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He never said otherwise. Eternally Grateful seems to have good doctrine
I once thought Eternal Security taught liberty to sin. It doesn’t. Not when properly understood. Quite the contrary, when properly understood.
Actually, there’s people in both OSAS and NOSAS that act like we have liberty to do as we please. Believing one can lose their salvation is not the secret to holy heart leading to obedient life. Faith, hope, and love through the Spirit are. Produced by God in us. As we abide in Him
OSAS people who understand OSAS know this. But they are not trusting their ability to be steadfast, rather in the steadfastness of Jesus.
I once thought Eternal Security taught liberty to sin. It doesn’t. Not when properly understood. Quite the contrary, when properly understood.
Actually, there’s people in both OSAS and NOSAS that act like we have liberty to do as we please. Believing one can lose their salvation is not the secret to holy heart leading to obedient life. Faith, hope, and love through the Spirit are. Produced by God in us. As we abide in Him
OSAS people who understand OSAS know this. But they are not trusting their ability to be steadfast, rather in the steadfastness of Jesus.
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If you do not think you Think you are SINLESS, I Have NEWS FOR YOU. YOU ARE AS SINNER LIKE THE REST OF US.
Ecclesiastes 7:20 (NKJV)
20 For there is not a just man on earth who does good And does not sin.
Romans 3:20 (NKJV)
20 Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
The purpose of the LAW has never been a system to be right with GOD, it has always been to make us Knowledgeable of what all GOD CONSIDERS SIN, to make want and seek a MESSIAH.
1 Peter 2:13-17 (NKJV)
13 Therefore submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake, whether to the king as supreme,
14 or to governors, as to those who are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise of those who do good.
15 For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men--
16 as free, yet not using liberty as a cloak for vice, but as bondservants of God.
17 Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king. 🖜 That is President Donald Trump, if you are an American.
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One mile over the Posted Speed Limit, even accidentally, YOU ARE SINNING.
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Illegally Parked, for any reason, YOU ARE SINNING.
Failure to Leash Your Dog, And Failure to pick up it's poop, YOU ARE SINNING.
Now, you think of how many ORDINANCES OF MAN, you have ignored, and still think you do not sin.
Yes I strive to not violate those simple ordinances of man, as well as GOD's Other Commands, it is my lifestyle,
But I will never imply that I am sinless.
Ecclesiastes 7:20 (NKJV)
20 For there is not a just man on earth who does good And does not sin.
Romans 3:20 (NKJV)
20 Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
The purpose of the LAW has never been a system to be right with GOD, it has always been to make us Knowledgeable of what all GOD CONSIDERS SIN, to make want and seek a MESSIAH.
1 Peter 2:13-17 (NKJV)
13 Therefore submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake, whether to the king as supreme,
14 or to governors, as to those who are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise of those who do good.
15 For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men--
16 as free, yet not using liberty as a cloak for vice, but as bondservants of God.
17 Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king. 🖜 That is President Donald Trump, if you are an American.
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One mile over the Posted Speed Limit, even accidentally, YOU ARE SINNING.
View attachment 208617
Illegally Parked, for any reason, YOU ARE SINNING.
Failure to Leash Your Dog, And Failure to pick up it's poop, YOU ARE SINNING.
Now, you think of how many ORDINANCES OF MAN, you have ignored, and still think you do not sin.
Yes I strive to not violate those simple ordinances of man, as well as GOD's Other Commands, it is my lifestyle,
But I will never imply that I am sinless.
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Are you using these passages of scripture to teach that man is saved by faith and works? In James 2:14, we read of one who says/claims he has faith but has no works (to validate his claim). That is not genuine faith, but a bare profession of faith. So when James asks, "Can that faith save him?" he is saying nothing against genuine faith, but only against an empty profession of faith/dead faith. *So James does not teach that we are saved "by" works. His concern is to show the reality of the faith professed by the individual (James 2:18) and demonstrate that the faith claimed (James 2:14) by the individual is genuine. Simple! 
In James 2:19, we see that the demons believe "mental assent" that "there is one God," but they do not believe/have faith in/trust in/reliance in Jesus Christ for salvation. In other words, they do not believe on the Lord Jesus Christ (Acts 16:31) and are not saved. Their trust and reliance is in Satan, as demonstrated by their rebellion in heaven and continuous evil works.
In James 2:20, "faith without works is dead" does not mean that faith is dead until it produces works and then it becomes a living faith (which is like saying that a tree is dead until it produces fruit and then it becomes a living tree) or that works are the source of life in faith or that we are saved by works. James is simply saying faith that is not accompanied by evidential works is dead. If someone says-claims they have faith but lack resulting evidential works, then he has an empty profession of faith/dead faith and not authentic faith.
Remember that James is discussing the evidence of faith (says-claims to have faith but has no works/I will show you my faith by my works - James 2:14-18) and not the initial act of being accounted as righteous with God (Romans 4:2-3).
In James 2:19, we see that the demons believe "mental assent" that "there is one God," but they do not believe/have faith in/trust in/reliance in Jesus Christ for salvation. In other words, they do not believe on the Lord Jesus Christ (Acts 16:31) and are not saved. Their trust and reliance is in Satan, as demonstrated by their rebellion in heaven and continuous evil works.
In James 2:20, "faith without works is dead" does not mean that faith is dead until it produces works and then it becomes a living faith (which is like saying that a tree is dead until it produces fruit and then it becomes a living tree) or that works are the source of life in faith or that we are saved by works. James is simply saying faith that is not accompanied by evidential works is dead. If someone says-claims they have faith but lack resulting evidential works, then he has an empty profession of faith/dead faith and not authentic faith.
Remember that James is discussing the evidence of faith (says-claims to have faith but has no works/I will show you my faith by my works - James 2:14-18) and not the initial act of being accounted as righteous with God (Romans 4:2-3).
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WRONG.
Those who have genuine Faith, will strive to have obediance to HIS WORD, purely out of LOVE FOR HIM.
Obediance is a PRODUCT of GOD's LOVE In US.
Romans 5:5 (HCSB)
5 This hope will not disappoint ⌊us⌋, because God’s love has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
John 14:15 (HCSB)
15 “If you love Me, you will keep My commands.
That VERB keep is in the A0RIST TENSE. Which we do not have in ENGLISH, the concept of the verb is considered
without regard for past, present, or future time. There is no direct or clear English equivalent for this tense.
IT Does NOT mean PERFECTION, but the DIRECTION of one's LIFESTYLE. In other words, we will keep on striving to keep, tho we are not perfect.
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They have no concept that they are peddling and believing the SAME thing that the MANY will peddle before the throne of God while expecting to enter...
LORD, LORD have WE NOT DONE..........they are all lost and will burn in hell because they conflated and skewed the correct message to the point it had no power to save....
HOW hard is it to just acknowledge JESUS by FAITH and BELIEVE that he gives ETERNAL LIFE based upon what HE HAS DONE and NOT WHAT WE DO or DON'T DO....
LORD, LORD have WE NOT DONE..........they are all lost and will burn in hell because they conflated and skewed the correct message to the point it had no power to save....
HOW hard is it to just acknowledge JESUS by FAITH and BELIEVE that he gives ETERNAL LIFE based upon what HE HAS DONE and NOT WHAT WE DO or DON'T DO....
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