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Results from: Answered Bible Questions, Answers, Unanswered Bible Questions, Notes Ordered by Verse | ||||||
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1 | When are we 'securely' saved? | Hebrews | kalos | 1220 | ||
"When are we securely saved?" Given that one doesn't believe in the security of the believer, the answer would have to be: One could never have security of an insecure salvation. . . . Take away Eternal Security and all you have left would be ETERNAL INSECURITY. |
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2 | Who has Eternal Insecurity? | Hebrews | charis | 1226 | ||
OK, I'll take the bait. Who has Eternal Insecurity? Anyone with sin in their life? Or anyone that says the matter is in God's gracious hands, we cannot know the fact in this life? Is it not a matter of faith, NOT knowledge? Your turn! In Jesus. | ||||||
3 | Who has Eternal Insecurity? | Hebrews | kalos | 1230 | ||
Who has Eternal Insecurity? I think the question should be: "Who does not have, does not want and does not believe in Eternal Security?" Wouldn't that person be the most likely one to have Eternal Insecurity. . . . For the record, my previous answer said nothing about anyone "having" Eternal Insecurity. I thought my point was rather simple: If you believe you have an insecure salvation, then how could you ever have security in it? Put another way, you could have salvation, but never enjoy the security of it because you chose not to believe your salvation was secure. In other words, even if you had security of salvation, what good does it do you in your everyday life,if you don't know or don't believe it exists. You would not enjoy the blessings of your security in this life. . . . Why would a person even WANT something he doesn't believe in? And how could that person believe in something of which he has no knowledge. Or if he had the knowledge and rejected it, then even if he had the security of the believer, he wouldn't know he had it. Of course, it's always a matter of faith. But how can one have faith in that of which he has no knowledge? Is not faith built on fact -- the fact of Christ's atonement? |
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4 | Who has Eternal Insecurity? | Hebrews | charis | 1250 | ||
A true statement of faith, my brother. But (seems like I read that word a lot around here :-), unfortunately, there are a lot of people who have not yet achieved that level of faith. Many Christians I have met in the country of my calling (Japan), and many Christians I have met in the country of my birth (U.S.A.), struggle with their faith. Though 'knowledge' is imparted from the pulpit and in Bible Study, some are not as capable as you and I to apply it to their lives. Those whose faith is weak are dogged by sin, and the world around them desires to steal as much faith as possible from them. It would be easy to just say, "They are weak, maybe they are not of Jesus." But I can find no Scripture that supports my giving up on them. I believe we are to proclaim the Gospel to the lost, and to the weak (some might say 'marginal') Christian alike. It is possible that the fellowship you enjoy contains no 'doubters' or weak-of-faith, that all your brothers and sisters-in-Christ have absolute eternal security. I have met few who could claim eternal security moment-to-moment, day-to-day, for all their Christian life. Yes, I have known those who put on a good facade, but their actions betray them at times. Eternal Security is a doctrine which I believe in, a theology I study, a faith I hold dear in my heart, and a topic I speak of often. Sadly, though, it is not a reality to many. I cannot condemn those who have not yet found this gift, but only encourage them to continue their pursuit of it. It must be real to THEM, not pie-in-the-sky, or for 'others.' I guess it is my method to meet-them-where-they-are, and help them rise up. I know I was blessed by many very patient saints when I was first saved. In Jesus. | ||||||