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1 | Rejection means never knew? | Eph 4:3 | ChildofGod1988 | 206099 | ||
2 Pet 2:18 For speaking out arrogant words of vanity they entice by fleshly desires, by sensuality, those who barely escape from the ones who live in error, 2 Pet 2:19 promising them freedom while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by what a man is overcome, by this he is enslaved. 2 Pet 2:20 For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world by the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and are overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first. 2 Pet 2:21 For it would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn away from the holy commandment handed on to them. I reread the verse and it still seems to me that the author is referring to those purveyors of false doctrine, as well as believers in these doctrines who have left the true One. I also looked up the definition of the word know 1:be aware of the truth of something; have a belief or faith in something; regard as true beyond any doubt 2:be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object When the bible says that they had "known the way of righteousness," it means they had an intimate knowledge of it. At least that is what I think. I am still very interested in your response sir, and please know that I take your opinion very seriously. Thanks for your time, God bless!!! CoG88 (andy) |
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2 | Rejection means never knew? | Eph 4:3 | stjohn | 206101 | ||
HI Andy... I think we can safely assume that, Judas Iscariot knew Jesus Christ more intimately then the false prophets that Peter was warning us about. He knew the truth very well indeed. Would you say he had been born again to salvation and then rejected it? Or did he just profess to know the truth? Those false prophets probably never knew the truth past their heads, and it never really got to their hearts where it could have done some good. I think I'd have to say they were never really saved. There is far to much Scripture to show us this is the case. It would be hard to hold up under the, Whole counsel of Scripture, that they lost their Salvation. Once you are born again, you are indeed born again. sólamente mi dos centavos, (Just my two cents) John |
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3 | Rejection means never knew? | Eph 4:3 | lionheart | 206105 | ||
stjohn, Good day brother. What you say makes allot of sense. It's easy to hang a label on ones self, but where's the evidence. As you say, once you got it you got it. The question now arises what will one do to nuture that which God has given us. 2 Peter 1:3-15 and Phillipians 2:1-11 are outstanding passages when considering how we're going to walk the walk and do the things we need to do too grow in our relationship with our Lord and Savior. In Him, lionheart |
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4 | Rejection means never knew? | Eph 4:3 | stjohn | 206110 | ||
Amen Brother, Lionheart.... Perseverance, self-control, Brotherly-Kindness, Godliness, etc... 1 Peter Ch 3 indeed does give us pause to look closely at ourselves, to see if these fruits of the spirit are visible, all leading to the "Christ-likeness" we see in Phillipians Ch 2. 1 Cor Ch 3 also is a good place to look for encouragement, and also to see what may happen if we don't, "walk the walk", especially Ch 15, Ouch! :-) Thank Brother! God bless John |
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