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NASB | John 6:37 "All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 6:37 "All that My Father gives Me will come to Me; and the one who comes to Me I will most certainly not cast out [I will never, never reject anyone who follows Me]. |
Subject: What is eternal life? What is saved? |
Bible Note: Kin, thanks for your response. Upon reading it, I re-read my post wherein I made reference to Jesus' parable in Luke 15 regarding the lost son. Having done this, I stand by my analogy which you said was inaccurate. You seemed to have missed the point. Perhaps the fault lies in my lack of ability to state it more clearly or more convincingly..... If your position is, as it would appear, that salvation is conditional in that it is contingent upon good works performed subsequent to salvation, then you have also failed to be clear and convincing. A regenerate believer can in his walk toward santification stumble indeed and fall by the wayside. In doing so he breaks fellowship with Christ. But Christ does not break His relationship with His wayward child. The child remains forevermore a child of the King. If Christ "took back" His salvation and severed our relationship with Him every time we stumble and fall, our walk with the Lord would be a perpetual on-again, off-again experience, like blinker lights on an automobile. If our eternal security depended on us -- and the Bible soundly rejects that idea -- it would not be very secure..... Growing in the grace and knowledge of our Lord is essential if we are to mature in our faith and enjoy the blessedness of fellowship with God. That is called sanctification. But sanctification is the growth process of the Christian. It comes in the wake of, but emphatically is not, salvation. --Hank |