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bdavidc replied to the thread How Confidant Are You Being Saved?.I agree that a believer’s righteousness is not just an empty label with no practice. Scripture never teaches that a man can be born... -
bdavidc replied to the thread How Confidant Are You Being Saved?.Because Scripture connects the two. Jesus said, “that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life” ~John 3:15...
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bdavidc replied to the thread How Confidant Are You Being Saved?.True faith continues. I do not deny that. But that does not change what John 5:24 says. Jesus did not say, “He that keeps believing...
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bdavidc replied to the thread How Confidant Are You Being Saved?.The problem is that you are making the warning passages cancel the promise passages. I am not denying the warnings. I am denying that...
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bdavidc replied to the thread How Confidant Are You Being Saved?.That actually creates a bigger problem. To avoid saying salvation can be lost, you are now saying the believer does not receive...
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bdavidc replied to the thread How Confidant Are You Being Saved?.John 15:10 does say we abide in His love by keeping His commandments. I do not deny that. The issue is what you are making that mean...
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bdavidc replied to the thread How Confidant Are You Being Saved?.I agree that eternal life is in union with Christ. Scripture says, “this life is in his Son” ~1 John 5:11. No Christ, no life. But the...
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bdavidc replied to the thread How Confidant Are You Being Saved?.That distinction does not fix the problem. Romans 4:5 does not say, “to him that does natural works not.” It says, “But to him that...
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bdavidc replied to the thread How Confidant Are You Being Saved?.I understand what you are saying, but I still do not see 1 Corinthians 9 teaching the same thing as Matthew 25. In 1 Corinthians 9, Paul...
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bdavidc replied to the thread How Confidant Are You Being Saved?.I agree we may not find common ground on this, but I still do not think the text supports your conclusion. The third servant’s view of...
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bdavidc replied to the thread How Confidant Are You Being Saved?.I agree that once a person is truly Christ’s own, he does not stop belonging to Christ. That is not the issue. The issue is whether...
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bdavidc replied to the thread How Confidant Are You Being Saved?.Paul saying, “lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway” does not prove Matthew 25 is only...
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bdavidc replied to the thread How Confidant Are You Being Saved?.I agree that grace and works must not be confused. Salvation is the gift of God, not wages earned by performance. But I still cannot...
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bdavidc replied to the thread How Confidant Are You Being Saved?.No, I do not believe a born again man cannot sin. That is not what I said, and that is not what Scripture says. John wrote to believers...
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bdavidc replied to the thread How Confidant Are You Being Saved?.No, he was not damned for being a bad investment banker. He was exposed as a wicked servant who did not know his master, did not trust...