Subject: "Once Saved Always Saved" |
Bible Note: Lisa, I believe 1 John 5:13 sheds light on your question of how we know whether we are saved. It says, "These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may KNOW (caps mine) that you have eternal life" ..... By the way, you noted the things that Catholics teach that aren't essential to salvation, but I don't believe you ever said what they teach that is. What, in your view as a Catholic, is essential to salvation?..... Regarding the differences between Catholic and Baptist points of doctrine, well, that's quite a long and involved subject, but I believe its roots lie in the Reformation, but consider myself most incapable of addressing it with anything that approaches authority. --Hank |