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NASB | Revelation 3:5 'He who overcomes will thus be clothed in white garments; and I will not erase his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Revelation 3:5 'He who overcomes [the world through believing that Jesus is the Son of God] will accordingly be dressed in white clothing; and I will never blot out his name from the Book of Life, and I will confess and openly acknowledge his name before My Father and before His angels [saying that he is one of Mine]. [Ps 69:28; Dan 12:1; Matt 10:32; 1 John 5:5] |
Subject: One save always saved? |
Bible Note: Dear Philemcc, Thanks for the work you've done here. God is not one to make idle threats. Every warning and every praise He communicates to mankind has a corollary outcome. When he warns Christians, He also implies they can lose their salvation. When he praises, He implies His faithfulness to carry that out to the end. The Revelation 3:5 passage is not an idle threat. Some people are so locked into their tradition that they don't see how man could be saved then lost: free will is the answer. I suppose it is actually comforting to some people to believe they are the "elect" of God [i.e. handpicked by a deterministic plan] and that it's impossible to ever be lost. I too believe I'm the elect, but only as all men are who choose to conform their lives to the will of God [i.e. Scripture]. I take comfort in knowing a God who truly offers [as opposed to a lip-service offer to a people deader "than a corpse at the bottom of the sea" to whom it is impossible for them to believe; see more on the strange doctrine of depravity and unconditional election] salvation to all men, men of free will. If they repent and are baptized in faith, God washes their sins away and promises to cleanse them as they walk in the light. Salvation is free, salvation is for all; it is up to men to hear, believe and obey the Gospel. God bless, Disciplerami |