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1 | What is eternal life? What is saved? | John 6:37 | Radioman | 15296 | ||
Norrie, you are truly one of my favorite people on the Forum. You have a great attitude. If I were in need of prayer, I think you would be at the top of the list of people that I would ask to pray for me. So, although I disagree somewhat, what I write here is by no means intended to criticize or offend you. I'll make my answer short. You write: "There are those that say, well, he was never REALLY saved, but how do we know?" How do we know? 1 John 2:19 (NIV) They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us. Faith that endures is the only legitimate saving faith. Consider Matthew 13:20. Some people make an emotional, superficial commitment to salvation in Christ, but it is not real. They remain interested only until there is a sacrificial price to pay, and then abandon Christ. Always remember: we do not prove the Bible nor do we build doctrine on the experience(s) of people, whether the experiences are ours or belong to others. We do not establish Bible doctrine on case examples. On the contrary, we prove or disprove experience by the Bible. There are biblical evidences of genuine saving faith. Maybe we'll get into those soon. I hope this helps. Go with God, Radioman |
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2 | What is eternal life? What is saved? | John 6:37 | Hank | 15301 | ||
Radioman, sincere thanks for this post. I'd planned to post something along the same lines and about the topic of the security of the believer, but you spared me the effort and did a far better job that I would likely have done, and so I am grateful for both. It's no secret that I'm a Southern Baptist and thus a "perpetual subscriber" to The Baptist Faith and Message. We hold that salvation is by grace through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and that this salvation is eternal. --Hank | ||||||