Subject: Renewal AGAIN to repentance? |
Bible Note: GloriaLynn: If that idea boggles your mind, you ought to take a stroll through some of the REAL kookiness that has shown its face on this forum. I actually hold that those who "fall away" were never truly saved in the first place, which is the traditional Protestant understanding of the perseverance of the saints. This doctrine is based on the Scripture passages that all those who are justified in Christ will endure to the end (2 Timothy 2:12; Hebrews 3:12). Those who do not endure were never of the elect in the first place (1 John 2:19). My two questions for you: since we never attain sinlessness in this life, where do you consider to be the line between sinful acts as a believer in Christ and being apostate from the faith? Secondly, since Hebrews 6:6 seems to indicate that those who have fallen away cannot be brought back to repentance, how do you justify a claim that we can be saved, lose our salvation, and then get it back again. Your claim seems to be a direct contradiction of this verse. --Joe! |