Salvation is by the grace of God, not the works of man.. "and as many as had been appointed to eternal life, believed. " Acts 13:48

[old man joe]

Acts 13:48 is another of the most direct passages in Holy Scripture that plainly declares
believing unto salvation comes after being given life from God. a sermon of the Apostle
Paul beginning in verse 14 of that chapter illustrates that the true gospel is presented
completely without any offer to man that he must " make a decision for Christ " in order
to be saved.

the cult heretic's insist they've believed of their own free will and offer such a gospel.
wonderfully, the Word of God say's to the contrary. the Word of God insist's that
believing unto salvation comes after being given life... no pre-conditions to fill,
whatsoever.

man, being dead in sin in his soul existence simply can not initiate life in himself.
that's the starting point... passing out of death into life by the gracious mercy of God.
once God gives life, which is to say, Jesus Christ who is the Life, then and only then
does man believe unto salvation.

this act of God refuses to give man any of the glory for the doing since there is no life
in the unbeliever. life must come from the One who has it to the one who does not have
it. this is true for the physical life of the body as well as the spiritual life of the
soul.

coupling this text of Holy Scripture with that of those speaking to the Lamb's Book of
Life, it becomes apparent that God has chosen, in and of Himself to His own glory
( Eph. 1:3-12 ) a people to His own Name; an act of choosing on His part which He's done
before He even created the universe.

leaving out no one from the possibility of their being elect unto salvation as the
co-redeemer's do... these insist on being partner's with God by salvation accomplished
only through their invoking Him to save by their preeminent good work of choosing Christ
or some ceremony as the means to salvation... therefore we find in the Bible those saved
as fetuses; such as Jacob, David, Jeremiah and John the Baptist.

salvation unto life eternal by the grace of God is not barred to anyone ( Ps. 97:6 ) since
His direct statement dealing with the salvation of sinful, lifeless man is said by God
that "The things that are impossible with people are possible with God."
( Lk. 18:26,27 )

the co-redeemer's have concocted gospel's which control salvation, barring everyone
incapable of decision making. the mentally impaired are without hope as are unborn
fetuses, babies dying at birth and toddler's... as well as every child not of age to
understand commitment.

thanks be to God in Christ through the Word by the Holy Spirit that no such gospel forged
by God bar's anyone from receiving Christ by the will of God due to their status in this
life as the co-redeemer's would have it. salvation is unconditional as far as man is
concerned. the only condition to salvation is if God has penned into the Lamb's Book of
Life the names of those He's determined to save from the penalty of their sins.

the hypocrites think they are saved by keeping the 10 Commandments. the whole Law of God
is the whole Word of God, not just a little part of Exodus 20. and the Word of God is
Jesus Christ, the Living God. without His pardon no one shall be elect unto Him since one
must have of His Life to hear Him call. John 10.