Doctrinal Foundation

[Sion]

How is it that these foundational doctrines of Christ spoken by Paul are the very ones that gospel teachers today argue over and say are not a matter of Salvation? Can you be saved without understanding and practicing them?

Hebrews 6

1 Therefore, leaving the discussion of the elementary principles of Christ, let us go on to perfection, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, 2 of the doctrine of baptisms, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.

Elementary Principles Of Christ

The foundation

1. repentance from dead works

2. faith toward God

3. doctrine of baptisms

4. laying on of hands

5. resurrection of the dead

6. eternal judgment

[jackie d]

and the doctrine

Doctrine of Salvation

Doctrine of Expiation

Doctrine of Justification

Doctrine of Propitiation

Doctrine of Reconciliation

Doctrine of Redemption

Doctrine of Regeneration

Doctrine of Substitution

Doctrine of the Trinity

[OneLight]

How is it that these foundational doctrines of Christ spoken by Paul are the very ones that gospel teachers today argue over and say are not a matter of Salvation? Can you be saved without understanding and practicing them?

Hebrews 6

1 Therefore, leaving the discussion of the elementary principles of Christ, let us go on to perfection, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, 2 of the doctrine of baptisms, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.

Elementary Principles Of Christ

The foundation

1. repentance from dead works

2. faith toward God

3. doctrine of baptisms

4. laying on of hands

5. resurrection of the dead

6. eternal judgment

Salvation is this:

For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.

This is all that is needed to become saved, to believe in Jesus. What you have listed comes after salvation.

OneLight

[Sion]

How is it that these foundational doctrines of Christ spoken by Paul are the very ones that gospel teachers today argue over and say are not a matter of Salvation? Can you be saved without understanding and practicing them?

Hebrews 6

1 Therefore, leaving the discussion of the elementary principles of Christ, let us go on to perfection, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, 2 of the doctrine of baptisms, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.

Elementary Principles Of Christ

The foundation

1. repentance from dead works

2. faith toward God

3. doctrine of baptisms

4. laying on of hands

5. resurrection of the dead

6. eternal judgment

Salvation is this:

For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.

This is all that is needed to become saved, to believe in Jesus. What you have listed comes after salvation.

OneLight

There is a whole new testament written about that statement "Believe in Jesus Christ".

How can one believe in someone they don't know?

If one says they believe and don't know what they believe in, they become a liar and a pawn in someone else's treachery. Paul told us in this scripture in Hebrews 6 what the elementary principles of Christ are. These are the elementary principals, part of that which is Christ Jesus. If a person doesn't know and understand the principals of Christ how can they know Christ?

Christ came preaching Repent and believe the Gospel.

Mark 1

15 and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel."

[jackie d]

How is it that these foundational doctrines of Christ spoken by Paul are the very ones that gospel teachers today argue over and say are not a matter of Salvation? Can you be saved without understanding and practicing them?

Hebrews 6

1 Therefore, leaving the discussion of the elementary principles of Christ, let us go on to perfection, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, 2 of the doctrine of baptisms, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.

Elementary Principles Of Christ

The foundation

1. repentance from dead works

2. faith toward God

3. doctrine of baptisms

4. laying on of hands

5. resurrection of the dead

6. eternal judgment

Salvation is this:

For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.

This is all that is needed to become saved, to believe in Jesus. What you have listed comes after salvation.

OneLight

There is a whole new testament written about that statement "Believe in Jesus Christ".

How can one believe in someone they don't know?

If one says they believe and don't know what they believe in, they become a liar and a pawn in someone else's treachery. Paul told us in this scripture in Hebrews 6 what the elementary principles of Christ are. These are the elementary principals, part of that which is Christ Jesus. If a person doesn't know and understand the principals of Christ how can they know Christ?

Christ came preaching Repent and believe the Gospel.

Mark 1

15 and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel."

that is not a statement of hope....are you implying that if I don't know the doctrine of Christ I am not really saved and bound for hell?

[Sion]

How is it that these foundational doctrines of Christ spoken by Paul are the very ones that gospel teachers today argue over and say are not a matter of Salvation? Can you be saved without understanding and practicing them?

Hebrews 6

1 Therefore, leaving the discussion of the elementary principles of Christ, let us go on to perfection, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, 2 of the doctrine of baptisms, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.

Elementary Principles Of Christ

The foundation

1. repentance from dead works

2. faith toward God

3. doctrine of baptisms

4. laying on of hands

5. resurrection of the dead

6. eternal judgment

Salvation is this:

For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.

This is all that is needed to become saved, to believe in Jesus. What you have listed comes after salvation.

OneLight

There is a whole new testament written about that statement "Believe in Jesus Christ".

How can one believe in someone they don't know?

If one says they believe and don't know what they believe in, they become a liar and a pawn in someone else's treachery. Paul told us in this scripture in Hebrews 6 what the elementary principles of Christ are. These are the elementary principals, part of that which is Christ Jesus. If a person doesn't know and understand the principals of Christ how can they know Christ?

Christ came preaching Repent and believe the Gospel.

Mark 1

15 and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel."

that is not a statement of hope....are you implying that if I don't know the doctrine of Christ I am not really saved and bound for hell?

I am saying that there is no time like the present to learn everything you can about our Lord and Savior who loved His friends enough to go to the Cross so that all who will come to Him will be saved.

John 15

13 Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends.

14 You are My friends if you do whatever I command you.

John 14

23 Jesus answered and said to him, "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.

[tsth]

It's interesting, but if you look at Paul, he was always going back, to see if the people/church, continued in the faith. He was worried about them not going on. He was worried about them just stopping at hearing for the 1st time, and then not continuing. Why do you think he preached so much on "Enduring" and continuing in the faith? To believe, was just the starting point of a long line of faith. But, to many today, salvation is just one dot!

.

or

.____________________________________eternity

In His Love,

Suzanne

[OneLight]

Salvation is something that all believers need to be grounded solidly in. Salvation is something all Christians should be able to tell others who are not saved. Salvation is the basic message we are told to spread, then we are to bring them into discipleship.

In Hebrews 5 & 6, where the scripture tells us that the milk of the word is the elementary principles of Christ, is where they are speaking to those who know of these principles and should be moving on to a more deeper understanding, the meat of scripture, to become more mature in their walk. We can also see this as Paul addressed the church of Corinth in 1 Corinthians 3:1-3, "And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ. I fed you with milk and not with solid food; for until now you were not able to receive it, and even now you are still not able; for you are still carnal. For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving like mere men?"

Saying that, there is only one way to be saved, and that is to have faith in Jesus and His works He did for us on the cross and afterward. The scripture that states that all you have to do is call on the name of Jesus and you are saved, assumes one must first know who Jesus was and why they are to call on Him. The name alone can not save, it is the work that He did that saves.

OneLight

[Sion]

It's interesting, but if you look at Paul, he was always going back, to see if the people/church, continued in the faith. He was worried about them not going on. He was worried about them just stopping at hearing for the 1st time, and then not continuing. Why do you think he preached so much on "Enduring" and continuing in the faith? To believe, was just the starting point of a long line of faith. But, to many today, salvation is just one dot!

.

or

.____________________________________eternity

In His Love,

Suzanne

Amen tsth

A dot and a collection plate. A way of life that doesn't even resemble what Christ showed or taught. Those "Enduring" will be getting back to the first Church that Christ built real soon. The Lord will be pouring out His spirit without measure across the globe one last time as a witness to all nations and then the end of the world and the beginning of the kingdom.

[Sion]

Salvation is something that all believers need to be grounded solidly in. Salvation is something all Christians should be able to tell others who are not saved. Salvation is the basic message we are told to spread, then we are to bring them into discipleship.

In Hebrews 5 & 6, where the scripture tells us that the milk of the word is the elementary principles of Christ, is where they are speaking to those who know of these principles and should be moving on to a more deeper understanding, the meat of scripture, to become more mature in their walk. We can also see this as Paul addressed the church of Corinth in 1 Corinthians 3:1-3, "And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ. I fed you with milk and not with solid food; for until now you were not able to receive it, and even now you are still not able; for you are still carnal. For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving like mere men?"

Saying that, there is only one way to be saved, and that is to have faith in Jesus and His works He did for us on the cross and afterward. The scripture that states that all you have to do is call on the name of Jesus and you are saved, assumes one must first know who Jesus was and why they are to call on Him. The name alone can not save, it is the work that He did that saves.

OneLight

Amen OneLight

One must know who Jesus Christ is and what He taught. Or how else can one truthfully say "I believe".