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This is my part of an art trade with my friend, :iconvilecannon13:, who is also now my new brother in Christ (as of February 3, 2015). This is my character Roy giving the gospel to his character, Stingz. This has been one of the best weeks of my life, as I am seeing that God is still granting salvation to those who would place their faith in Jesus Christ to forgive their sins. It's beyond wonderful to see this happen to a friend ^.^

If you are curious by what it means to be saved, you can see the salvation message on my page, or my testimony under my deviation, "Formerly Hellbound."

"But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness." - Romans 4:5

Oh, and I made sure that Roy's Bible is open to where the pauline epistles would be, I wanted to make sure he was getting the gospel from the right dispensation :) The Bible he is holding is also modeled after my own; it is a hardcover, and is black (but doesn't have pages with golden edges like other Bibles have).
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Those who mistake in this matter by claiming that one can lose his salvation simply misinterpret passages of scripture. They tend to confuse who is being addressed in certain scriptures, like the statement about “enduring to the end” in Matthew 24. That is speaking specifically about the tribulation saints. Since the Holy Spirit as New Covenant indwells the bride, He will be removed from the earth when she is (immediately prior to the son of perdition's revealing—2 Thessalonians 2:6-8). So, those in the tribulation who believe and do not take the mark of the beast will have to endure to their deaths, for they will not receive the Spirit's covering until that time. They have no marriage covenant, for they are not the bride, they are friends of the bride, just as the Old Testament saints are friends of the Bridegroom.

They also misinterpret passages like Hebrews 6, thinking that it states those who are saved can “fall away,” when actually, the passage is stating that it is impossible for one who is born again ever to be an unbeliever again, for then, to come back, it would require Messiah to be re-crucified. The KJV has a poor translation of verse six, as it should not state “if they shall fall away . . .” for the “if” does not appear in the Greek. The more proper interpretation is “to also fall away.” So, the verse is actually stating that it is impossible for one to be born again and also to fall away, which is the same thing 1 John 3:9 states—that the one who is born again cannot commit the sin of unbelief—the unpardonable sin (Matthew 12:31).

We are also shown who it is that can “fall away” in the Parable of the Sower: “The one on whom seed was sown on the rocky places, this is the man who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; yet he has no firm root in himself, but is only temporary, and when affliction or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he falls away. Matthew 13:20-21

This is the person who hears the truths of the Spirit, and, at first, he really likes what he hears. He believes what is told to him is truth. But, his belief is not completed, or “perfected” by the Holy Spirit. His adoption decree was being written, but it was never completed and sealed by the Father. The “firm root” he lacks is the Holy Spirit; he never receives the covenant of marriage, and thus, the Spirit never confirms to him that he is a child of Yah. This is the person who can “fall away,” because he was never seen by the Father as a believer, according to 1 John 5:10—he never had the testimony placed within him.