I will always be a ONCE SAVED TRUE Believer. Please ask me WHAT I BELIEVE THE BIBLE ACTUALLY TEACHES, and I will respectfully answer you. If you do not believe in the same thing, that is your Prerogative. But do not ASSUME you know what I believe in, because those taught by other non-OSAS are frequently errors. Those errors only led to friction.
Below is a sample of my BELIEFS.
I believe in OSAS, largely because we believe this Verses Literally:
John 10:27-28 (HCSB)
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My sheep hear My voice, I know them {synonym for Born Again}, and they {continually strive to} follow Me.
28
I give them eternal life, and they will never perish—ever! No one will snatch them out of My hand.
Ephesians 6:24 (HCSB)
24 Grace be with all who have undying love for our Lord Jesus Christ.
I believe these Verses Literally point out that we were SAVED from the first moment of Genuine Repentance and Believing IN JESUS as form of LOVING HIM, as my personal LORD; or sooner as I also believe in Predestination:
2 Timothy 1:9 (HCSB)
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He has saved us and called us with a holy calling,
not according to our works,
but according to His own purpose and grace,
which was given to us in Christ Jesus
before time began.
Titus 3:5-7 (HCSB)
5
He saved us—
not by works of righteousness that we had done, but
according to His mercy, through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
6 He poured out this ⌊Spirit⌋ on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior,
7 so that
having been justified by His grace, we may become heirs with the hope of eternal life.
Confessing you love JESUS as LORD of your Heart
{human spirit} happens only by the power of the Holy Spirit and is not a work of ourselves, but the work of the HOLY SPIRIT in our Human Spirit.
1 Cor. 12:3.
Romans 10:8-10 (NASB)
8 But what does it say? "THE WORD IS NEAR YOU, IN YOUR MOUTH AND IN YOUR HEART"—that is, the word of faith which we are preaching,
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that if you confess {not simply profess it, it has to be true in your heart first,} with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart {human spirit,} that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved;
10
for with the heart a person believes,
resulting in righteousness, and
with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.
We are SAVED BY GOD's GRACE ALONE, and IF WE TRULY
WERE, it is Irrevocable.
Romans 11:29 (HCSB)
29 since God’s gracious gifts and calling are irrevocable.