Not By Works

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jaybird88 said:
EZ 18 21
[SUP]21 [/SUP]“But if a wicked person turns away from all his sins that he has committed and keeps all my statutes and does what is just and right, he shall surely live; he shall not die.
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how many of them are still alive today? I guess they could. Not do it either.
 
blue_ladybug said:
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Happy birthday Lady Blue!!! :)
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joefizz said:
Well from what I can gather of your posts you say things like,"the present believer" and other such phrases indicating that you believe one can lose salvation and thereby must maintain one's own salvation...
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It's strange how people are saying that when we first believed 'having to believe in order to be saved' was not us trying to save yourself, yet we had to do that to be saved, but 'having to continue in that exact same believing to be saved' is now considered us trying to save ourselves. That doesn't even make sense. If my believing when I first started it was not a work of self righteousness then it isn't now. Believing is NEVER on the side of the works that can not justify in the Bible. Never. But the church has put it over there in their misguided zeal to preach Paul's warning about the works gospel.



joefizz said:
...but I have a more simplistic question,"can someone believe wholly upon Jesus and then later on not believe upon him at all"?
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Well, I have said this is the core question of whether OSAS is true, or not. The Bible is clear what will happen to people who do not trust God for salvation. That's not up for honest debate. What isn't so clear is if genuine believers can truly stop believing. I think it's possible because of how the warnings for believers to not stop believing are worded. And I know of Spirit-filled people who have abandoned their faith and by their own admission do not believe anymore. But I definitely fall heavily on the side of the argument that the warnings to not fall away are sufficient to keep the vast majority of believers believing and, therefore, saved.


joefizz said:
...and to be clear I said believe upon not believe in,two different phrases with different meanings.
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That is very clear. I make the distinction by often using the word 'trust' when referring to true believing. That is the faith that saves--the faith that is trusting God for the forgiveness of sin.

The demons do not have that faith. They only know the gospel is true, that's all. They certainly are not trusting in the gospel that they know is true better than you and I know it's true. Demons are neither trusting nor working to be saved through a knowledge of the gospel. And truthfully, that's how I would describe most people in the church today. They only have the faith of demons--the faith that James says can not save. It neither trusts nor works. I don't even know of anybody in the church who is working to save themselves. That message is thoroughly understood by the church, but it seems to be the favorite source of sermon material for pastors and wannabe pastors. What isn't so well understood by the church is the Bible's exhortations to continue to believe, but no pastors make that the topic of their sermons.
 
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TruthTalk said:
Plus I get so tired of Phart's "Pancake Theology" because he keeps flip flopping on all of his statements. He wants you to believe this, don't believe that, sit down, stand up, you have to do back flips just to understand his fake gospel.

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......not.
 
VCO said:
John 10:27-30 (CSBBible)
[SUP]27 [/SUP] My sheep hear my voice, I know them {Born Again},
and they follow me.
[SUP]28 [/SUP] I give them eternal life, and they will never perish.
No one will snatch them out of my hand.
[SUP]29 [/SUP] My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all.
No one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand.
[SUP]30 [/SUP] I and the Father are one."


IT IS NOT ETERNAL IF YOU CAN LOSE IT OR STOP LIVING IT. WE DO NOT CONTROL OUR ETERNAL LIFE HE DOES. WE DO NOT HOLD ON TO OUR ETERNAL LIFE HE DOES.
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Improperly cut away from the whole counsel of scripture these scriptures will indeed confirm for itching ears that a believer can not lose his salvation.

As long as we have a church where all you gotta have to become a pastor is a student loan or a rich uncle, and lots of itching ears to listen to what these pastors say, the church will continue to churn out half-gospel believers who ignore all the other scriptures that say these promises are only true for those who believe (present tense), and who ignore all the scriptures that warn against the danger of falling away into unbelief and being lost.
 
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PHart said:
It's strange how people are saying that when we first believed 'having to believe in order to be saved' was not us trying to save yourself, yet we had to do that to be saved, but 'having to continue in that exact same believing to be saved' is now considered us trying to save ourselves. That doesn't even make sense. If my believing when I first started it was not a work of self righteousness then it isn't now. Believing is NEVER on the side of the works that can not justify in the Bible. Never. But the church has put it over there in their misguided zeal to preach Paul's warning about the works gospel.
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I see what you mean.. freewill determines us to Repent and believe... obviously GOD knows the outcome but we are to Love, Trust and obey as part of our ongoing belief.. as in believing unto the saving of our souls... I get your point indeed Mr P :)
 
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