Salvation + Sanctification

Just cause I'm lazy to hold a pen today, I've decided to type my thoughts out. I've always wondered.. How does this work? as God promised that He will not let us go.. but yet.. we are walking in darkness and not walking in the light when we sinned.. we are not in fellowship with God.. but yet, we are saved? Wuh~ this whole "am I saved" question have got me confused for a while.

1Tim 1:19 says: Cling to your faith in Christ, and keep your conscience clear, for some people have deliberately violated their consciences; as a result, their faith has been shipwrecked.

It got me thinking. as the bible says, Romans 10:9 "That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved." So in a way, we are saved when we believe in the truth of who Jesus is and of what Jesus has done on the cross for us. The trick question is.. if we stray away.. and disobey God, are we still saved?

I guess the answer is in 1Tim. God looks at the heart. Faith is a very important component in our Christian walk. We are all imperfect beings and God knows that, we can't pay the debt we owe Him and that's why He sacrificed His Son for us. So, why as Christians, when we know that we are not saved by works, strive to "work" for salvation after we've accepted Christ? But yet, James says: Faith without deeds are dead. :X Wooooo~

Back to 1 Tim. I guess He explained very clearly here. As we deliberately violated our conscience, and continuosly walk in a different path than the path that God wants us to walk, our faith will be in serious danger. It's a matter of the heart after all. And what we do reflects our heart. Do we still value Jesus as our Lord and Saviour? Do we still acknowledge God's sovereignty? If we continuously and deliberately violate our conscience and disobey our Father.

It is not what we "do", or whatever sin that is big enough to cause us to lose our salvation. But it is more of whether we still acknowledge and still have Christ as our Lord in our heart.s A reflection of our hearts I would say. Therefore, condemnation is not something that God ones, because condemnation and guilt and shame is saying that "hey, I've done something so so so so so wrong that this is unforgivable." God has already mentioned that he has forgiven our sins and we are forgiven as long as we have Christ in our hearts and are willing to change. We know who rule in our lives.

Condemnation is putting our works before God's grace and mercy.

This world is not revolved around us. It is God.

Ephesians 1: 2 May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace.