Subject: What are your views of once saved always |
Bible Note: I'm sorry N.C but the scriptures you have presented do not say that a person was born-again or filled with the Spirit. The Hebrew passage you stated says that some people have been enlightened by the Holy Spirit and partook of it but never actually received the Holy Spirit within them.(born-again) A good example of this is Judas Iscariot. When Jesus sent them out two by two, they all did miracles and many wonders, even Judas because he was a "partaker of the Holy Spirit" but never really was born-again. The Spirit worked through Judas but never set up camp there. :) There are many examples of the Spirit moving in people but never having the adoption of God within. John 15:6 is talking about the ungodly or as Psalm 1 puts it the chaff which the wind driveth away. Once you are in the hands/adopted by God, no one can pluck you out, not even yourself.(John 10:28) How can a Father who has a child say that he never was a father. Once you are a child of God, you can't say, "No, I dont want you as my father." He has the adoption papers in hand and its on record in the courthouse. ;) Sola Scriptura Mike |