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There is a difference also when a pastor preaches a message.. which is effectively prophesying.. 'speaking forth God's Word'..from the office of the prophet, which carried particular qualifications.

Salvation is believing Jesus lived died and rose again, that He is God. Knowing you are a sinner headed for hell and believing in Jesus.. that He can forgive your sin and give eternal life.

Freaked out? I'm not. It's all about the context of the passage. For example 'he who endureth to end will be saved ' The context around this..whatever it means.. isn't eternal salvation deliverance. The 'saved' here is in a different meaning to 'saved from hell, saved eternally '

Again very little to do with scripture itself

Once you are born again, you have eternal life. Done deal. Now, because you have the Holy Spirit now indwelling your spirit, then you are going to get quickened and convicted by the Holy Spirit when you sin. So.. you would still be going to heaven..but expect chastening from Jesus thru the...

No, I meant your protest against OSAS in that post was nothing about scripture itself, but looking at behaviour, which all believers have difficulty in faithfulness at some times.

Nothing to do with scripture at all

The people i know that believe in osas are secure in their faith and therefore confident to express it..and so faithful believers. A securely attached child is confident to explore. An eternally secure believer is confident to share.

Yea, 'shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? God forbid!"

Well, I know of an extreme calvinism where the sinner is chosen regardless of belief on Jesus Christ. But yea. I agree

Know you are a sinner, deserving hell and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ as God, risen saviour. Salvation by grace thru faith in Jesus. All through the bible. Revealed in the NT, foreshadowed, prophecied and symbolised in the OT. What Reformed beliefs can do, is fudge on believe on the...

Well said. Especially also Ephesians 2:1-5. We are sinners saved by grace, not by works thru faith in Jesus Christ, by the regenerating power of the Holy Spirit.

Well, 'repent' is a 'change of mind, heart'.. not a behavioral reversal. God repented of the work He done to Israel at one stage.. that was a change of mind.. not a behavioral turnaround. That was a definition of repent before the NT. Then, in the NT.. it says you not saved by works, but the...

Saving faith.... know you are a sinner, and led by conviction from Jesus as God.. believe on Jesus Christ as risen Saviour, God. Thats not calvinism..and not really armenianism, seeing it is eternally secure.

That's no assurance.. That's basing certainty of salvation on your behaviour. There is a difference between eternal salvation and daily deliverance. Eternal salvation is a one time event, thru believing on the Lord Jesus Christ. Daily deliverance is the reasonable response to that eternal...

Ill see the vid..but first thought.. assurance of salvation isn't to do with your continual faithfulness..but whether you have believed on the Lord Jesus Christ. 'That ye may know ye have eternal life' in the book of John.. Based on John 3:16, 3:36, 5:24 , 6:40 etc

Yea, James gets isolated from Romans and John..whereas they all preach salvation by grace through faith in Jesus, but with emphasis on different aspects of faith.

From GotQuestions: While James 2:24 is the only verse that contains the precise phrase “faith alone,” there are many other verses that do, in fact, teach salvation by faith alone. Any verse that ascribes salvation to faith/belief, with no other requirement mentioned, is a declaration that...

Abraham was justified in terms of eternal life before he offered up his son Isaac, as Paul wrote. Rehab already had faith before hiding the people. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and receive eternal life. All thru the book of John and Romans. Yes, this justification is from God, not from...

Not a building.. a local of believers could have no roof over their head. But a biblical local body would have a pastor with a biblical message, led by God with a message particularly for the congregation. A believer not regularly meeting with a local body would miss this key teaching