All of this is true, for those who are in the faith. But if you walk away from the faith and walk away from the Son, you walk away from His cleansing and grace. There is a reason Paul uses phrases like “fallen from grace.” This clearly means that someone has grace and they fall away from it because they turn away from grace to something else. It is not a lack of God’s power or cleansing that causes a person to fall away. It is a person’s rejection of the truth and the grace that bought them. I do not believe the Bible teaches that someone who becomes a Christian loses volition and the ability of choice. Consider the following verses…
Hebrews 2:1–4 (ESV): Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it. 2 For since the message declared by angels proved to be reliable, and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribution, 3 how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord, and it was attested to us by those who heard, 4 while God also bore witness by signs and wonders and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.
The point being made here is that if Israelites rejected the Law given by angels and were judged accordingly, how much more if someone walks or “drifts” away from the message from God’s Son? Having the Law did not save Israel. They had accept the Law as truth from God. If a person drifts away and decides the Gospel is not true and rejects the Son, how will a person escape? This is not written to unbelievers, but to believers who are in danger of “drifting.” A person cannot drift away from something they have not embraced.
Thank you for this excerpt. I get it, that a person, any person could change their mind after belief to God in reality is really for them for their best interests. (Jeremiah 29:11) Which is not necessarily (Usually not) what one might think one needs and or wants, which usually turns into needs. And a gigantic mess that it usually becomes harmful to people here on earth. reacting to their troubles
I do not see how, anyone could fall away from belief (not Fathomable to me) to trusting God the only one good according to Jesus. I see the lure(s) been through them as many others have as well.
Was an Alcoholic, a partier, a woman chaser, a person of my own best interests, each day, without any compassion of care, yet it was there in me growing up. I did care, yet it seemed only when it was about me.
Not seeing I needed new life, I was alive and wanted to be noticed, so I did whatever I could to be noticed, loved and forgiven by others.
I was
1 Corinthians 13:1-3
King James Version
13 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
I was so religious I stunk. And at the same time I was caught up in sin, hiding it within me, afraid to reveal it , because if others saw my thought(s), whether did them or not, I would be put out and not loved or forgiven (even though God by Son has). Under Law, for even if a person looks at a person with lust in his eye, one needs to gouge that eye out, it is better for a part of the person to enter Heaven, than all of that person to enter Hell. If thy hand sin, cut it off, again it is better for part of you enter Heaven, than all of you enter Hell. Under Law to enter Heaven one would have to become a Torso to enter. that does not wrk does it?
That is the Under Law perfection needed to never sin or else you go to hell. As God is not an escape goat for anyone to use being forgiven (reconciled) to get away with harm to anyone over their needs, they think they need. Which this world promotes, oh go ahead, you are forgiven right?
So, we the people do it and hide it, to get away with it, being selfish to self needs here on earth. That being the only reward one will ever get. According to God, speaking through Son when was here on earth in the flesh for us to save us in his resurrected life to us.
We all at frist birth are born as dead to God y'all in need of life, which is in the risen Christ given yto us bty Father, once see it sand in it, how can anyone ever walk away?
Then I saw
1 Corinthians 13:4-7
King James Version
4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
I failed from that first verse, and all others also "I" failed, "I" could not do that, "I" could then couldn't, because of pride that continued to get in my way. Guilt and pride were my leaders, over suffering and shame.
Therefore "I" need those verses 1 Cor 13:4-7 in me, to do that exactly through me, without any pride in it ever again or guilt either.
God imputes this Love, Charity in us, the ones that are willing to go through anything and not quit belief to God, no matter what troubles happen to them.
Been there, gone through it, confessed my sin(s) even to my wife and the Church I belonged to, then, still willing to do that to this day in trust to God, he, Jesus the Son, did take all sin away in his Father's sight for me and all others as well in that last shedding of blood it is done, (John 19:30) once for all to believe God it is finished for God Father to give us new life for us that believe God in this done work with Jesus as risen, ready to impute new life into them too. Believe God, receive truth from God, and see from God, learning new daily is and has been my journey, not denying God at all, regardless of feelings wanting to, I see not to in all adversities I have been in and could be again. I love the last Chapter of Job.
You see, like Job in the book of Job, 'I" would not, will not deny God, because God loves us all y'all. your time to decide too, thank you.
Therefore, I do not see how anyone, that has gotten enlighten to this truth I just revealed, will ever walk away!
Will you
seeing once God saves, one stands in that all the way to death, the same as Jesus did willingly for us all to begin with.
Hope to help, y'all, seeing those that choose to walk away had been on their way to discover the whole truth and all the truth, yet not seen it yet, giving up through adversirties, no deep soil in them to stand in God no matter what troubles happen to them.
So not yet born new (again) by God yet, the revealing has not come to them yet. So if you a person, anyone is in this same type of mess, all I can say is
Please choose to not give up on belief to God, for God does just love you too, otherwise the cross means nothing in the dying to take away all sin, but "Unbelief" to Father of Son in his being risen back to life for you in God's spirit and Truth. For you to be alive forever in Father and Son as Won (One)
God's amazing, unfathomable grace to the flesh and blood of mankind. God loves you all
Time to beleive to see it, as long as you will not give up, I began this walk at age 12 I am 67 now. So, y'all stand in trust to God and grow in God's grace given you daily, to continue in being forgiven from God, to not ever take this truth for granted, thank you