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1 | "ONCE SAVED ALWAYS SAVED"!!! | Matt 22:37 | Robert Nicholson | 64457 | ||
FTimA: The book of James is written to Christians. You have referred to James 5:19-20 regarding the erring brother. "Brethren if any of you do err(wander) from the truth, and one convert him (or turn him back) Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins" The example given by James is a brother who has received the truth, but has gone astray. When a saint goes astray and gets away from the Lord, those which are spiritual have a responsiblity to try and restore such a person back to the truth and to God. Sin in a Christian's life does not put them outside the family of God, but clouds our daily fellowship with God and with fellow believers. When a person is restored they are prevented from carrying on sinning and away from God, thus a multitude of sins are prevented from happening at all. To save their soul from death does not refer to eternal death which the unbeliever will suffer, but rather physical death which can be a result of persistent disobedience and dishonor to the testimony of Christ. The Lord loves us too much to allow us to carry on without discipline. we read "For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth." Heb. 12:6 Examples of this are seen in Acts 5:5-10 regarding Ananius and Sapphira who lied to to God and thought they could deceive him. The second example is found in 1 Cor. 11: 27-30 regarding those who partaking of the Lord's supper unworthly and Paul writes "For this cause many are weak and sickly among you and manny sleep.(are dead) It is a serious business to purposely dishonor the Lord and rather than allow us to carry on in disobedience he may see fit to take us home to heaven. In 2 Peter 3: 17,18 This is also written to "beloved" saints who are born again. First, he gives them a word of warning v. 17 and in V. 18 an exhortation. Paul wants them to stay focussed on Christ and not to be turned aside by the false teachers of the day which we cover in Chapter 2. The Christian is not exempt from the three fold enemy the world, the flesh, and the devil. None of the three can ever take from us the life which is eternally ours in Christ, but they can spoil our life for God on this earth. Stedfastness as in V.19 is there consistent and faithful life. The scriptures make it clear that those who are saved should never become complacent in their lives. we are warned to "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:" 1 Peter 5:8. Our motive in faithfulness to Christ is not to preserve the security we have in him, but rather to bring glory and honor to him in our lives. Peace in his name Robert |
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2 | "ONCE SAVED ALWAYS SAVED"!!! | Matt 22:37 | FTimA | 64493 | ||
"Sin in a Christian's life does not put them outside the family of God, but clouds our daily fellowship with God and with fellow believers." God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. (1 Jn 1:5) If God was able to tolerate sin there would have been no need for us to have sin remitted. You say in one sentence, "Sin...does not put them outside the family of God" and in another, "they are prevented from carrying on sinning and away from God". Either sin separates us from God or it doesn't. We cannot have it both ways. |
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3 | "ONCE SAVED ALWAYS SAVED"!!! | Matt 22:37 | Robert Nicholson | 64500 | ||
FTimA: "But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin" 1 John 1:7 When a lost sinner rests their all or puts their trust in the finished work of Christ on the cross their sins are forgiven and they are cleared of all guilt before God. Rom. 5:1 All our sins are forgiven, not in part, but the whole and God as he looks on the big picture sees us "in Christ in the heavenlies" Eph. 1:3 From a practical view Christians cannot live a perfect life "if we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us" 1 John 1:8 1 John is written to children in the family of God and chp 1 is speaking of fellowship with God. He has given us his Spirit to make us overcomers 1 John 4:4. As in any family relationship if a child disobeys his father it can result in a loss of communication or fellowship until the problem is resolved. Likewise, when a child of God sins, it can mar fellowship with the father, but we are reminded that "if we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins...: 1 John1:9 and in 1 John 2:1-2 we are reminded that "if any sin we have an advocate with the father, Jesus Christ the righteous. You are correct in your last statement. "Sin separates us from God..." When God by his grace saved us our sins were forgiven and we are cleared of all guilt because Christ is our substitute and was made sin for us. All my sins were future when Christ died and he has paid the price in full. "We are bought with a price and we are not our own" and as such it should be our desire to live a life that would glorify him. Robert |
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