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Thanks, You again proved eternal security.
When are you going to believe in it, and stop believing in your own works.
And do not deny you believe in your own works. your only lieing to yourself.
Stop saying your not trying to earn salvation. Your lying to yourself. The penalty of sin is death. The ONLY thing which can allow forgiveness is DEATH.
No works will allow you to be forgiven one sin, The penalty is death NOT WORKS.
Make up your mind, Gods death, or your own.. One way or another then debt of the penalty of your sin will be collected by God, Are you going to trust God, or continue to trust self and pay your own debt with your works?
If you have to work, You are earning. End of story.
you deny followers of Christ are saveddude, You have no power to stay in the way of the lord. You are not capable. Stop thinking you are. For you will fail every time you even try.
Your guilty And will be guilty till the day you die no matter how good you think you are.
The demonic fall was caused by unbelief. God did not decide to save them, so they have no hope.
He DID decide to save us, By dieing IN OUR PLACE. That is ALL that will save us. Our works are meaningless. If we could work to earn salvation. God died in vein, because he did not have to die.
and this proves it?
being a disciple does not mean you are saved, a disciple is a follower. you can follow someone and not trust them (faith) they walked away because they did not have faith.
notice what peter said, You have the WORDS of ETERNAL LIFE. Peter had faith, he stated because of his faith.
some people amaze me to the lengths they will go to make their belief system appear true.. I guess when you need it, you havre too. Oh well. so be it.
Knowing that God never changes and that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8), it is reasonable to say that what I believe must not be picked out from just one scripture but must be supported in both the Old and the New Testaments.
Scripture tells us to, "work out your own salvation with fear and trembling".
If we are saved regardless of what we do, this scripture in Philippians 2:12 would make no sense at all.
If we accept this scripture for what it says, we can understand that our salvation is still within our control, for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure (Philippians 2:13). Why then is it in our control? Simply because we have been given the ability to reject God's work in our lives in favour of our own sinful desires.
When we give our hearts to God and receive Him as our Lord and Master, we receive the sure promise of or salvation.
We are saved and all of our sins are forgiven. However, those sins that are forgiven are the past sins and not the future sins that we may still commit.
Once we are saved, when we sin, our salvation is still possible through our repentance of those sins. Without that repentance, our sin separates us from God in exactly the same way as it did with Adam.
Hebrews 2:1-3 - Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away. For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just reward, how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him.
If the scripture tells us that we can drift away and neglect so great a salvation, how is it that we can be so certain that we cannot?
Hebrews 3:12 - Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God.
If the scripture warns us to beware of this, how can we say this cannot be?
Hebrews 6:4-6 - For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God, and put Him to an open shame.
If the scripture tells us that we can fall away, who are we to say that we cannot?
1 Corinthians 9:27 - But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified.
Even Paul knew that he himself might be disqualified if he didn’t take care. Are we any different from him?
Romans 8:13 - For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
Here is the point that we must start to understand. If we live according to the flesh, we will die (in the biblical term of being separated from God).
I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish.Need more posts that make sense.
Then you also believe that.
Your not getting the point. Yes Adam was on his way to heaven (although he prety much had heaven on earth so to speak)
But adam was that way by his works. he earned the right to get to heaven, because he was perfect.
Non of us has ever been in his position, so you can not compare him to us, it is like comparing apples and oranges, they do not mix.
Adam did not fall away as in lose his salvation. In order for this to happen, he would have NEEDED saved in the first place. He did not need saved.
Try another example which fits. Adam does not fit.
In Adam ALL DIE
In CHRIST ALL shall be made alive.
I am in Christ, not in Adam.
Adam was in himself BEFORE he sinned (perfect) after he sinned, He had to be in Christ to get to heaven.
no, he lost eternal life. He lost what you are trying to say that a beleiver is guarnateed and it was not ever guaranteed from the beginning.Adam did not fall away as in lose his salvation. In order for this to happen, he would have NEEDED saved in the first place. He did not need saved.
Every human being is in Christ. Christ assumed our human nature, called the Incarnation, and by His resurrection raised our human natures to life. It is speaking of a physical eternal existence here. There is no man living that is in Adam any longer. It is why a believer is being saved through His life because He can now call all men to repentance and those that believe, remain faithful will attain eternal life.In Adam ALL DIE
In CHRIST ALL shall be made alive.
I am in Christ, not in Adam.
Adam was NOT created perfect.]
Nonsense, more Sola Cassiana.
And I can't see any reason why you should be included in the "we" who are saved. For you don't believe you are saved.
Before the fall Adam was not saved; He never had sinned.
Adam did not have the promises that sinners have regarding salvation. There is no hint that He had the indwelling Holy Spirit, either.
And Cassian just runs on, claiming this & that. As if anyone should believe just for him saying it.
What a tragedy for eternal life to be free just for trusting the SAvior. But then someone just can't believe Christ is the Savior, but thinks He should be demoted to "chance-giver."
Now for those of you who trust the Savior:
He who began a good work in you will complete it.
Matthew 28:20
" Teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age. " Amen.
This is part of the great commission that the Apostles were sent out and commanded to make disciples out of all the nations, and notice the second part that I put. We are to observe ( do ) all that He commanded.
List of things He told us to do.......
Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, and mind
Love your neighbor
Love your enemies
baptism
confession
repentance
produce good fruit ( works )
do not repay evil for evil
and the list go's on....................
OK Kenneth.
You left out, Ye shall be perfect, even as the Heavenly Father.
Now what will we do since we fail way short?
In many ways we all stumble.
You reckon there might be something in the scripture about He who does not work, but believes?
So, you want to talk about a direct statement in scripture about losing salvation? How about condemnation & damnation warnings to the church? Would that be good 'nuff fer ya? There are verses that state that christians can receive condemnation & damnation, which, BTW, is usually the same Greek word.Let's see if Stephen follows the usual objector pattern of not using passages that speak of losing salvation or losing faith, but bringing in other passages, then alleging that they conflict with eternal security
So what is this, a paste from an internet site? Shall I paste some from eternal security sites?
So, you want to talk about a direct statement in scripture about losing salvation? How about condemnation & damnation warnings to the church? Would that be good 'nuff fer ya? There are verses that state that christians can receive condemnation & damnation, which, BTW, is usually the same Greek word.
That was not listed because that is part of the molding process we go through with the help of the Holy Spirit guiding us. We do not achieve true perfection tell after we have gone through the transformation. We do not become perfect immediately.
Notice the scripture you gave again....Ye shall be....once again future tense here.
It does not say you are perfect, it says ye shall be...
The shall is a future of imperative, Like "You shall not kill."Such commands are not predictions.
(If it were, we would have another verse on eternal security!)
The point is, what shall we do since we don't measure up?
Could it be that there is a Savior from sin?
Wrong. You mean that the KJV mistranslates judgment as damnation?
There is therefore now no condemnation to them who are in Christ Jesus!
Praise the Lord.
You have no verse saying that a Christian goes to the Lake of Fire.
You have no verse that says a Christian loses faith.
You have no verse that says a Christian loses salvation.
What will you have? the Savior whose word says:
"Thou shalt call His name Jesus, for He shall save His people from their sins"?
Or do you insist on an imaginary "chance-giver"?
kree'-mah