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1 | once saved always saved | John 10:28 | gracefull | 87080 | ||
"When we are not saved we are destroyed." No doubt...lost and without God...condemned to death.. "Flesh controls us Satan can stand back and watch as we destroy ourselves." The carnal nature was indeed in control and we knew nothing else. Even our 'good' was evil. But to say Satan just sat back and watched is not true. Demonic possession alone proves that assertion incorect. The fact is, Satan is active in his kingdom of darkness. Matthew 8:16 When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick: Yes, Paul suffered many things...and yes, men are the instrument Satan uses to persecute the body of Christ. "When you observe divorce, alcoholism, divisions and quarreling, and suicide among the lost, your not seeing Satan’s works, your seeing the results of living in sin. When you see such amongst the saved your seeing Satan’s accomplishments as he has set about to kill, steal and destroy." Satan's goal to steal kill and destroy does not apply only to believers. God bless |
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2 | once saved always saved | John 10:28 | EdB | 87097 | ||
gracefull My original point was Satan steps up his attacks once we become believers. If it would be impossible to to cause a believer to stumble then he would be doing this without reason. My contention is there is a reason, Satan wants to plant doubt enough for us to question our salvation, get frustrated in the our Christian walk and/or to stop trusting in God. He wants us to move in our own power and will thus cutting our dependance on God and eventually moving us to a place where we turn our backs on God and wlaking away from the faith. Without faith it is impossible to please God. Satan is here to steal, destroy and kill. To steal our joy our faith, to destroy our relationship with God, causing us to rely on ourselves rather than our heavenly father, and to kill if he can cause us to lose faith he has broken the tie (faith in Jesus ) that has bound us to God. Once again without faith it is impossible to please God. EdB |
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3 | once saved always saved | John 10:28 | gracefull | 87113 | ||
Hi Ed, We did get off course. "If we can't lose our salvation then why is Satan trying so hard to get us to sin?" This was the only point I was trying to address as well, and not to necessarily disagree. Merely observing there is reasoning on the other side of the coin... God bless |
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4 | once saved always saved | John 10:28 | EdB | 87159 | ||
Graceful you have a funny way of flippign a coin :-) EdB |
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