Amen to these truths.......my boble is clear...the irrevocable gift is exactly that....irrevocable.....!!
Please show us the scripture that says eternal life is irrevocable.
32 Then his master, after he had called him, said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me.33 Should you not also have had compassion on your fellow servant, just as I had pity on you?’34 And his master was angry, and delivered him to the torturers until he should pay all that was due to him.
35 “
So My heavenly Father also will do to you if each of you, from his heart, does not forgive his brother his trespasses.”
Matthew 18:32-35
The forgiveness of our sins will be revoked and we will have to pay the penalty for them in hell being tortured for eternity, if we do not forgive those who sin against us.
The sheep who is with the Shepherd and reconciled to Him is just: declared righteous.
The sheep who wanders away from the Shepherd, and becomes lost, is no longer "just", but is a sinner in need of repentance, just as he was before he belonged to the shepherd.
The point that is being made by Jesus, is a person who wanders away and becomes lost, must repent, because they are now a sinner, who must repent to be saved and reconciled to God.
Either they need to return to God, like the prodigal son, or be brought back to repentance by someone going after them.
Brethren, if anyone among you wanders from the truth, and
someone turns him back, 20 let him know that
he who turns a sinner from the error of his way
will save a soul from death and cover a multitude of sins. James 5:19-20
- will save a soul from death
A Christian who becomes lost is in danger of eternal death unless he repents.
A Christian who is in a "lost" state, is not reconciled to God, and is no longer justified: They are lost.
JPT