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1 | 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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2 | Not my will? | Rom 5:6 | kalos | 59121 | ||
Barry: I recently made a post, which turned out to be a series of posts, on the word "backsliding." The reason it turned into a series is that everytime I posted a Note I got more questions. To save going through all that again, I am here posting the entire mini-series on the word "backsliding." Grace to you, kalos ------------- Backsliding 1) kalos Thu 07/18/02, 12:48pm I am just curious. Could you cite ONE verse of Scripture in the New Testament in which the word "backslide", "backslidden", "backsliding" or "backslider" is used? Does any form of the word backslide appear anywhere in the NT? If so, could you please give the book, chapter and verse where it does. Thank you. ------------- 2) kalos Thu 07/18/02, 2:22pm My question is not: Can you find the *concept* of backsliding in the NT? My question remains: Can you find any form of the *word* backsliding in the NT? ------------- 3) kalos Thu 07/18/02, 3:39pm No, you did not already answer my question. Let's try it again. My question is not: Can you find the *concept* of backsliding in the NT? My question is not: CAN YOU FIND *SYNONYMS* FOR 'BACKSLIDING' IN THE NT? My question remains: Can you find any form of the *word* backsliding in the NT? Can you find the English word 'backsliding' (b-a-c-k-s-l-i-d-i-n-g) or any of its forms (e.g., backslide, backslidden, backslider) in the NT? I ask you and I tell you: No, you cannot find any form of the word b-a-c-k-s-l-i-d-i-n-g in the NT. ************* Is it my opinion that Christians living today do not backslide? It depends on how you define the word. If by backsliding you mean turning away, turning back, or apostasy, then my answer is: No, Christians (those with genuine saving faith) living today do not backslide. They do not commit apostasy. If someone turns away or turns back, that person is not and never was a Christian to begin with. 1 John 2:19 (ESV) They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, that it might become plain that they all are not of us. Hebrews 10:39 (ESV) But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls. I do not intend to be drawn into an endless discussion of Eternal Security. That subject has been debated to death on the forum. Use Quick Search to look up Eternal Security and related terms. ------------- 4) kalos Fri 07/19/02, 8:44am H: Thank you for this accurate, straightforward information: "The word [backslider] does not appear in the New Testament." I have repeatedly asked the question: Does the word "backslide" or "backsliding" appear in the NT? You would think I was asking someone to explain the theory of relativity in laymen's terms. The simple and only accurate answer is "No, the word does not appear in the NT." Anyone with access to a concordance (in print or online) could have found the correct answer to my question in less than 5 minutes. This is not rocket science. |
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3 | Not my will? | Rom 5:6 | jesusfreak508@aol.com | 59132 | ||
I, too, read this thread and I would have to say the question/trap for me was my definition of backsliding. To me backsliding was sinning. It was troubling to me because I do still have my moments of sin when I do not respond as I know a Christian should whether they feel justified or not. (You don't have to comment on that.) I would have to be one of those Paul was referring to when he speaks of knowing what he wants to do (or was it should do??), then not doing it. Defining backsliding as turning away from the truth of the saving grace of Christ then I would have to say I don't even understand how it could be possible, but if it is then I know I am with Peter on it in 2Peter 2:21 because I don't believe you can lose your salvation, which means you would face God for judgement having to explain how you who knew the truth dared to deny it! |
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