We have been dealing with a lot of People with HYPER apposing views. Some would make you look almost tame. I am on 4 threads now, and I my cut it back to just two. So sometimes I get a little frustrated, especially when I have already answered the SAME QUESTION TO THE SAME PERSON BEFORE, which tells me HE NEVER READ THE FIRST POST. No in Mainline Christian Theology, most are OSAS, with VERY Little difference between them. But ALMOST ALWAYS, opponents of OSAS, preach lies about what we actually Believe and TEACH. Yes, I GET REAL TIRED of people who are over and over preaching absolute LIES about our beliefs.
For example, YES, we teach that WORKS have NOTHING TO DO WITH SALVATION.
But that DOES NOT MEAN we think you can sin all you want, which only proves you were NEVER BORN AGAIN.
THE TRUTH is when the HOLY SPIRIT came into our hearts, HE CHANGED (BIRTHED) OUR HUMAN SPIRIT TO WANT TO LOVE HIM ENOUGH,
that we will ALWAYS WANT to DO WHAT PLEASES HIM, but sometimes the flesh is weak, then we refer to 1 John 1:9. But we certainly believe OUR AGAPE LOVE FOR HIM (John 14:15, and 1 John 15:3) will keep us continually striving to do what Pleases HIM. People who fall away were NEVER BORN AGAIN, because that CHANGE IN OUR Human Spirit is in ALL Born Again Christians. How do I know it is Part of AGAPE LOVE, that is easy, IT SAYS SO: (John 14:15, and 1 John 15:3)
Yes, we know there are Prodigals, but THEY WILL COME BACK. Therefore this verse REMAINS ABSOLUTELY TRUE:
1 John 2:19 (HCSB)
19 They went out from us, but they did not belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. However, they went out so that it might be made clear that none of them belongs to us.
I do not think you know this, but in the past 5 years, I have had 7 Strokes, and my brain still functions, but it takes me about 3 times as long to make a Post as before. I am Thankful that a that I got it back after my 4th one, as it was the WORST. I completely lost all my computer skills, and I had no idea how to turn the computer on. But about 5 - 6 weeks it started coming back to my brain. They put me on a different med, and it seems to be helping a lot. I PRAY I will live long enough to see the RAPTURE.
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