Four Salvation Positions

 

Four positions re salvation

Yes four positions I will share,

You decide which category you are in

It is important you are clear.

If you’re saved and you know it

Say Amen!

That chorus that we sing

Is the first position, my friend.

I am saved and I am sure

Is position number one,

That reminds me of another chorus

Praise God, my sins are gone!

It is wonderful to be sure

That God has saved your soul,

It is truly wonderful, the song says

Thank God, He made you whole.

Some can remember the day,

Some can recall the hour

When they were saved

By the Holy Spirit’s Power.

Position number two

Was once a problem to me,

I found it difficult to understand

And just as hard to see…

How a person could be saved

And at first not know it…

Did that person not receive

The witness of the Spirit?

 Saved but not sure

Is position number two,

With time, I came to understand

How that could be true.

That one met the requirements

Though he was still unsure,

However, with the proper teaching

He would soon come to know.

If one is led by his feelings

He could be somewhat misled

Especially on the stories of others

That were once spiritually dead.

Some speak of a warm feeling

That ran right through them,

When this doesn’t happen to others

It can be a problem.

We are saved by believing

And not by the way we feel

So, for the saved and not sure,

The Holy Spirit is their seal.

That assurance will come

In the course of time,

Saved and eventually sure

Might be more apt for this kind.

There is no halfway salvation

One is either saved or not,

While regeneration is instantaneous

Perfect understanding is not our lot.

As regarding position three

All the saved were once here,

They knew that they were unsaved

But they did not remain there.

The Spirit revealed to them

About their trespasses and sin,

About the shed blood of Jesus Christ

And God drew them to him.

That is the success story

But it only relates to some,

There are others unsaved and know it

But they keep rejecting God’s Son.

For them, time could run out

And they could be eternally lost

If they do not unload their sin

At the foot of redemption’s cross.

  

This one is the most challenging

And you will soon see

That position number four

Could well be a Pharisee.

It could also refer to people

Who choose a different way,

Perhaps the ones inclined to adhere

To what a religious set says.

Some trust in their own works

Rather than go the way of the cross,

Some of these will cry, Lord, Lord,

But still they will be lost.

They will tell you they are saved

And that they are adamantly sure

But unlike position number one,

They are negatively assured.

They follow men’s traditions

Instead of adhering to God’s Word

And of the two unsaved positions

This one is the more absurd.

Not only are they lost

But they are leading others astray,

I present to you the Pharisees!

Position number four is their way.

Always sure but rarely right

Is one way to describe them,

They can’t see the forest for the trees

Now you see their problem.

Legalism and universalism

Are highlights of this position,

Though these believe they are saved

They fall far short of salvation.

Four salvation positions cited:

Two of them saved and two lost,

Two bent on doing their own thing

Two came by way of the cross.

  

Four positions regarding salvation

Now you know where you are,

One and two are secure in Jesus

Three and four are yet afar.

Stewart Russell © October 2019