Subject: Show in the Bible once saved always |
Bible Note: CDBJ; I have been away on a trip and have just noticed this reply of yours to me, so forgive me for not noticing, and responding back to you sooner. I just want to make a comment on a question you asked. You asked "how long is eternal?" To which I will reply my thoughts on the matter. Keep in mind these are my thoughts and I don't expect you to agree with them. So "how long is eternal?" The fact life is "eternal" does not prove we cannot lose it. "Eternal" describes the nature of the life. It has nothing to do with whether it can or cannot be lost. One of the most commonly presented arguments given in defense of the teaching of "once saved always saved" goes like this: When one gets saved, he receives eternal life. If that life could be lost, it wouldn't be eternal. Therefore, once a person is saved, he is always saved. Eternal life was eternal even before a saved person ever possessed it. Does it not follow then, that eternal life will still remain eternal, even if one doesn't continue to possess it? I am also reminded that even the unsaved possess eternal life, it's just that their eternal life won't be nearly as pleasant as the eternal life which the saved shall experience. So I guess I might say, eternal life certainly is eternal. The big question is where will you and I spend eternity? For you and myself as well I believe that it will be in the better of the two places. |