Subject: What are your views of once saved always |
Bible Note: Dear NC, "2 Tim 2:15 Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth." " I hold to the Scriptural view...". I am compelled to point out, there is a "Scriptural view" that is diametricly opposed to your own. A view that shows God as the one who keeps us from falling away completely. Now, we both know that one view must be wrong and that Scripture never contradicts itself. Therefore, the fault lies with the interpreter and the pre-suppositional lens through which he examines God's inerrant Word. In this case, we have some who believe that man must keep himself saved by holding fast to Christ. On the opposite side others believe that it is Christ who must hold fast to man. If man has saved himself by an act of his own free will prior to regeneration, then it stands to reason that he could freely reject salvation after regeneration. Man, according to this pre-supposition, is in absolute control of his own fate. The pre-supposition that has God as the pre-destinator of all things (I will have mercy on whomsoever I will) holds that He is the cause of regeneration. Those, having recieved new life from Him, are then truly free to choose and they ALWAYS choose Christ for being possesed by Him has become the desire of their new hearts, and this by God's graciously re-creating them as new creatures in Christ. It boils down to this: Is one's view of salvation man-centered or God-centered? In Love, John Reformed |