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1 | Flesh or Spirit | Psalm | Hank | 154974 | ||
Dear jihetrick: You have presented a remarkably well-balanced and careful presentation of one of the most difficult and disputed issues of the Christian faith. I suppose few thoughtful Christians (and one would hope that all Christians are thoughtful!) have not grappled with this issue of the eternal security of the believer at one time or another. The conclusion you have reached parallels mine, which has not come easy, being for me a long and circuitous journey in faith, freighted with much prayer and searching of the Scriptures. But anything short of the doctrine of the eternal security of the believer smacks of a works-based soteriology: if man can save himself by his works, the logical conclusion is that he can also 'unsave' himself by them; but if man cannot save himself by his works, neither can he 'unsave' himself by them. But once we are enabled by the Holy Spirit to come to grips with the incontrovertible realities of God's absolute sovereignity and our total inability to save ourselves, the biblical doctrine of the eternal security of the believer makes sense. Salvation is by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone. It is the gift of God which we can never earn and which, being both the gift of God and eternal, cannot be snatched away. ...... A singularly excellent post, jihetrick. --Hank | ||||||
2 | Flesh or Spirit | Psalm | jlhetrick | 155000 | ||
Thanks Hank, It always helps to have your understanding of a topic confirmed by another. I wich I could have thought of the words you used in your post to better articulate my points. They go well together. Jeff |
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