Gain

From Kristos Vocabulary Booster

English

Transitive Verb

to gain (gains, gained, gaining)

1. To acquire possession of what one did not have before.

Translations

• Dutch: verkrijgen, winnen, bekomen
• German: bekommen
• Hebrew: קיבל
• Interlingua: ganiar
• Korean: 얻다 (eot-da)
• Portuguese: ganhar
• Español: ganar

Noun

gain (plural: gains)

1. The act of gaining.
2. What one gains, as a return on investment or dividend.

   "No pain, no gain."

Translations

• Dutch: winst f
• French: gain m
• German: Gewinn (2) m
• Interlingua: ganio (1,2)
• Korean: 얻음 (eot-eum)
• Portuguese: ganho m (1,2)
• Romanian: câştig n

Antonym

• loss

it:gain

gkmcnees@comcast.net wrote:

>>>IF saving faith is the same as obeying the 1st commandment then I
>>>don't have saving faith. But then again, in my estimation, I have
>>>never met a single person who has kept the 1st commandment. I know
>>>that Jesus kept it but I know I don't.
>>
>>
>> I don't know anyone who has perfect faith either. That doesn't
>> mean that the Spirit won't perfect it. I refrain, occasionally,
>> from stealing, so, occasionally, I obey that commandment.
>
> Good for you! Trouble is, God requires perfect obedience, doesn't He?

The trouble is, you keep missing points. Why would you
think that someone's faith has to be "perfect" before they
are saved? (Answer: Because you think a quality of man is
a requirement for salvation, quite contrary to the doctrine
of grace alone.)



> To me God defines saving faith. God gives a promise of everlasting
> life, not for keeping the 1st commandment, or any commandment, but by
> receiving Christ by faith is what HE has done. By believing the
> Gospel.

You're saying, and you keep saying, that man is saved "by
believing the Gospel." "Believing the Gospel" is not Christ's
action, but man's action. It's very easy to spot works
righteousness. All one has to do is look at the subjects
of the active verbs. Is it Jesus doing the saving, or is
it man?

If a person looks at himself to see if he's saved, he
is guaranteed to be disappointed. Either he looks to
see if he's obeyed the commandments well enough, or
finds an excuse (like "I didn't mean it" or "It
wasn't willful") or he looks inside himself to see if
he has enough faith. If we examine our works or our
faith, we'll find it lacking. "I believe, help Thou
my unbelief."

Rather, the only way to be assured of our salvation is
to look at Christ on the Cross. A man can say "I know
I am saved because Christ was crucified for me." His
salvation is an objective fact.

If he looks to see if he has faith, then he has no
assurance and only subjective evidence. This path can
lead only to dispair.

Bart

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