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NASB | Romans 5:6 ¶ For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. |
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Subject: Not my will? |
Bible Note: Hello, Barry (and Melanie). As a point of reference on backsliding, you may wish to see my post #55056. In brief, backsliding is a term foreign to the New Testament; it is used a few times in the Old Testament [especially in the KJV], but it never means "losing one's salvation" in any of the contexts. "Losing one's salvation" because of failure to do good works is just as much an impossiblity as earning it by good works in the first place. If by "backsliding" people are talking about losing their salvation, they are flying aloft on the hot air of whim and opinion; they are not being guided in their flight by Scripture. The God Who through His Son gives salvation by grace through faith has made no provision for taking it away. If, on the other hand, one uses "backslide" to mean falling away from one's walk (fellowship) with God, that's quite possible of course, though the New Testament doesn't use the term "backslide" and it assuredly doesn't teach or remotely suggest that "backsliding" is synonymous with "losing one's salvation." I'd suggest it wise to slash both terms from our theological word book, since neither has any meaning in the New Covenanant. --Hank |