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The parable does get used beyond what it's intent is, and I always stop myself from pointing that out.
Jesus was talking about Israel.
Israel is the 'son'--saved only in the sense that Israel was saved in the old covenant--who turned his back on the promises and squandered the inheritance.
And God is waiting for them to come home.
Yet it gets used as the proof that a New Covenant believer can't lose his salvation.
Wrong. The prodigal is a "SON" that has been born to His Father and could ONLY have been born because he did NOT reject Christ, instead received Him as Lord, Savior, and King.
However, he thought he knew how to live better than the way his Father was living, so he ventured out - only to learn that "Father knows best"!
It was a "growing up time" for the prodigal. NEVER was he not a son and NEVER was he not loved and accepted by his Father.
I have good news for you Judges1318, when Daddy kills the fatted calf for His prodigal son, there's enough for you, too! No need to be angry at God when He welcomes the prodigal home with loving arms, robe and ring!
It is personal not to me but to whom I have entrusted my salvation and it is secure in HIM.
I also know first hand that damage your false dogma can do.... OSAS is truth and there is no other way to walk in Victory...all you offer is bondage and insecurity.
You don't have to be personally offended for God.
He let's me and everyone else believe and think and act they way they want to.
He is not a narcissistic control freak that won't allow dissenting opinions to exist.
You don't have to be personally offended for God.
He let's me and everyone else believe and think and act they way they want to.
He is not a narcissistic control freak that won't allow dissenting opinions to exist.
The parable does get used beyond what it's intent is, and I always stop myself from pointing that out.
Jesus was talking about Israel.
Israel is the 'son'--saved only in the sense that Israel was saved in the old covenant--who turned his back on the promises and squandered the inheritance.
And God is waiting for them to come home.
Yet it gets used as the proof that a New Covenant believer can't lose his salvation.
You must be lost then.....forsaking assembling together counts the blood of Jesus a common, ordinary base thing and TRAMPLES JESUS UNDER YOUR FEET......tell us all again how you do not assemble with any church!
Wrong. The prodigal is a "SON" that has been born to His Father and could ONLY have been born because he did NOT reject Christ, instead received Him as Lord, Savior, and King.
However, he thought he knew how to live better than the way his Father was living, so he ventured out - only to learn that "Father knows best"!
It was a "growing up time" for the prodigal. NEVER was he not a son and NEVER was he not loved and accepted by his Father.
I have good news for you Judges1318, when Daddy kills the fatted calf for His prodigal son, there's enough for you, too! No need to be angry at God when He welcomes the prodigal home with loving arms, robe and ring!
It is rather disturbing....the way he focuses on self, denies truth, and is obsessed with losing that which is irrevocably given in Christ.....a true enemy of Christ by word and doctrine!