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The issue I was highlighting with the "fight of faith" and "race of faith" was the need for endurance in obeying the twofold Law of Faith (1 Jn 3:23,24)--the same as "abiding".

As I've explained countless times, the Scripture tells you how to abide: 1 John 3 23This is His commandment, that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as He commanded us. 24The one who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. We know by this...

I've already gone through it before. You haven't been paying attention. The "believes" there is correctly translated "is believing" (most intense possible ongoing action in the present tense--not "believes one time"), which is in perfect keeping with the requisite "abiding" doctrine taught...

I've answered this many times, and I await your rebuttal. 1. God has disowned His children before (Dt 14:1, 32:5, 21; Hos 1), so it's not "final", what is "final" is continually abiding so as to be continually receiving the Spirit. 2. Abiding by obeying is necessary for receiving the...

Scripture is spiritual--and you reject it. That means you're unspiritual. There's not much danger, though, since your weakness is known, and thus you are banned from teaching men.

Already answered. You can't agree with Scripture because you're unspiritual. Unspiritual people do not perceive spiritual things. Scripture is spiritual--you reject it, because you're unspiritual.

If only you were spiritual, you could agree with Scripture. Good thing women are banned from teaching men. 1 Timothy 2 12I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet.

LOL "You don't agree with Scripture because you're unspiritual. Only spiritual people agree with me." Already answered this.

Yes, you said it couldn't happen, and that was debunked--just as the rest of your claims have been. The same is true of the claims of those who agree with you (@mailmandan and @Eternally Grateful).

Clarification: I never questioned her love for God, only the OSAS-buttressing idea that, contrary to Scripture, one could never lose their first love.

Those who pretend to be spiritual have no answer for Scripture, so they are relegated to lobbing hysterical ad hominem attacks--"Anyone who doesn't agree with me is unspiritual!"--which prove nothing from Scripture, thus can help no one. Well, two can play at that game, right--"You don't agree...

Those who abide by obedience are supplied with the Spirit (1 Jn 3:23,24) that is only "in His Son" (1 Jn 5:11), it's not a one-time transaction--even though, from the other side, it is a "sort of" one-time transaction, inasmuch as it is the case that those who do not abide are accounted as...

And since God says, Isaiah 43 11I, I am the LORD, and besides me there is no savior. If you try to save yourself, it would have to be idolatry (1 Jn 5:21), and breaking the command to "believe in the Name of God's Son" (ie, "God saves") (1 Jn 3:23,24), thus not abiding (1 Jn 2:28), and eating...

It's a helpful way to think, even if it's not based on all of Scripture. It would be good if more people thought that way.

The topic is "abiding is necessary for eternal life", and that some do not abide, which debunks OSAS. HOW to abide is tangentially related, but it's not the topic, and I may decide not to address it if it is raised, because I see that someone wants to import an entire new discussion (eg...

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Yeah, they bear fruit if they abide, and they're cut off and thrown in the fire if not. That's my point. LOL

You don't struggle with God's Word because you don't even know it. "Ignorance is bliss" as they say. You rest in ignorance. That's fine, too.

She had denied that anyone could lose their first love, but we saw it was possible. That was my point.

Christ is the Word. How can we be in Christ but Christ not be in us? "If you abide in Me, and My Words in you"