Subject: What are your views of once saved always |
Bible Note: AO, God has chosen a people for salvation ie, God's elect. He has chosen them for His own reasons. What those reasons were is known to God alone, but they were not based on any percieved good within these people themselves. That would would place the foundation for salvation on merit not grace alone. He did not choose mankind as a whole for salvation. But rather it was His eternal purpose to show some mercy and the rest justice. I do not deny that this doctrine does not sit well with most people. I agonized over it myself until I was convinced by Scripture of it's truth. I finally found solace in humbling myself before God and resting in the reality that the judge of the universe always does what is right, and as a mere creature, I have no basis for challenging His judgements. God has not merely chosen a people but has also chosen the means by which those chosen ones come to faith in Christ. HE is in absolute control and all things which occur, because He pre-ordained their occurance from eternity. The source of everything has to be God Himself! John |