Bible Question:
Good morning, j8ball. Good to read your input, as always. Here are my thoughts. Nothing personal, OK? . . . In your answer you say, "It could be really easy for a saved person to forget the love of God and be drawn back to the temptations of the world." Really easy? Not really. Not according to Romans 8:28-39. . . . According to 1 John 2:19, whoever does forget the love of God and is drawn back to the world never was saved to begin with. It's pretty clear, unambiguous language. "They went out from us, but they were not of us: for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us." . . . I'm fairly certain I'll hear that this plain verse of Scripture does not mean what it says. That it means something else. That the words in the verse do not carry the normal meaning of those English words, yada yada yada. . . . Thanks for hearing me out. Yours in Our Lord, JVH0212. |
Bible Answer: Ok, maybe "really easy" was not the best possible words to use. I was thinking about the exodus from Egypt when it appeared really easy for the Hebrews to forget what God had done for them. The really easy kind of stuck in my mind. If it would make you happy, then I'll change it to "possible". I've already stated my views on the other verses and won't bother you with them again - unless of course you'd again like to see that there is another possible (really easy) interpretation. Also, (and I'm not calling YOU a Calvinist but am using the term to define a group of people that lean more to the general Calvin beliefs) there was another thread which stated that Calvinists believe that children are lost as opposed to the Arminian belief that children are saved. Do you know if this is true? And is this also your belief? |