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NASB | Romans 8:1 Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 8:1 Therefore there is now no condemnation [no guilty verdict, no punishment] for those who are in Christ Jesus [who believe in Him as personal Lord and Savior]. [John 3:18] |
Subject: Psalm 37:24 |
Bible Note: Dear Brothe Brad, The salvation of Judas in your mind may be questionable, so lets look in another direction. What about the apostle Paul? Did he believe in eternal security? It would seem through these passages that it was necessary to strive for, fight for, and keep his body under subjection, to insure not his salvation, but rather that he wouldn't backslide. Paul told us not to be high-minded but to fear: Romans 11:17-21 17 And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree; 18 Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee. 19 Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in. 20 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear: 21 For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee. Philippians 3:10-14 10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; 11 If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead. 12 Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. 13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, 14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. 1 Corinthians 9:24 24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. 25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. 26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: 27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway. And if Paul isn't good enough, what did Peter mean by: 2 Peter 2:20-22 20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. 21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. 22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire. The reason once saved always saved concerns me is the fact that many people who had a spiritual experience early in life, (not necessarily Salvation) are being denied the truth. Some liberal preacher has brain washed them into believing everything is all right because you once confessed. The grow up to be a drunk, but a saved drunk. They grow up to be a fornicator but a saved fornicator. They grow up to be an adulterer, but a saved adulterer. All because of an experience they probably didn't fully understand, and instead of someone loving them enough to tell them you need to repent, they are told you will always be saved. A Christan once said, "I can die in the arms of a harlot and still go to heaven, because I'm eternally secure." When the scripture plainly tells us, 1 Cor. 6: 9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. I do believe in eternal security, as long as you abide in Christ!!!!! Speaking The Truth In Love Rev. Thomas H. Guinn |