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Originally Posted by Evangelical
They often confuse salvation itself with theories of how we are saved. Nee, Lee and others contributed or recovered rather, to Christianity the idea and more importantly, the practice of salvation by the Person of Christ, the Savior.
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In otherwords, Nee/Lee recovered mysticism within Christianity. Mysticism being the practice of gaining a spiritual experience through contemplative prayer and these subjective experiences being the confirmation of salvation in an individual. This is no different from practices of Buddhism or New Age mysticism or even charismatic faiths. Salvation in the Christian's life isn't a work, a practice, or a theory.
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The problem with a John 3:16-only view of salvation is that even the devils believe in Christ (James 2:19). Even a devil could agree with the first page of a gospel tract where it says "believe in Christ and you will be saved". A devil could even claim to know Christ (Acts 19:15). This is why a view of salvation based only on belief ("I believe in Christ") or knowing Christ ("a personal relationship with Christ") is inadequate.
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If I were to sum this entire post in the simplest way possible it is this; Christians who hold to the truth that salvation comes through faith alone in Jesus Christ are no different then Satan's demons.
It's interesting how that can be said in such an indirect way through bad hermeneutics.