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1 | once saved always saved | John 10:28 | Radioman2 | 86856 | ||
Halting short of faith in Christ. Hebrews 6:4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, "impossible "Hebrews 6:4-8 presents the case of Jewish professed believers who halt short of faith in Christ after advancing to the very threshold of salvation, even "going along with" the Holy Spirit in His work of enlightenment and conviction (John 16:8-10). It is not said that they had faith. This supposed person is like the spies at Kadesh-barnea (Deuteronomy 1:19-26) who saw the land and had the very fruit of it in their hands, and yet turned back. "partakers (Greek - iJlavskomai ," going along with)." Bibliography Information Scofield, C.I. "Scofield Reference Notes on Hebrews 6". "Scofield Reference Notes (1917 Edition)". http://bible.crosswalk.com/Commentaries/ScofieldReferenceNotes/ |
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2 | once saved always saved | John 10:28 | TheCurtMan | 86986 | ||
PART 2 They had heard the gospel of the grace of God. They were not in darkness concering the way of salvation. Judas Iscariot had been enlightened but he rejected the light. They TASTED THE HEAVENLY GIFT. The Lord Jesus is the heavenly Gift. They had tasted of Him but had never received Him by a definite act of faith. It is possible to taste without eating or drinking. When men offered wine mixed with gall to Jesus on the cross, He tasted it, but He would not drink it-Matt.27:34. It is not enough to taste Christ; unless we eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, that is, unless we truly receive Him as Lord and Savior, we have no life in us-John 6:53. They had BECOME PARTAKERS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. Before we jump to the conclusion that this necessarily implies conversion, we should remember that the Holy Spirit carries on a preconversion ministry in men's lives. He sanctifies unbelievers, putting them in a position of external privilege. He convicts unbelievers of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment. He leads men to repentance and points them to Christ as their only hope. Men may thus partake of the Holy Spirit's benefits without being indwelt by Him." RadioMan2 did an interesting post on this very topic yesterday. His perspective included view-points from John MacAuthor. John MacAuthor and Willian MacDonald viewpoints parrallel. Both tends to indicate that these verses are not referring to loosing one's Eternal Salvation. Therefore these verses are not contradicting scripture that tends to indicate that absolutely; positively nothing can seperate us from the love of God-Romans 8:35-39. So what do you think?? The CurtMan |
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