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NASB | Luke 23:43 And He said to him, "Truly I say to you, today you shall be with Me in Paradise." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 23:43 Jesus said to him, "I assure you and most solemnly say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise." [2 Cor 12:4; Rev 2:7] |
Subject: That's an interesting belief. |
Bible Note: I fully agree that we have a choice it the matter. I can't speak for others, but the overwhelming love that is communicated by God's Holy Spirit in me constrains me to love Him back. As I said, the falling away argument has been hypothetical in all of my over 20 years of knowing Christ. Sure we sin, and don't want to humble ourselves and come back for the cleansing that we know that we need, "those that have been bathed need only to wash their feet", but the rejection after a life-changing conversion, I haven't seen it. Now I have seen seekers change their habits and enjoy the benefits of turning from some sinful habits, and then go right back, but Jesus talks about that too. Did they get saved, we don't know, but John says that they who believe, endure. With the number of "one set of footprints in the sand" experiences that I have seen, it seems to me that if He saves you, He keeps you. There is no catch and release program for God, for I am convinced that nothing can separate me from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus. Do more reading, God is interested in us searching, and I believe even wrestling with issues until we know that the argument has been put to sleep. In the end the truth will triumph, and so will we who are in Christ Jesus. Check out the following verses please: Jude 24-25 and II Peter 2:9 God is able and he knows how to keep us from falling. |