Why do you say yes?Yes.Tong2020 said: ↑
Those who are believing today, are they partakers of Christ?
Is the “if” part in Hebrews 3:14 which goes “ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end,“ true at this point? Does it not say “to the END”?
Why would it be maybe yes or maybe no, when the “if” clearly says “if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end”? If one stops believing today, is it not clear that the “if” is not met? And if it is not met, does it not go to say that he had not become a partaker of Christ?Maybe. Maybe not. Either is possible. In osas, how long must one believe before they can be sure the believing they've been doing has been real showing them to really be a partaker of Christ?Tong2020 said: ↑
Those who stop believing today, were they partakers of Christ before today?
The important thing is that you are a believer, now. Whether or not the person who doesn't believe today was ever saved or not might be an interesting question, but it is not an important one. What matters is that you are believing today and that you keep believing, just as the Bible exhorts us to do.
Let’s not get the OSAS or OSNAS into the mix and read the passage free from either views. I am trying to make an unbiased discussion of the passage. So I will not even attempt to address questions that considers said views.
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