Once Saved Always Saved is True.
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Romans 10
1Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.
2 For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
3 For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.
5 For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.
1Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.
2 For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
3 For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.
5 For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.
Once Saved Always Saved has it origins in John Calvin. It is a false doctrine and the reason so many of our churches are so dead--they do not believe what Christ said: "If you love me, KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS.
We see pastors and other church leaders addicted to pornography, living for years in willful sin--think Ravi Zacharias, pedophilia--abusing money, abusing those in the church, pastors and believers committing suicide, believers who live like those in the world, unmarried couples living together, having sex before marriage, getting drunk, watching and listening to things that no Christian has business watching and listening to, accepting so many things of the world that God calls SIN- on and on and on. Why? because of the false doctrine of Eternal Security.
There are numerous verses that say we must abide in Christ and if we don't will be "cast into the fire"--that is the same DESTRUCTION that happens to the wicked.
This is spoken to believers:
"If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned."--John 15:6
" “It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age and who have fallen away, to be brought back to repentance.” --Hebrews 6:4-6
"19My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back, 20consider this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and cover over a multitude of sins."--Jame 5:19-20
Bible verse refuting Eternal Security: https://www.bible.ca/cal-P-refutation.htm
We see pastors and other church leaders addicted to pornography, living for years in willful sin--think Ravi Zacharias, pedophilia--abusing money, abusing those in the church, pastors and believers committing suicide, believers who live like those in the world, unmarried couples living together, having sex before marriage, getting drunk, watching and listening to things that no Christian has business watching and listening to, accepting so many things of the world that God calls SIN- on and on and on. Why? because of the false doctrine of Eternal Security.
There are numerous verses that say we must abide in Christ and if we don't will be "cast into the fire"--that is the same DESTRUCTION that happens to the wicked.
This is spoken to believers:
"If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned."--John 15:6
" “It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age and who have fallen away, to be brought back to repentance.” --Hebrews 6:4-6
"19My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back, 20consider this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and cover over a multitude of sins."--Jame 5:19-20
Bible verse refuting Eternal Security: https://www.bible.ca/cal-P-refutation.htm
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I say this all the time and I will say it again--we must test scripture against scripture and not isolate verses. Once Saved Always Saved is not about dotting I's and crossing T's--why do people always go that direction? It is not about following the law, as if you could make one false move and your are damned. THAT IS NOT IT. It is about living in WILLFUL ONGOING SIN--it is living the life you lived before your were saved or WORSE. It is about NO LONGER ABIDING in Christ. Christ was very clear, "If you love me, you will keep my commandments." Hebrews says if a person goes back to a life of sin, there is no more covering for that sin. Please see my other post with verses refuting OSAS.
John, are you serious? Paul was a Jew who wrote most of the Epistles. ALL of the Epistles are written to BELIEVERS, whether Jew OR Gentile--therefore they are ALL CHRISTIANS--Christians anyone who follows CHRIST. All of the 12 apostles were JEWISH. The first believers were JEWISH.
"28 There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus."--Galatians 3:28
Why We Know Hebrews Was Written to Believers
There are eight reasons to believe the entire book of Hebrews was written to believers (i.e., to those who have eternal life):
First, the writer calls the audience “holy brethren” (Heb 3:1).
Second, the writer describes himself and his readers (“we”) as ones who “have faith” (Heb 10:39). This would be true only of believers.
Third, readers are referred to as “sons” who have a relationship with God the Father (Heb 12:5, 7, 8). Unbelievers, professing to believe or otherwise, do not have a “son” relationship with God the Father until they are adopted and have eternal life (Gal 4:5).
Fourth, the author did not exhort readers to “believe in Jesus for eternal life” anywhere in Hebrews. The starting point for unbelievers is to place their faith in Jesus Christ for the gift of eternal life (John 3:16; Rom 6:23).
Fifth, the author did exhort (Heb 13:22) readers to “press on to maturity” (Heb 6:1) in the faith they already possessed (Heb 6:4-5). To exhort unbelievers to “press on to maturity” makes no sense. Without faith in Christ there is no life to be matured!
Sixth, the readers went through sufferings, reproaches, and tribulations for their faith (Heb 10:32-33). They even “accepted joyfully the seizure of [their] property” (10:34 NASB). It seems unlikely that unbelievers would be willing to go through these things for a nonexistent faith.
Seventh, in each of the five warning passages, the writer uses first person plural pronouns (us or we); he includes himself with the readers. Because the author was a believer in Jesus Christ, this is noteworthy. He views the warnings as applicable to both himself, as a believer, and to his readers, also believers. Had the warnings been for “professing” believers/unbelievers, he would not have included himself. For example, Heb 10:26 says, “For if we go on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins.” The writer sees “sinning willfully”— a return to animal sacrifices as a means for atonement, Heb 10:29— as something which he, as a believer, could commit, as could the believers he is writing to. After the five warning passages below are the verses containing “us” and/or “we” demonstrating the author included himself in the warning.
https://faithalone.org/grace-in-focus-articles/why-it-matters-that-hebrews-was-written-to-believers/