God's Truth wrote: Originally Posted by jsjohnnt View Post
To be clear, we are not saved "in" (en) but "into" (eis) Christ.
What nonsense, for we are IN him, and he is IN us.
Sadly, I cannot debate the ignorant. The NT message was written in Greek. And you do not know what the text says, if you refuse to confirm our translations (KJV, NASV, EV, RSV etc.) . There are plenty of fairly non-technical aids that help when we want to search out the meaning of the gk wording, ourselves. The fact remains that we are to be found "into" Christ. That is what the text says in Gal 3:26,27, that we are baptized into Christ. Significant because baptism is one of several paths "into" Christ, where the blessings of salvation are to be found. In Romans 10:10 we confess INTO salvation, wording that renders "salvation" a living reality, not a propositional declaration. In John 14:1 we believe into God, again, making it clear that we are alive and well in God. I could go on, but the readers see my point, hopefully, whether you do or not.
You argued against the claim that we are saved by the faith of Christ, not our own faith. In Greek, the actual wording is “even the righteousness of God, through the faith OF 'or belonging' to Jesus Christ” Rom 3: 20-23. This fact puts the Romans passage inline with Hubakkuk 2:4 which says, "Behold, he whose soul is not upright in him shall fail, but the righteous shall live by his faith in whichever translation you choose to use. Why you would argue this fact is beyond me. The teaching puts Christ in the center of our very existence. Seems like a good thing. More than this, it puts new emphasis on the fact that we are "saved by faith apart from works of the law." If you accept that we saved by HIS faith, then, OF COURSE, our salvation is "apart from" anything we do, as per scripture.