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NASB | John 10:28 and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 10:28 "And I give them eternal life, and they will never, ever [by any means] perish; and no one will ever snatch them out of My hand. |
Subject: once saved always saved |
Bible Note: I have read the entire book of Jude many many times, and have even led small group Bible studies on this Epistle. Some theologians in their articles have even labeled the Epistle of Jude, The Acts of the Apostates. In Jude 3 Jude tells about how it was his intention to write to you of the common salvation, instead he felt it was more needful to write to exhort you that you should earnestly contend for the faith. In verse 4 Jude informs us that ungodly men had crept in unaware to them and were turning the grace of our God into laciviousness. Antinomianism was being taught.. Rather than do a commentary on the whole Epistle of Jude continuing to read the rest of it, one cannot help but see acts of apostasy, and the judgement of God upon those who apostasized. Beginning in verse 20 we find Jude adomonishing the believers and telling them of their responsibility to continue to build their selves up on their most holy faith and to keep theirselves in the love of God. Verse 24 speaks of God's ability to keep them from falling. I personally believe what is meant by "he is able to keep you from falling" is; those who remain surrendered and yielded unto Him, can rest assured that God's ability to keep them from falling will be the result. For those who refuse to yield themselves over to God, God's ability to keep them is still available, it's just that the individual that remains unyielded will not allow God's ability to keep them. We are not puupets. Just because we are saved does not mean we still can't make a choice to walk away from the faith and turn our back on God. That possibilty is not imagined but is real and is Scriptural as Jude and all of Scripture indicates. So how do you read it? Blessings New Creature |