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1 | One example of loosing salvation NT | Luke 8:13 | yampa78 | 88915 | ||
This is for everyone. Please pray for me! As some of you know from responding to my question a couple days ago, I am going through a period of intense doubt in my faith. For those of you who have never experienced doubt, let me tell you it's the scariest thing I've ever gone through in my whole life! I feel like I'm inching slowly toward a cliff of unbelief and once I go over the edge there's no return. It feels like the foundation of Christ that I've stood on most of my life is crumbling beneath my feet. I have been praying and reading my bible a lot lately hoping that it would reveal truth and put me at ease. The oposite is actually occuring. It is actually fueling my doubt because of all the ambiguity in the bible that can be interpreted in many different ways. I believe that there is absolute truth. Therefore one side of this salvation debate is right and the other is wrong (or both are wrong, but I won't go there yet.) If there is a God (which I never even questioned until 2 weeks ago), then he has given Christians the Holy Spirit to reveal truth in his word. How is it then that there can be disagreement on such a crutial issue? Wouldn't God reveal the truth to his people if his word is true? He also wouldn't let his people slip through the cracks, right? Well if you go to exchristian.org, you can read first hand stories about sincere Christians losing their faith by coming to an intelectual impass. I hope you all can give some Godly insight to help me out in this horrible time for me. Andrew |
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2 | One example of loosing salvation NT | Luke 8:13 | JibbyJee | 88946 | ||
Dear Andrew: It breaks my heart to hear of another brother in Christ going through trials and uncertainty about God, who is the very essence of Reality. My friend, I plead with you to trust GOD and GOD alone, and not the puffed up "wisdom" of men like that God-hating website. I urge you to read and meditate on Jesus' parable about the wheat and the tares and how there will be be unbelievers who hypocritically masquerade as the real deal. These same parasites that infest the Visible Church invent heresies in an attempt to subvert GOD and His elect. So, yes, there will be division in the Visible Church, but not amongst TRUE Christians. If you could elaborate on the nature of what it is that you are doubting, we will be in prayer for you and perhaps God will lead someone to give you a comforting answer. Also, there are many "intellectuals" both in and out of the Church. For someone to say they are leaving the church because they are "too intellectual" is not only the height of arrogance, but ironically, is also the epitome of stupidity. 1Co 1:17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not in wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made void. 1Co 1:18 For the word of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us who are saved it is the power of God. 1Co 1:19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And the discernment of the discerning will I bring to nought. 1Co 1:20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 1Co 1:21 For seeing that in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom knew not God, it was God's good pleasure through the foolishness of the preaching to save them that believe. Pro 1:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; But the foolish despise wisdom and instruction. I hope and pray that you will find peace and comfort in the LORD GOD. Sincerely, JIBBS |
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