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161 | Can true Christians lose their faith? | Bible general Archive 1 | Aspiring Overseer | 90001 | ||
Yampa 78, I have read your other posts and have a question: What's important about religion, to you? AO |
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162 | Does Heb 6 support "always saved"? | Bible general Archive 1 | Aspiring Overseer | 89999 | ||
Justme, How do people see Hebrews chapter 6 as supporting a salvation that can not be lost? Do they look at this as an impossible illustration (He 6:4-8) to highlight the better state of the Christian? Who are the people who have "once been enlightened"? AO |
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163 | Baptism of the Holy Ghost still exists ! | 1 Cor 13:10 | Aspiring Overseer | 88646 | ||
Tim, 1 Cor 13:8-9 8Love never fails; but if there are gifts of prophecy, they will be done away; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be done away. NAS Try inserting "miraculous" before knowledge and this should give you an opprtunity to view this in a totally different light. Remember the purpose of the gifts were to confirm the word. Once the perfect came (the written NT) there was no longer a need for the supernatural passing of knowledge. AO |
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164 | Can true Christians lose their faith? | Bible general Archive 1 | Aspiring Overseer | 88643 | ||
Yampa, Would you agree that only those people who love God will go to heaven? For many folks the concept of loving God is lumped into the same situation as loving your family, friend or spouse, yet they are different. Loving God does not mean you have a closeness to Him like your spouse. God is our creator, and as such, He is revered with fear; reverence for His position and the obligations He places on His people; fear of the consequences of not pleasing Him. Thus, as John 14:15 states, "If you love Me, you will keep My commandments" and Hebrews 5:9, "And having been made perfect, He became to all those who obey Him the source of eternal salvation". Obedience to God's commands is necessary to have salvation. Yet your question as to how a Christian loses their salvation is excellent and is plain to understand. If all sin is a separation from God and all people sin (even Christians) how can anyone be saved? Repentence; God gave Christians the ability to acknowledge their sin and turn away from it and back to God. But here comes the key...their actions must speak louder than their words! Just like you wouldn't believe my apology for hitting you in the face for the second or third time, unless I actually did something to demonstrate my sincerity. Talk is cheap and everyone knows that, especially God! James 1:21-22 22But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves. NAS Does this trivialize the blood of Christ? Of course not! Without the sheding of Christ's blood their would be no forgiveness of sin. It is the notion that a Christian has no obligation to work that is an afront to God. Christianity is not a complex or confusing religion. It is Satan that has made it that way in the minds of man. The only faith needed is that God exists and that people exist to serve Him. Once you understand what God requires, the balance is simple. AO |
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165 | Freeze-dried Salvation? | John 15:6 | Aspiring Overseer | 88588 | ||
Barb, I understand what you mean, completely. Thank you for your repsonse. AO |
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166 | Can true Christians lose their faith? | Bible general Archive 1 | Aspiring Overseer | 88574 | ||
Yampa, I had to write again, because of the irony found in another posting to you: "Despite the advise that some would offer, place your trust in the word of Christ and lean not to your own understanding (i.e. human wisdom). True reason will confirm the truth of Scripture, not refute it." This quote followed several lines of opinion (i. e. human wisdom)! "As to others who rip verses fom there context so as to support their personal doctrines...If you truly are among the flock of God, you will not follow the voice of the stranger." If this is in reference to my original post, which consisted primarily of verses, is the above writer telling you not to read scripture with understanding, but to follow doctrine that is confusing in the first place? Who actually is proposing the "ripping"? I would laugh if it were not so serious! P. S. I am anxious to read your response to my original post. Keeping praying for guidance! AO |
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167 | Freeze-dried Salvation? | John 15:6 | Aspiring Overseer | 88573 | ||
Barb, Your commentary brings to mind one of several cautions in scripture: Prov 14:12 12There is a way which seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death. NAS Ephesians 2:8-10tells us this: The gentiles, who previously had no hope, were offered salvation through faith in Christ. This was the master plan of God and could not have been brought about through anything they had done. Christians are God's workmanship, created for good works, which God commands they perform. Assuming John 15 is talking about the spiritual growth of Christians, as you suggest, would God not be unfair to cast off and burn the slow learners? Those people were "in Christ" (Gal3:27), they were part of the vine or body of believers, but....they did not bear fruit (i.e. they did not work, put forth effort, preach the word, produce fruit that SHOULD REMAIN (John 15:16), not just good deeds. Scripture tells us that obedience is mandatory; that we are to prove God's will; to work out our salvation; bear fruit for God; understand God's commandments; be of one mind...the list is long. Are you willing to put forth the effort? AO |
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168 | Accept Jesus? | Acts 24:3 | Aspiring Overseer | 88412 | ||
P. S. Justme, I hope the cancer treatment is going well for you. AO | ||||||
169 | Accept Jesus? | Acts 24:3 | Aspiring Overseer | 88411 | ||
There are several verses which are used to support "accepting Jesus", but the motive is always for furthering the arguement of a "something for nothing" religion. If.. (have you ever thought about how many "if's" exist in scripture regarding salvation?).. If, you wish to get to specifics, see John 14:21. Does this need interpretation? AO |
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170 | Are those drawn 2 Christ raised to life? | Rev 13:8 | Aspiring Overseer | 88410 | ||
Tim, Doug and any other readers, Belief that God is the one and only God is necessary before anyone will devote energy to listen to the Word. They will not understand that word unless they are sincere in their desire to seek God. When John 6:44 and 6:65 state that the Father draws or grants salvation, it is implied that He does that due to their obedience of faith. Some are not seeking and some seek, but not with understanding. It is only those who seek understanding and demonstrate obedience that the Father draws to Christ. AO |
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171 | Can true Christians lose their faith? | Bible general Archive 1 | Aspiring Overseer | 88407 | ||
P. S. I forgot to end on an optimistic note! Hang in there! Christ is the only way, but that way is narrow and the gate small. Pray for help from God and He will be faithful. He always is for those who are sincerely seeking. AO |
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172 | Can true Christians lose their faith? | Bible general Archive 1 | Aspiring Overseer | 88406 | ||
Yampa, Should you "quit being a deep philosophical thinker" or reason with God? Isaiah 1:18 18"Come now, and let us reason together," Says the LORD, Do not give in to those who would encourage you to "go with the flow". Those people will not be present with you at the judgement seat. Here are but a few scriptures that show it is possible to depart from the faith--which is another way of saying "lose your salvation." And these are true departures, not situations where the people were only pretending to be saved. Heb 2:1 2:1For this reason we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it. NAS Heb 3:12 12Take care, brethren, lest there should be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart, in falling away from the living God. NAS 2 Peter 2:20-22 20For if after they have escaped the defilements of the world by the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and are overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first. 21For it would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn away from the holy commandment delivered to them. 22It has happened to them according to the true proverb, "A dog returns to its own vomit," and, "A sow, after washing, returns to wallowing in the mire." NAS James 5:19-20 19My brethren, if any among you strays from the truth, and one turns him back, 20let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death, and will cover a multitude of sins. NAS Heb 10:26-29 26For if we go on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27but a certain terrifying expectation of judgment, and the fury of a fire which will consume the adversaries. 28Anyone who has set aside the Law of Moses dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29How much severer punishment do you think he will deserve who has trampled under foot the Son of God, and has regarded as unclean the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has insulted the Spirit of grace? NAS Heb 10:32-36 32But remember the former days, when, after being enlightened, you endured a great conflict of sufferings, 33partly, by being made a public spectacle through reproaches and tribulations, and partly by becoming sharers with those who were so treated. 34For you showed sympathy to the prisoners, and accepted joyfully the seizure of your property, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession and an abiding one. 35Therefore, do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward. 36For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised. NAS Finally, Jude 5-6 5Now I desire to remind you, though you know all things once for all, that the Lord, after saving a people out of the land of Egypt, subsequently destroyed those who did not believe. NAS Beginning with the Nation of Israel, Jude gives example after example of those who had been "saved" by God (in the O.T.), only to ultimately "lose their salvation." This warning he gave to N.T. believers, lest they should wind up in a similar shape. AO |
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173 | Freeze-dried Salvation? | Not Specified | Aspiring Overseer | 88405 | ||
Once saved always saved? In Matthew 25:14-30, was the lazy slave a subject of the kingdom? If so, how would he have lost his salvation due to laziness since he already was a recipient of the daily protection and caring of his master? Did he not believe that his master was serious about the orders he had given him? Does effort matter to salvation? In John 15:6, are the branches which were thrown away and burned originally part of the vine? John 15:1 tells us that the vine is Christ. If those branches were part of the vine, how is someone part of Christ without being a Christian? Were these "false branches"? Is salvation like a freeze-dried fruitcake, lasting indefinitely without spoilage or must those who seek for eternal life with God constantly discipline themselves to ensure they are faithful until death? If they must discipline themselves, how do they do that by belief? Is there an expectation that they will be disciplined miraculously or must conscious decisions be made to control their own behavior? AO |
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174 | Freeze-dried Salvation? | John 15:6 | Aspiring Overseer | 88441 | ||
Once saved always saved? In Matthew 25:14-30, was the lazy slave a subject of the kingdom? If so, how would he have lost his salvation due to laziness since he already was a recipient of the daily protection and caring of his master? Did he not believe that his master was serious about the orders he had given him? Does effort matter to salvation? In John 15:6, are the branches which were thrown away and burned originally part of the vine? John 15:1 tells us that the vine is Christ. If those branches were part of the vine, how is someone part of Christ without being a Christian? Were these "false branches"? Is salvation like a freeze-dried fruitcake, lasting indefinitely without spoilage or must those who seek for eternal life with God constantly discipline themselves to ensure they are faithful until death? If they must discipline themselves, how do they do that by belief? Is there an expectation that they will be disciplined miraculously or must conscious decisions be made to control their own behavior? AO |
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175 | Exodus and a God to fear | Exodus | Aspiring Overseer | 75109 | ||
God has not changed since He created the universe. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom or the application of knowledge. Christians are called today to obey all of God's commands. We are to work out our salvation with fear and trembling; that is to realize that unless we obey the commands of our Lord that we can not expect to be covered by the blood of Christ. Contrary to the doctrine of men, we must put forth the effort God requires of His priests if we are to expect our reward. God is just and God is kind by providing all those who seek him the opportunity for eternal life in heaven. AO |
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176 | When or should we avoid unbelievers? | 1 Cor 5:9 | Aspiring Overseer | 71199 | ||
Christians are to be in the world, but not of the world. They must associate with the world to fulfill their obligation to share the gospel. Association with Christians who are practicing sin, however, is another matter. God commands them to have no association with them, other than to receive their confession and hold them accountable to their deeds of repentance. In all areas a Christian must be discerning as to their surroundings. While they might find a person who is seeking God in a tavern or strip club, their credibility as a priest of the Most High God would be severely hampered. Thus it is prudent to "just say no" to doing certain things or being certain places. There are plenty of people seeking God in more "wholesome" venues. So the bottom line is to keep associating with those of the world as long as that association will not negatively effect you or your family. Stop association with a Christian who is practicing sin, once they have been urged to stop and they refuse. Make sense? AO |
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177 | What is the Link of faith and works? | Gal 5:6 | Aspiring Overseer | 71195 | ||
When you get back, maybe you can expand upon what you mean by "in some ways..". Do you believe all Christians are to make disciples or just some Christians who have a special gift? Enjoy your time off! AO |
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178 | Which commandments are written on our he | Exodus | Aspiring Overseer | 71180 | ||
rferg, I would actually echo most of the already given response with the clarification that our love of God is our obedience to His commandments and our love of our neighbor is our effort to teach others the Word of God. His commandments govern how we worship and, thus, live our lives. One further clarification to what has already been posted, is a newly baptized Christian is given the ability to fully understand the word of God, but they must put in effort (work) to obtain it! God writes His laws upon their mind (heart) by lifting the veil, which previously kept them from fully comprehending His Word by themselves. Note that if a Christian is a "lazy slave", however, and does not put forth the effort to study and teach (love his neighbor), then God will take away the knowledge (and consequently, the reward). The “sealing of the Holy Spirit” is only permanent for those who continue to love God. John 3:36 36"He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him." NAS 1 Cor 9:27 27but I buffet my body and make it my slave, lest possibly, after I have preached to others, I myself should be disqualified. NAS P. S. Congratulations on your excellent post on the three personalities of God. I use the concept of the “family” frequently, but have never seen it as clearly explained as in your effort! AO |
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179 | What is the Link of faith and works? | Gal 5:6 | Aspiring Overseer | 71170 | ||
Thank you for a very well stated note. What about the work of teaching? That seems to be absent from your example. Do you believe this is an essential work? |
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180 | How to stop | NT general Archive 1 | Aspiring Overseer | 71124 | ||
Martha, Do you have a budget? If not, pencil one out tonight for all the areas which you know require money each month. Compare that figure to your income and hopefully you will have a surplus. If not, you must find ways to reduce your expenses. Do not use your credit cards. If you do not have the item planned for in your budget, do not buy it! There are many ways you can structure your finances to live within your means and be a good steward for God's resources. Until you can sit down with some one, however, think about what causes you to spend money and what you normally purchase. Controlling spending will be the key to solving your problem. AO |
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