1 Timothy 1 To be saved or not to be saved!

1 Timothy 1
Berean Study Bible

Paul's Greeting to Timothy
(2 Timothy 1:1-2)
1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope,
2To Timothy, my true child in the faith:
Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

Warning against False Teaching
3As I urged you on my departure to Macedonia, you should stay on at Ephesus to instruct certain men not to teach false doctrines 4or devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculation rather than the stewardship of God’s work, which is by faith.
5The goal of our instruction is the love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a sincere faith. 6Some have strayed from these ways and turned aside to empty talk. 7They want to be teachers of the Law, but they do not understand what they are saying or that which they so confidently assert.
8Now we know that the Law is good, if one uses it legitimately. 9We realize that law is not enacted for the righteous, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for killers of father or mother, for murderers, 10for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders and liars and perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse to sound teaching 11that agrees with the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted.

As we start the book of Timothy we see Paul was writing a letter to Timothy who was a true child in faith! I would believe because of this phrase Timothy was a young Christian still immature, a child in Christ.
Paul was concerned that the Christians we're falling back onto the Law. But what is the Law? The Law showed us our sins, it showed us we could not be sin-less and we needed another way to be right with God. And Paul describes the iniquities that Law points out.
If we are true to ourselves and perform a personal inventory you will find some of these iniquities in yourself!
Recently a brother in Christ mentioned another Christian told him he was sinless and didn't sin! I pointed out to him that there was only one sinless person on this earth and at that was Jesus. So, the person that stated he didn't sin, lied, so he just sinned!

Back to the point of this scripture, Christians can't have it both ways, you either accept the gift of salvation or follow the law! You can't add to what Christ did upon the cross! Who do they think they are, God? If they added, you must be circumcised to be truly saved, you must be baptized, you must go to church on the sabbath, you must dress a certain way, you must cut your hair, you must .......you must......
Do you see the endless attributes to this point? Isn't this the reason Jesus came to this earth, for the salvation of sinners? How many man made laws did the Pharisees add to the Law? Didn't they try to trap Jesus by them? Can't heal on the sabbath, can pick wheat on the sabbath..... You get the point?
To be Saved or not to be saved that is the question!

The goal of our instruction is the love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a sincere faith. 11that agrees with the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I (we) have been entrusted!

Blessings, David