Subject: Snatch? |
Bible Note: Okay.... I'll risk it, I'll take the plunge, although I know I'll hate my self for it later. But in short, 2 Pet. 2:2 says it would have better if they had not turned after having "known the way of righteousness." It never says they were saved. One can know about Christ, and even believe He is who He says He is -- but that is not salvation. And one can turn from that way of righteousness. But when one truly takes that assent to the truth about Christ and trusts their very eternal destiny's to it, then they are truly saved; one can only do that when God has regenerated them. They cannot fall away from that state of true trust in Christ. But anyone can turn away from knowing about Christ and even agreeing that that knowledge is true. Anyone can turn away from the "way of righteousness." They just can't turn away if God has actually rescued them and given them the faith that saves their soul. |