Do you believe in (OSAS) Once Saved, Always Saved?

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John 6:47
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.

So according to you Jesus was preaching the doctrine of the devil.
That is blasphemous!

Your ignorance of the whole council of God is very telling.

Romans 3:28
Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.

Acts 13:39
And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
I don't see anyone disagreeing with the purpose of Christ's sacrifice on the cross....why do you.

Are you saying one needs to do nothing to accept Christ as Savior? When in fact we must do many thing to receive application of John 6;47.
 
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ile t[tus when He willrQUOTE="ResidentAlien, post: 4848762, member: 306907"]I'm forgiven and justified (Romans 8); in that sense I'm saved now. But salvation isn't complete until the very end. It's not based on works but in persevering in the faith.[/QUOTE]


excuse me...do you know what ....savED ...means?

If you do then be reminded that ...ED...is history that can't be Changed. That is the reason we are ......born again ......while on this earth.
I doubt that God appreciates any one of us declaring our eternal salvation for eternity before He judges us.

Can you please explain that point?
 

gb9

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I don't see anyone disagreeing with the purpose of Christ's sacrifice on the cross....why do you.

Are you saying one needs to do nothing to accept Christ as Savior? When in fact we must do many thing to receive application of John 6;47.

believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved.

whosoever believes in Him may not perish, but have eternal life.
 

Aerials1978

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Hmmm here you go assuming things that are not there again, and not just not there but I have even told you exactly what I mean. Interesting. Do you know the Lord Jesus Christ?
I wondering if you even do. Sorry, but it sounds like your think you’re a purist and only you have knowledge the rest of us are lacking.
 

posthuman

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I doubt that God appreciates any one of us declaring our eternal salvation for eternity before He judges us.
may i remind you:

Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life,
and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.
(John 5:24)​
 

posthuman

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Our relationship with Him is always relevant.
agreed. it's the whole point of us coming together to speak of Him here. as one body.
we have to remember that all of us here are real people, real souls, with all kinds of defects and misunderstandings -- that we are really speaking to real persons.

we have to remember to love each other =]

please forgive me when i forget
 

Snacks

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did you catch the part about "never" knowing them?
He is talking about people who were never saved.
He’s been told numerous times but chooses to overlook that significant word because it doesn’t fit his narrative.
 
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So let's discuss the doctrine/issue of so-called Conditional Security vs Eternal Security. Do you believe in Once Saved, Always Saved? I believe Salvation is a Combination of the Grace of Justification+the Grace of Perseverance i.e. Salvation=Justification+Perseverance. So, after Justification, we must pray for perseverance, otherwise we risk being cut off or falling away, as the Bible records that some have done. By God's Grace, we can persevere to the end.

The famous saying of Our Lord is: "But the one who perseveres to the end will be saved." (Mat 24:13)

Three or four passages to start off the discussion below:

1. John 15: "2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit ... 6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned."

Seems to be echoed in Romans 11:22: "22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off."

2. Heb 6:4-6:
"4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,

5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,

6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame."

3. 2 Pet 2:20-22:

"20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.

21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.

22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire."

These verses very clearly seem to teach that Justification!=(not equal to)Salvation. Initial Justification+Final Perseverance = Full Salvation. Thoughts?

God Bless,
Xavier.

Yes, I believe once saved always saved, as long as you remain saved. If you turn your hand from the plough, you are no longer saved.
 

Nehemiah6

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believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved... whosoever believes in Him may not perish, but have eternal life.
It is that simple. Just change may to "shall".
 
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Yes, I believe once saved always saved, as long as you remain saved. If you turn your hand from the plough, you are no longer saved.
Agreed!

Hebrews 10 is very clear. Those truly sanctified by the Blood of Christ can indeed sin willfully and fall away. It is God's Grace that preserves us from such possibilities, and helps us persevere till the end. We must pray that we be among those who persevere.

Hebrews:

"26If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, 27but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God. 28Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29How much more severely do you think someone deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant that sanctified them, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace? 30For we know him who said, “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” d and again, “The Lord will judge his people.” e 31It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

32Remember those earlier days after you had received the light, when you endured in a great conflict full of suffering. 33Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insult and persecution; at other times you stood side by side with those who were so treated. 34You suffered along with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, because you knew that you yourselves had better and lasting possessions. 35So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.

36You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised. 37For,

“In just a little while,
he who is coming will come
and will not delay.” f
38And,

“But my righteous g one will live by faith.
And I take no pleasure
in the one who shrinks back.”
39But we do not belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved."
 
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What is the 'Once saved always saved' point, the point at which I can no longer lose my salvation? How do I know whether or not I've attained this point? Thanks
According to the deceived ones who subscribe to this nonsense, it is the moment you sincerely recite the "sinner's prayer". How trite. If only people would refer back to the one institution given to us by God which is supposed to exemplify our relationship with Him: marriage.

When a groom and his bride get married, are they "once married, always married"? No, one or both can decide to end the relationship...God will never walk away from us, but we're free to walk away from Him.

He's coming back for His bride, people.
 
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The "you will be saved" should be enough :) Obviously for some, sadly, it is not:unsure::cry:
What's sad is that the same ladies who insist God's mercy will cover habitual, presumptuous sin are the very same ones who'd file for divorce the very second they find out their husband is guilty of adultery.

"Do as I say, not as I do, Jesus".

However, Proverbs 28:13 KJV shatters such rose-colored reading glasses by making it abundantly clear, "...but whoso confesseth and forsaketh (their sins) shall have mercy".
 
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believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved.

whosoever believes in Him may not perish, but have eternal life.
Jesus asked, "And why call ye Me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?" in Luke 6:46 KJV.

In our modern vernacular, Jesus might have said, "Why do you OSAS folks talk the talk but don't walk the walk?"

It is foolish to think these to whom Jesus is speaking are "saved" and only fools do so.
 

ResidentAlien

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Look at yourself at this very moment; you’re acting like a DB but it doesn’t threaten your salvation.
And out come the personal insults right on time. That always happens when support for one's position is at an end. It's quite predictable.