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New Christians will not be adversely affected by what I have to teach them.

I think that in the verses in question (Ephesians 1:13-14), the only condition for the seal being given is faith. Having believed...

Theologically speaking... If I presently have a heart belief that is unto righteousness and perseverance to the end (Romans 10:10, Hebrews 3:6, Hebrews 3:14, Matthew 10:22, Matthew 24:13), then I will always have such a faith. For it produces everlasting life; and the nature of everlasting...

If you stop believing and lose your salvation as a result, then the life you received wasn't eternal...it was only temporary. See Ephesians 1:13-14, 2 Corinthians 1:22, 2 Corinthians 5:5. God gives the seal of the Holy Spirit to those who believe. Therefore, because of His abiding influence...

Of course He does (for scripture says so)...just not without our permission.

We are the soil that is sown into...does the soil always sow the seed that is planted in it? Granted, I know that I spend time sowing the Lord's word into my own life by spending time reading it... But for the most part, most people do not hear the word for the first time by picking up a Bible...

Which verse speaks of a mental assent to the tenets of the gospel (mere mental assent)...a shallow, nominal, or lukewarm faith. John 6:47, on the other hand (faith which brings everlasting life; the nature of it is that it will never end), speaks of a heart faith (Romans 10:10) that is unto...

If there is a condition placed on salvation, then it isn't a free gift. The reality is that being born again is a work of the Holy Spirit that God works in people, not through works of righteousness which we have done, but through the washing of regeneration and the renewing of the Holy Ghost...

Indeed, for Him to cause us to walk in His statutes and in His judgments, we must first generally surrender to Him doing that work in us. I think that 1 John 2:17 also applies to this and the next post in this thread.

I suppose that the way we are to interpret scripture is by our experience rather than interpreting our experience by the holy scriptures.

What, Ezekiel isn't good enough for you? Like it isn't the inspired word of the Lord? The Bible is the Bible; and the verses I referenced in Ezekiel say best what I was wanting to say. Philippians 2:12-13 says it well too; but Ezekiel 36:25-27 says it better.

borderline blasphemy of the Holy Spirit, impaho.

See 1 John 2:17. It is not OSAS but POTS (Perseverance of the Saints)

I think you are misinterpreting those verses. If you go further down in the epistle, you will find a statement that whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin, for His seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. 1 John 1:10 tells us that all of us have sinned (past...

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Rom 6:15, What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid. Rom 6:16, Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? Rom 6:17, But God be...

Most assuredly, the gift of God's love in our heart is absolutely freely given to us by God; But of course it is the nature of love that it will cost us something to live by it. Love by nature is unselfish. The acronym JOY has been given: Jesus, Others, You. This is the recipe for joy, that...

It is faith that keeps us saved. It does say that He will cause us to walk in His statutes and in His judgments, however (Ezekiel 36:25-27). That they are not. If we are going to obey God, the Lord doesn't want it to be out of obligation (this principle is found in 2 Corinthians 9:7)...