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God does want us to know we are His. That is what all the Scriptures are for, to ensure we have the faith for it; and "the Spirit himself bears witnesses with our spirit that we are the children of God (Rom 8:16). Without this reassurance there will be confusion, but yet, you will saved if your...

Thank you too and God bless!

Hi and thanks for your reply and comments! I see it that we can settle for the basics, or go on to completion (He 6:1, 2). It depends how much you want to know about God, for much the Word is deeper than what is generally understood. Not that we want to know more than others, but that we should...

All of the Scriptures that appear to teach that one can become unsaved, which word isn’t actually used, are just suppositions in order to express the impossibility of being saved more than once, enforcing the desire to be saved. If the statements were true, what sense would there be in God...

“The flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh.” That shows that the flesh is still there (Ro 7:17, 20—NC), and they are “contrary one to the other”; but the Spirit obtains the upper hand, “that you may not do the things you would” (Gal 5:17). As the Spirit acts, as the...

Reckoning on our life-union with the Lord Jesus Christ establishes us in the full assurance of salvation. On this foundation we are able to reckon on our eternal, unconditional security in Him. Until we are grounded in the truths of substitution and union, we are not prepared for the more...

Everything we have is founded on “position and “condition.” Our position in the Lord Jesus is who we are; our condition on the earth is what we are. Assurance of justification is established on our position in the Lord Jesus Christ, and is an imputation not an impartation. Our condition is that...

It is lawful for the Father to do what He will with His own. Have we served Him only from selfish interest? Are we going to cling to Him only in the time of prosperity? Shall we not accept from His hand sorrow and suffering as well as joy? It is, alas, true that many of the children of God, in...

Thanks for the compliment! Yes, once we are His, He keeps us from desiring ever again the pleasures of our sin nature--the old man (Pl 2:13); and His Spirit keeps us by opposing the old man (flesh - Gal 5:17), so we wont want to do what we know we shouldn't!

To “abide” in the Lord Jesus is to trust (rest) in the work of His Cross by which He has permanently provided “propitiation” for the sins of the believer. This means every accusation from the opposition, esp. from the closest enemy—old self, should instantly default the believer to rest in the...

Having a sin nature still, nobody can always make choices. That's why I said "we will continue to remain on the increase in making the right choices more than not." "On the increase," i.e. as we mature.

Like your comments and appreciate your input! Just wanted to say that the choices of the saved will continue on the increase to desire and do God's pleasure. Until we leave here there will always be choices to make between good and evil, but being reborn and in the new nature used by God, we...

For the Christian, the primary ongoing need will be “deliverance!” No, not deliverance from sin’s guilt, as this will never again be an issue with the Father, considering He gave all to establish this. I think is bears repeating, that it has been wisely said that “the lost need saved, and the...

I wouldn't either, but there will be two peoples (God's people Israel who believe in Him - Jn 14:1) and two places (New Heaven and New Earth); but Israel's eschatology will mostly be unrealized by most Christians until His appearance.

Hi and thanks for your reply! Only those of Israel who believed in God (Jn 14:1) were always drawn back to Himself, which I believe the Millennium is when He draws them permanently. They will see Christ and finally believe in Him, but they will miss inheriting the new heaven and will remain on...

True!

I suppose it depends on what you mean by "restored" because the restoration I have in mind is a completely different new earth after the old earth "passes away" (Rev 21:1).

I have learned the Christian life is not a changed life, though an outward change in a believer will evince God’s inward working. It is more accurately described as an exchanged life, in that the outcome is not us trying to live a life like Christ, but rather it is Christ Himself living His...

Appreciate your reply and comments, even though we disagree on Eschatology. Thankfully how one understands the end time has no effect on being saved. Only what we understand concerning the Gospel of Christ will determine being saved or not. God bless!

Hi and thanks for your input! Rev 20 shows Christ and the saved on the old earth (vs 8, 9) during the Millennium, for the new earth and heaven aren't until the proceeding chapter (and I don't see this happening in the old heaven, but on the old earth as it states). God bless!