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1 | "ONCE SAVED ALWAYS SAVED"!!! | Matt 22:37 | Reformer Joe | 30296 | ||
Where does the Prodigal Son parable state that the son was "alive, then dead, then alive"? Even assuming that the person referred to was already saved, why would his departure have to symbolize spiritual death? Also, we have to be careful not to turn a parable (where there is one or two significant points that are being made) with an allegory (where everything in the story represents something else). In this parable, the son STARTS OUT as a son, which would more likely indicate that his departure symbolizes his state of being fallen rather than having received Christ and then rejected Christ and then recived Christ again. --Joe! |
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2 | "ONCE SAVED ALWAYS SAVED"!!! | Matt 22:37 | Rom831 | 30304 | ||
First, just using common sense, the two brothers were equal, both with an inheritance coming from the father, the father representing God. So the son who left, was a child of God, not a child of Satan. Second, the verse reads "and has come to life again". "Again" means he was alive before. Then, when he tuned is back on God, he became dead. Then, when he came back to God, he was alive "again". Bless...ArtS |
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3 | "ONCE SAVED ALWAYS SAVED"!!! | Matt 22:37 | srbaegon | 30306 | ||
Context........................... To place things in context, Luke 15 has three parables which speak of lost things (sheep, coin, son) which were found. The point is that in each case there was something which was no longer in the place it belonged (lost), someone searched (shepherd; woman; God or prodigal, however you see it), was found, and lastly rejoicing over what was found. To be consistent you would need to be able to apply life/death/life to the first two parables. Steve |
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