
of heresy, and dies in this state without being reconciled, then they will not
be saved. There were a lot of conditionals to that statement so things like
minor confusion, misspeaking, etc in regards to the doctrine of the Trinity
does not mean the person will not be saved.”
Nothing defines salvation by works better, than having to
meet the approval of those “believed” to be “adequately taught and instructed” in
the ways of the Anthanasian Creed, to be saved.
“There were a lot of conditionals to that statement so
things like minor confusion, misspeaking, etc in regards to the doctrine of the
Trinity does not mean the person will not be saved,” actually proves the
Anthanasian Creed has absolutely nothing to do with God’s plan of salvation. The opening sentence “So, in a round about way
to answering your first question, the answer is yes and no” by its ambiguity
proves it has nothing to do with God’s plan of salvation.
The Anthanasian Creed surfaced and became doctrine of the
Catholic Church in 325-AD, and without it the doctrine of the “Trinity” doesn’t
exist.
If you’re [really] interested in teaching [Biblical] truths,
concerning the salvation of one’s soul, how about taking them straight from
the [Bible]. You’ll certainly find the
answer to the question “what must I do to be saved” if you do. “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you
will be saved.”
And the keeper of the prison,
awaking from sleep and seeing the prison doors open, supposing the prisoners
had fled, drew his sword and was about to kill himself. But Paul called with a
load voice, saying, “Do yourself no harm, for we are all here.”
Then he called for a light, ran in,
and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas. And he brought them out and
said, “Sirs, what must I do to be
saved?” So they said, “Believe
on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your
household.” Acts 16:27-31 (NKJV)
When one choses to “believe on the Lord Jesus Christ,”
just prior to them taking their last breath here on earth, they “will be
saved.” One thing is for sure, it’ll
have absolutely nothing to do with the Anthanasian Creed.
My subsequent response to him:
_______, you say the person
rejecting the Anthanasian Creed, “After being adequately taught and instructed,
and dies in that state, will not be saved.”
Adequately taught and instructed” to determine the eternal destiny of
one’s soul? I have not seen a
[Scripture] verse that supports this. Can
you tell me what verse of [Scripture] you found this in?
There’s no [Biblical] evidence of anyone having to believe the Anthanasian Creed for anything, let alone the only way to salvation. “Adequately taught and instructed” implies that someone gets to choose the eternal destiny of another person’s soul. The inspired word of God endures forever and it doesn’t encourage anyone to trust someone else’s understanding of the [Scriptures], let alone our own.
The battle is not against flesh and blood, nor earthly
institutions called “church.” The
Anthanasian Creed is the problem.
God bless.
In His Care… Jim
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