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Can't get any more simple than that!
YOU stay close to God and follow His ways and you'll NEVER have to worry about loss of salvation because you're a child of God and will always be one as long as you stay close to Him.
And remember that He will always forgive your sins when you're sorry about them.
1 John 1:8-10
1 John 2:1
He never has to worry about the loss of salvation anyway....it is not losable nor can it be forfeited like like a little league ball game due to a lack of players......
 

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Faith is an indwelling response to received information consisting of belief, trust, confidence, fidelity to said belief.

I don't choose to believe fire is hot before I use it to cook, I received the information and I believe it. Also, knowing that fire is hot I try to not expose myself to the heat it produces in a way it can hurt me.

I can not choose to unbelieve this.


It is not a fleeting faith dependant on new information to uphold in order for me to keep or subject to change... like what the weather will be tomorrow or what sports team is the best....


I believe God is my Father in heaven
and Jesus is my Lord and savior
and the Holy Spirit is working within me... but if fire turned cold tomorrow this belief is not subject to change... ever



because of this genuine faith in Him I have pleaded to be saved from the just punishment I deserve... terrified...

He has not only saved me, and made me new with everything I need to walk in a new way... but He is within me now pushing me forward and will never leave me

My Father teaches me more always, through His word, prayer and life experience...

I breaks my heart to hear so many people say things about Him that isn't true and distort the image of His love for not only me but anyone of His own....


I don't have my works to thank for His love either... I only have His grace
It doesn't require faith to know that fire is hot.
Every human being knows this.

And would you explain how saying that we must obey God is distorting the image of His love when it's God, in the person of Jesus Christ that states this over and over.

Where does it say we should NOT obey Him?
Why do you have such a big problem with this?

If you're not saved...you don't need to obey a God you don't believe exists.
If you are saved...you do need to obey God.

You don't believe you have to obey God???
I fear for some...maybe not you.
 

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AMEN Billy................I love the Greek.....it sets us free from the religious fallacies that lead many to the pit....
"lead many to the pit" - can believers be led to the pit, or only unbelievers? And if believers cannot be deceived,
what are you worried about? Unbelievers being deceived, but that is what they are anyway.

Do all greeks know God? What is a religious fallacy?

Such lose ideas seem confusing. Is God a God of confusion or clarity?
 

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He never has to worry about the loss of salvation anyway....it is not losable nor can it be forfeited like like a little league ball game due to a lack of players......
Sure Dcon.
Keep preaching...
Keep allowing some to become lost because they believed YOU and not the word of God...Jesus.

@Hevosmies is smart...he likes to understand things of God on his own and not parrot what you say like some on this thread do.

It's good for us to understand scripture on our own.
You mislead the saved into false doctrine.
 

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Aim for perfection 2 Corinthians 13:11

So I strive always to keep my conscience clear before God and man. Acts 24:16

Are the above optional ideas, or the core of following Jesus?
It is strange how some claim to follow Pauls teaching so easily despise his heart and approach.
 
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An incomplete faith will not save you.
So far, you have proven nothing but the fact that...

a. You are not honest
b. Have no understanding of the word Saint
c. Reject the definition of the word heretic as given by the GREEK language which the N.T. was inspired in
d. Will twist away from a truthful answer while claiming obedience
e. Make flippant comments

Go back to Sunday school....get right then maybe something you say will have some weight
 

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No ma'am, unsaved false believers.







You mean when those we (saved believers) are not of with no saving faith, draw back?

I believe it is "going out from us"
can be a lot of things in different scenarios but to a saved believer with the Holy spirit it will always appear like a member of a congregation or neighbor or family member walking away from what appeared to be a genuine faith.


Please rephrase.


It would be nice if you could keep this kind of tone to yourself... it makes it hard to respond to you and impossible to take you seriously.
YOU are the one that said you don't care to throw your pearls at my feet.
Do you remember?
Do I have to look for the post?

I think I'm rather very nice, considering what is said about ME.

I'll get back to you tomorrow.
It's almost 11 pm here.
Too tired.
 
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The doctrine is not of men NNM....
It's of God.
Jesus was God and He taught us what we need to know.
Stop following cute sayings and lies.

If you care to go over the above...
post the verse and we'll go over it together.
Fran...he already knows that most of what you said is tainted and twisted.....why would he want to go over anything with you?
 
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It doesn't require faith to know that fire is hot.
Every human being knows this.

And would you explain how saying that we must obey God is distorting the image of His love when it's God, in the person of Jesus Christ that states this over and over.

Where does it say we should NOT obey Him?
Why do you have such a big problem with this?

If you're not saved...you don't need to obey a God you don't believe exists.
If you are saved...you do need to obey God.

You don't believe you have to obey God???
I fear for some...maybe not you.
No humans have to first obtain the information... usually a warning from a parent... to learn that fire is hot..


If you say God can save someone from a just punishment, adopt them as His son.... only later to throw them in the lake of fire... you are distorting the truth with false information and it reflects on Gods character.



I do not obey Him to keep what He gave me, I obey Him out of gratitude and only by His power.

If/when I fall short of PERFECTION, Or walk in the spirit, He knows my heart before and after, He placed it in me after all...



Your fear can't trump the truth... I will continue to believe in Gods promises, couldn't stop if I wanted....
 

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Fran...he already knows that most of what you said is tainted and twisted.....why would he want to go over anything with you?
Dear D,
It NEVER HURTS to post the truth.
How many times do I have to repeat that I post also for those reading along that may never even post.

The truth MUST be told.
Even if some refuse to believe it.

John 8:31-32
31So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, If you continue in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine;
32and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”
 

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Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated
Romans 9:13

Jacob struggled, Esau was a worldly man, took the easy way.
Are we like Jesus or do we need to change?

For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.
Philippians 1:21

Ambition, heros in Gods army, servant of the King, noble ambassadors of our Lord most High.
Honoured guests at the wedding of the Lord to His bride the Church.

To some it sounds like they are failed dirty criminals who have never got cleaned up.
 
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No humans have to first obtain the information... usually a warning from a parent... to learn that fire is hot..


If you say God can save someone from a just punishment, adopt them as His son.... only later to throw them in the lake of fire... you are distorting the truth with false information and it reflects on Gods character.



I do not obey Him to keep what He gave me, I obey Him out of gratitude and only by His power.

If/when I fall short of PERFECTION, Or walk in the spirit, He knows my heart before and after, He placed it in me after all...



Your fear can't trump the truth... I will continue to believe in Gods promises, couldn't stop if I wanted....
People choose to go to hell. They chose to lose God; God did not lose them.
 

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I have too much fun here.
Just like you said.
You know I'll always come back...
I need my breaks every now and then...

I'm very satisfied that the translators of the Greek know it a whole lot more than you do.
Do you have a PhD after your name? Do you read the New Testament in Greek? No. Well, some do and I tend to trust them more than Strong's. Not that Strong's gets it wrong,,,but I don't need it becaue my theology is reconcilable with all of the N.T. and yours is not.

So now Jesus didn't know what He meant?
He said BELIEVED instead of SAVED.
So what must one do to be saved?
Be saved?
Really, listen to yourself MMD.
To be saved
One must BELIEVE.

Please stop telling me what Believe means since I've been trying to do that since I got here to no avail. IF WE BELIEVE JESUS,,,, We're SAVED.

The demons also believe...but not the believe Jesus talks about.
No need to keep bringing that up.
No need to keep mentioning context...we all know about context.

As to what you quote above...
Luke 8.13
James 2:19
John 2:23
John 8:31

I checked Strong's Greek Lexicon and it shows no. 4100 for all 4 of the verses.
Could you help me out here? I don't know what your point is.

We all know what believe in Jesus means.
I clearly made my point in post #85,711. What don’t you understand?

https://christianchat.com/bible-discussion-forum/not-by-works.146296/page-4286#post-3851659
 
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Can a nonbeliever who says they believe in Jesus and then chooses not to fully believe Jesus have saving faith in Jesus? CAN AN INCOMPLETE FAITH SAVE DCONTROVERSAL? ABSOLUTELY NOT!
I suggest you put the comic books down and actually study FAITH and the SOURCE of FAITH and what is said about the source instead of listening to who ever the deceiver s that has been teaching you....

My bible teaches the following

GOD deals unto men a measure of FAITH and JESUS...

a. Begins it
b. Finishes it
c. Completes it

It must be tragic to serve such a weak god that needs your help to do that which the bible states he will do......that right there is religion for you........religion takes out a little of JESUS and injects SELF into the equation.......and in so doing peddles a false dogma with no power to save a flea, much less a man....
 
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So far, you have proven nothing but the fact that...

a. You are not honest
b. Have no understanding of the word Saint
c. Reject the definition of the word heretic as given by the GREEK language which the N.T. was inspired in
d. Will twist away from a truthful answer while claiming obedience
e. Make flippant comments

Go back to Sunday school....get right then maybe something you say will have some weight
Do you believe there will be heretics with incomplete faith in heaven.
 
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What you just said is ignorant.

@DOHERETICSFORFEITHEAVEN used the word SAINT and, in fact, it IS used mostly in the Catholic church.

Seems to me like some posters on here are AFRAID of the word saint, because we are called to be saints and some don't even think we have to obey God and give me grief about it.

As to the inspiration of the N.T.

I've mentioned this to you before...
The ECFs,,,which you DO NOT respect...
are the SAME PERSONS who put the N.T. together.

They were catholic, BTW,
Anyone who knows Christian History knows that.
Fran, you have serious comprehensive issues....go read again that whole discourse and this time stay quiet long enough to actually READ what was said.................wow
 
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I suggest you put the comic books down and actually study FAITH and the SOURCE of FAITH and what is said about the source instead of listening to who ever the deceiver s that has been teaching you....

My bible teaches the following

GOD deals unto men a measure of FAITH and JESUS...

a. Begins it
b. Finishes it
c. Completes it

It must be tragic to serve such a weak god that needs your help to do that which the bible states he will do......that right there is religion for you........religion takes out a little of JESUS and injects SELF into the equation.......and in so doing peddles a false dogma with no power to save a flea, much less a man....
If have an incomplete faith, is it because you failed Jesus, or, are you going to claim Jesus failed you?