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1 | Verses where water alone means baptism? | John 3:5 | flinkywood | 134815 | ||
Tim, If a Christian rejects Christ, walks clean away and never repents of it, is he still saved? Colin |
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2 | Verses where water alone means baptism? | John 3:5 | Morant61 | 134816 | ||
Greetings Colin! Heb. 10:29 answers this question: "How much more severely do you think a man deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God under foot, who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace?" As I've said my friend, I am not a Calvinist. I do believe that the gift of salvation can be rejected. But, as this verses makes clear, it is the rejection of Christ that causes one to be lost, not an act of sin. I should never sin as a Christian, but if I do, I do not lose my salvation. I didn't and couldn't earn it to begin with. However, I can reject Christ. If I reject Christ, I am lost. I have written some detailed posts on this passage in the past if you would care to read them. Just search for the key words. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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3 | Verses where water alone means baptism? | John 3:5 | flinkywood | 134821 | ||
Tim, thanks for hanging in here. How do we integrate rejection of Christ with Mat 25:45-46? "Then He will answer them, 'Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.' "These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life." Is Jesus saying that to the extent we do not do these things to Him we reject Him, and He us, eternally? Colin |
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4 | Verses where water alone means baptism? | John 3:5 | Morant61 | 134879 | ||
Greetings Colin! I don't see the message of Mt. 25:45-46 as primarily concerning salvation. It refers to the judgement of the nations after the tribulation. Christians will already be with Christ by this point. Further, this limited judgement doesn't seem to be based upon their works, but their condition is evidenced by their works. Notice that the passage refers to them as either 'sheeps' and 'goats', 'righteous' and 'unrighteous', or 'blessed' and 'cursed'. As we have been discussing concerning sanctification, our 'works' don't make us righteous, God does. Rom. 5:19 says, "For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous." So, to answer your last question my friend, I would say that they did not do these things BECAUSE they had rejected Him, not that they rejected Him by not doing them. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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5 | Verses where water alone means baptism? | John 3:5 | flinkywood | 134902 | ||
Tim, Merci beaucoup. Colin |
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6 | Verses where water alone means baptism? | John 3:5 | Morant61 | 134915 | ||
Greetings Colin! Thank you for the discussion my friend! Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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