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SalvationActs 28 :28 "Therefore let it beknown to you that this the meansby which God saves has been sentout to the nations ; they will certainlylisten to it ."Mark 10 :45 "For even the Sonof man came, not to be ministeredto, but to minister and to givehis soul a ransom in exchange formany ."Salvation a Goal to Be Attained-Not `Once Saved AlwaysSaved'Phil . 3 :12-14 "Not that I havealready received it or am alreadymade perfect, but I ampursuing to see if I may also layhold on that for which I havealso been laid hold on by ChristJesus . Brothers, I do not yet considermyself as having laid holdon it ; but there is one thingabout it : Forgetting the thingsbehind and stretching forward tothe things ahead, I am pursuingdown toward the goal for theprize of the calling above andwhich God extends in Christ Jesus."If `Once Saved Always Saved',Why Did God Reject IsraelWhom He Saved fromEgypt?Jude 5 "I desire to remind you,despite your knowing all thingsonce for all time, that Jehovah,although he saved a people outof the land of Egypt, afterwardsdestroyed those not showingfaith."Heb . 3 :17 "Moreover, withwhom did God become disgustedfor forty years? Was it not withthose who sinned, whose carcassesfell in the wilderness?"Salvation to Life Involves Timeand is Not Completed When OneBecomes a Christian1 Cor . 1 :18 "For the speechabout the torture stake is foolishnessto those who are perishing,but to us who are being savedit is God's power ."2 Tim . 4 :7, 8 "I have foughtthe right fight, I have run the332course to the finish, I have observedthe faith . From this timeon there is reserved for me thecrown of righteousness, which theLord, the righteous judge, willgive me as a reward in that day,yet not only to me, but also toall those who have loved hismanifestation ."Follow in the "Way of Salvation"Acts 16 :17 "These men areslaves of the Most High God, whoare publishing to you the way ofsalvation ."Full faith in Jesus as Ransomernecessary1 Pet. 1 :8, 9 "Though you neversaw him, you love him F ChristJesus] . Though you are not lookingupon him at present, yet youexercise faith in him and aregreatly rejoicing with an unspeakableand glorified joy, asyou receive the accomplished endof your faith, the salvation ofyour souls."Growth to salvation necessary1 Pet . 2 :2 "And, as newborninfants, form a longing for theunadulterated milk belonging tothe word, that through it youmay grow to salvation ."Soundness of mind and godlydevotion necessaryTitus 2 :11-14 "For the undeservedkindness of God whichbrings salvation to all kinds ofmen has been manifested, instructingus to repudiate ungodlinessand worldly desires and tolive with soundness of mind andrighteousness and godly devotionamid this present system ofthings . while we wait for thehappy hope and glorious manifestationof the great God andof our Savior Christ Jesus, whogave himself for us that by a ransomhe might release us fromevery kind of lawlessness ."Endure tribulation2 Cor. 1 :6 "Whether we are intribulation, it is for your comfortand salvation ."