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NASB | Matthew 22:37 And He said to him, "'YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.' |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 22:37 And Jesus replied to him, " 'YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.' [Deut 6:5] |
Subject: "ONCE SAVED ALWAYS SAVED"!!! |
Bible Note: John 3:16: People lose gifts all the time. Unfortunately, I "lost" God's gift for about 2 years by living my life the way I thought it should be lived (boy did I have a wake-up call!). Walk with me, if you will, on my thought path: you are a believer (I will use 'believer' for a true believer of Christ as described in Acts and 'Christian' for a person who was raised in Christianity but did not accept Jesus as personal savior, etc.), but do not repent of your new sins, does this mean you still go to heaven? If so, then what's the point of being obedient? Try this one, if you (by the way, 'you' is meant strictly in a general sense) are a believer, but refuse to repent of, say, an adulterous affair ("I'm guilty but it feels too good to leave" type of thing), does this mean you stop being a believer? I personally don't think so, I think it means you've lost your way, or "fallen off the path," and need to get right with the Lord. Basically, I'm saying that repenting of past sins when you become a bliever doesn't cover the new sins after you've accepted Christ. It means that you now acknowledge that sin is, well, sin, and needs to be repented. You don't stop being a believer because you've sinned, but you do keep yourself from God by not repenting of your ways. A final way of looking at it: by saying a person will always go to heaven once they become a believer means lukewarm people also go. But doesn't God despise these (Rev 3:16)? Note, I avoid the word 'forgiveness' because it doesn't necessarily mean that you've adjusted your ways. 'Repent,' however, does. |