eternal security
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Support for sin in a Christian chat room
Sinning is normal and inevitable = the teaching of many Christians A few weeks ago I visited a Christian chat room for the first time in ages, but I only…
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Jesus is our ADVOCATE, so we do not have to worry about punishment for SIN?
The idea that we can take cover behind Jesus and hide our sin from God the Father Some Christians not only believe that we sin daily “in thoughts, words and deeds”,…
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Can you be born again AGAIN? – John 3:3,7
Being born again, or “born from above” When a sinner for the first time comes to Jesus, confesses his sins, repents, becomes forgiven/cleansed/regenerated and decides to leave his old…
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If the elect cannot be lost, why the Biblical warnings that they can be DECEIVED?
If Christians are exempt from the risk of being deceived, Biblical warnings about deception (addressing Christians) do not make much sense In a world where predestination is the only factor which…
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Jesus sheep: I give them eternal life and they shall never perish? – John 10:28
John 10:28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. 29 My Father, which gave them…
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We can lose our salvation even if we are bought by the blood of Jesus
The word “bought” is translated from the Greek word agorazó (59 Strong’s) which means to buy or purchase Paul mentioned a couple of times to the Corinthians that we are “bought with a…
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The apostle Peter denied Jesus and lost his salvation – Matt. 10:33
This applies to the apostle Peter: “Whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven” No one really “loses his/her salvation” while…
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Once saved always saved = the devil’s lie
God told man: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely DIE (Gen. 2:17) Satan said the opposite: And…
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King David lost his salvation (died spiritually) but he REPENTED
King David lost his road to heaven due to sin (but he repented) King David was a man of God’s own heart, but this is a general description of him,…
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We are saved IF! There are conditions
We are saved IF! If we are unconditionally eternally secure as long as we at one point in history have been born again, then none of the below “if:s” make…
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The prodigal son went from being alive, to lost, to alive again – Luke 15
Some suggest that since the prodigal son never stopped being the son of his Father, this means that his life was never in real danger. But is this true? There are…
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The seed on stony ground which produces LIFE – Mark 4:16
True believers can believe for a while and fall away “Fall away” is a translation from the Greek word “skandalizo”. Mark 4:16-17 These likewise are the ones sown on stony ground…
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If they shall fall away, to renew them again is impossible Hebr. 6:6
[If] they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame (Hebr. 6:6) The…
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They went out from us, but they were not of us 1 John 2:19 – about ANTICHRISTS
They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out,…
