Subject: if you are saved are you always saved? |
Bible Note: Hi winningside, Thank you for your response. I respect you as a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, and I trust you would likewise! OBEY equals "the obedience of Faith"! Rom. 1:5 - "through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles for His name's sake" Heb. 11:8- "By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed by going out to a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing where he was going." The context of Mark 13:12-13 is not dealing with salvation! Rom. 6:1 is answered by verse 2! If I might add, the purpose of the Christian life is not to see how close we can get to the edge, but, rather, how close we can get to the Savior! Heb. 10:38 is answered by verse 39, "But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the preserving of the soul." It is also within the scope of the entire section dealing with... Faith- Hebrews 11! The "Therefore" of Hebrews 12:1-2 would be important in the context of understanding 12:14 would it not? 2 Peter 2:4 is dealing with the destruction of false teachers, not believers! If I might add as an observation, we need to be very careful about proof-texting! That is, finding specific verses to back up our views while ignoring any context! God bless and have a wonderful Thanksgiving! Ps 92:1- "It is good to give thanks to the LORD And to sing praises to Your name, O Most High!" Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |