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Hevosmies said:
My view is that this OSAS vs non-OSAS nonsense is just like the baptism debate, its a SELF-INFLICTED wound on Christianity.

The baptism debate stems from people not getting baptized right away, as was the case in apostolic times. If we baptized immediately, the debate would die down, but sadly its like being in a deposition to get baptized in some churches.

The OSAS vs non-OSAS debate stems from a MISUNDERSTANDING of descriptive vs prescriptive texts. Example verse:
Hebrews 3:6 But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.

Prescriptive reading goes: "You have to hold fast to be saved, you have to do that to become His house"
Descriptive reading goes: "Those who are of the house WILL indeed hold fast the confidence they have"

Instead of being a condition, its an ENCOURAGING passage of HOPE if read in the descriptive way.

For anyone who wants to argue that its the WRONG way to read texts like these: It CANT BE, because God knows the future, we can all agree on that. Why would God bother giving eternal life to someone who wont "make it" in the works salvation view of things? Plus, this reading is the only way to reconcile John 10:28, Romans 8:28ff, John 5:24 and many more eternal security verses. Those verses CANNOT be reconciled to the prescriptive reading of DoItYourself IKEA salvation!
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A self-inflicted wound on Christianity perpetuated by worker bees who shut out the kingdom of heaven against man. We are saved by grace through faith, period.
 
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Hevosmies said:
Anyone who knows these works salvation folks in real life knows they aint all they preach! Those cainologists as you cal them leave God out the picture completely! BIG MISTAKE!

Not saying I am either, but then again I never CLAIMED to be!


Can we squash the beef? @you @Lightskin
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Bro....for the record....I never had a beef with you until you accused me of me of being a snitch.......I have been on here right at 6 years....and I have only tagged a few posts or reported maybe 2 or 3 people with one posting graphic porn pics......I will not put up with a continued twist, embellished, taken out of context line of bs from one that continued to cause issues, divide the thread, cause issues etc........and make no mistake.....I am no stoolie.....and sweep a lot under the rug.....heck...my neighbor (about a mile away) grows about 20 kilos of weed a year and I have never turned him in....!!
 
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dcontroversal said:
Bro....for the record....I never had a beef with you until you accused me of me of being a snitch.......I have been on here right at 6 years....and I have only tagged a few posts or reported maybe 2 or 3 people with one posting graphic pics......I will not put up with a continued twist, embellished, taken out of context line of bs from one that continued to cause issues, divide the thread, cause issues etc........and make no mistake.....I am no stoolie.....and sweep a lot under the rug.....heck...my neighbor (about a mile away) grows about 20 kilos of weed a year and I have never turned him in....!!
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HAHAHAHA. There goes the neighborhood! I get it, and I apologize about that. To you and @Lightskin I am sorry.

Its a good place of GROWING for me anyway. I am HARDSTUCK on the prison mentality! I gotta realize im NOT locked up im in the FREE WORLD and this is an online forum. Nobody is hooping up their paperwork in here! Hahaha!
 
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Hevosmies said:
HAHAHAHA. There goes the neighborhood! I get it, and I apologize about that. To you and @Lightskin I am sorry.

Its a good place of GROWING for me anyway. I am HARDSTUCK on the prison mentality! I gotta realize im NOT locked up im in the FREE WORLD and this is an online forum. Nobody is hooping up their paperwork in here! Hahaha!
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Apologize to me? I’ve never had a problem with you bro. Blessings always. 😎
 
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dcontroversal said:
Make no mistake pal, you never understood eternal security and or salvation....and by what you peddle now.....it is obvious to all that you still do not know what you are talking about! Just another one in a long list of tbose that devalue Christ while butchering the word of God!
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No such thing as eternal security, as long as men still live in the tents of their flesh (bodies), they are required to work out their salvation in fear and trembling. If this is butchering the word of God then i think i'm home.
 
blue_ladybug said:
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The Faith connection, can be renewed after 10,000 stumblings. But that Faith connection must be maintained in order for eternal life to be there...
 
God treats us like we are just like Jesus. He gives us eternity, the presence of His Son, our inheritance..seated with His Son in heavenly places...every time we engage Faith action, a continually surrendered life.
 
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If we take a step towards God, He will meet you before your foot hits the ground. "Believing" is not taking a step, that's just thinking about taking a step.
 
Jesus plus nothing = nothing.
Grace plus Faith (a personal surrender to Him and a life inspired by such surrender) = the beginning of a relationship with Christ.

Jesus plus a Continually surrendered life = willing slavery.
 
Pisteuo said:
Jesus plus nothing = nothing.
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So by your logic

5 + 0 = 0 ??

Wow, you enter the land of the absurd and irrationality to promote a false understanding of Christ Jesus our Lord and Saviour.

I wonder how a person can even type such a disturbing words and claim to have a surrendered life to Jesus.

Jesus is the alpha and the omega................... far from nothing!

You need to recant this statement.
 
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Pisteuo said:
The Faith connection, can be renewed after 10,000 stumblings. But that Faith connection must be maintained in order for eternal life to be there...
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Aiight so. I sin today, renew the connection, sin tomorrow, renew the connection.

Questions are: How do I renew the connection? Do I have to be in a "state of renewed connection" to maintain my eternal life? (think about what I just said, MAINTAINING eternal life, makes no sense but lets not get picky)

Cause if I have to be in a "state of renewed connection" this is just roman catholicism 101 where you gotta be in a 'state of grace'.
 
Pisteuo said:
The Faith connection, can be renewed after 10,000 stumblings. But that Faith connection must be maintained in order for eternal life to be there...
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Wrong again.....

The faith connection is not what saves, the faith connection is the result of personal salvation in Jesus.

We are saved by grace through faith apart from works.........because of the WORK of Christ Jesus on the cross and his Victory over death and sin on our behalf.
 
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Hevosmies said:
Aiight so. I sin today, renew the connection, sin tomorrow, renew the connection.

Questions are: How do I renew the connection? Do I have to be in a "state of renewed connection" to maintain my eternal life? (think about what I just said, MAINTAINING eternal life, makes no sense but lets not get picky)

Cause if I have to be in a "state of renewed connection" this is just roman catholicism 101 where you gotta be in a 'state of grace'.
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Yes the relationship, eternal life, is maintained by Faith! Continually surrendering our lives to Him and living a life inspired by such surrender. But a true surrender isn't maintaining so I get something in return. Surrender is giving up all rights to submitt our lives to Him.
 
Hevosmies said:
Aiight so. I sin today, renew the connection, sin tomorrow, renew the connection.

Questions are: How do I renew the connection? Do I have to be in a "state of renewed connection" to maintain my eternal life? (think about what I just said, MAINTAINING eternal life, makes no sense but lets not get picky)

Cause if I have to be in a "state of renewed connection" this is just roman catholicism 101 where you gotta be in a 'state of grace'.
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Because of the life of Faith as I've defined it, when I sin, it's not me doing it but sin dwelling in me doing it. Sangtification 101.
 
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