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1 | That's an interesting belief. | Luke 23:43 | jg8ball | 597 | ||
Thanks. You and June bring up good points. I've always been about 60 to 40 in favor of the possiblity of renouncing one's salvation (although I admit I have no idea why one would) but now I think I'm starting to lean the other way. I'll do some more reading into what you wrote and talking with others and maybe I'll swing even farther to the once saved always saved. On the otherhand though, I do believe that we have the choice whether or not to accept Gods gift of salvation. Not because of any pridefull thing or power trip, but because I believe that God would rather have us make the decision to worship Him rather than force us to. Consider for example if you had the power to make someone love you. Would you use it or would you rather have them choose to love you? |
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2 | That's an interesting belief. | Luke 23:43 | HeirofGod | 797 | ||
Please don't swing to once saved always saved because they disagreed with your scriptures. The holy spirit is a gentleman he does not make you do anything (we are led by the spirit Rom. 8:14). This means that if we want to denounce God and tell him that we don't want to go to heaven he is not going to make us. Matt. 12:31,32 says that we can denounce God and Jesus and be forgiven(when we ask). But if we denounce the Holy Spirit we can not be forgiven-if you cannot be forgiven then you lose your salvation. Only a believer can blaspheme the Holy Spirit because we are the only ones who can worship in spirit and in truth. We know the Spirit of Truth so only we can deny him and in doing so we lose our salvation. These are two ways you can lose salvation: Tell GOd you just don't want his salvation anymore (which can be forgiven), and to blaspheme the Holy Spirit (no forgiveness for this). All in all unless you are thinking about trying it to prove your point,don't worry about losing your salvation, worry about getting others where you are. | ||||||
3 | That's an interesting belief. | Luke 23:43 | kalos | 854 | ||
ONCE LOST, ALWAYS LOST. . . . "Once saved, always saved." This statement is not in the Bible. Nor is it a phrase used by Baptist preachers. The only people who use this phrase are the ones who reject the Bible doctrine of Eternal Security, the opposite of which would be Eternal Insecurity. . . .While "once saved, always saved" is hotly debated, one thing is for certain: Once lost, salvation is always lost. " . . . logically Heb. 6:4 implies that if salvation were to be lost, it would be impossible for that person to be born again, lose it, and then be born again again. This much is clear: whoever openly and consciously rejects Jesus Christ is unregenerate even if he seemed to have been saved ealier." Whether he had lost his salvation or never had it to begin with, "either way, the result is identical." (note at Heb. 6:4ff, NRSV Harper Study Bible) |
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