Don

Here is my understanding on being saved.

1. Salvation is a personal experience between God and an individual, when they accept Jesus as Messiah.  A church cannot grant salvation or take it away.

2. We are to confess our salvation.  This helps us recognize others who are saved, so we can join a body of believers.

3. We are to accept another’s confession of salvation, except in the face of evidence to the contrary.  Such evidence, for example, would be a repudiation of a previous confession of salvation or continuing unrepentant sin.

4. However, we are to be gracious.