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1 | Not my will? | Rom 5:6 | jesusfreak508@aol.com | 58912 | ||
You've just listed many of my favorite verses. Yet I have always gone to them when I am feeling overwhelmed by the world. Drawing on them to give me strength when family, friends, or just circumstances are assailing me over some small or large thing. I am trying to understand this. I am wondering how backsliding falls within this as you would explain it. Thanks, Melanie |
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2 | Not my will? | Rom 5:6 | bartay | 59110 | ||
Hi Melanie, I don't quite understand what you mean by backsliding. If God has chosen us, and takes responsibility to keep us, then we cannot backslide. Someone who says they have backsliden have actually self willingly denied the hope of our faith. To backslide really means you were never there in the first place, except in your own self willed mind. Barry |
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3 | Not my will? | Rom 5:6 | Hank | 59112 | ||
Hello, Barry (and Melanie). As a point of reference on backsliding, you may wish to see my post #55056. In brief, backsliding is a term foreign to the New Testament; it is used a few times in the Old Testament [especially in the KJV], but it never means "losing one's salvation" in any of the contexts. "Losing one's salvation" because of failure to do good works is just as much an impossiblity as earning it by good works in the first place. If by "backsliding" people are talking about losing their salvation, they are flying aloft on the hot air of whim and opinion; they are not being guided in their flight by Scripture. The God Who through His Son gives salvation by grace through faith has made no provision for taking it away. If, on the other hand, one uses "backslide" to mean falling away from one's walk (fellowship) with God, that's quite possible of course, though the New Testament doesn't use the term "backslide" and it assuredly doesn't teach or remotely suggest that "backsliding" is synonymous with "losing one's salvation." I'd suggest it wise to slash both terms from our theological word book, since neither has any meaning in the New Covenanant. --Hank | ||||||
4 | Not my will? | Rom 5:6 | jesusfreak508@aol.com | 59131 | ||
I have always equated backsliding/backsliders with those Peter would rather not be in 2Peter 2:21. It seemed to me he is saying that he would rather to be one who just died ignorant of the Truth and just get tossed into the lake of fire on judgement day, then to be one who has been saved and stood to face God's judgement as a backslider. I was not equating backsliding with works though. I see your point. Thank you, Melanie |
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