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You just don’t get it. I already explained the parable of the sower multiple times, but you have your agenda.

You are either a mailman or you are not. There are no fake mailmen working at the post office, but it’s not hard to find fake/psuedo/nominal Christians mixed in with genuine Christians in numerous churches. Why are you so obsessed with this topic anyway?

You can be a part of something externally but not internally and then depart from it. See 1 John 2:19.

The "blasphemy against the Holy Spirit" is mentioned in Matthew 12:22-32 and Mark 3:22-30. This case of blasphemy is a specific one. In Matthew 12:31-32, the Pharisees having witnessed irrefutable proof that Jesus was casting out demons in the power of the Holy Spirit, claimed instead that Jesus...

I presume that you believe "depart from the faith" means that born again believers depart from saving faith in Christ and lose their salvation, but that's not the case. The words "the faith" (Greek tês pisteôs) in this context means the apostolic faith, the New Testament apostolic body of...

The Israelites were in the olive tree to begin with because they were the "natural branches" and not because they were all saved. Because of their unbelief and hard hearts God removed His gracious hand from them as a people overall and broke them off from His goodness (but only for a time after...

All Christians begin with root, not no root.

Exactly. To fall away from a shallow, temporary belief that has no root, produces no fruit and withers away is not to fall away from salvation. This kind of belief is not rooted in a regenerate heart. How can no depth of earth, no root, no moisture, no fruit, represent saving belief? It doesn't...

If the shoe fits, wear it. Why Obama Was Most Anti-Christian President

Saving belief is rooted in a regenerate heart and continues and is not some shallow, temporary belief that has no root, produces no fruit and withers away.

I’m yet to find one verse in the Bible that “unequivocally” teaches that a really “saved” person really “lost their salvation.” I’ve read verses that “on the surface” appear to teach that, just like “on the surface” there are verses in the Bible that appear to teach salvation by works, but after...

See post #259 from the link below: Those who deny Eternal Security

I was not implying that you must belong to a cult. Just that all false religions and cults who teach salvation by works strongly oppose OSAS. May not be a red flag for me, but it is for me. Many people who strongly oppose OSAS teach type 2 works salvation. I have lived long enough to see many...

To practice sin is to keep on being sinful, willfully, as I already explained in post #135. This does not mean that those who are born of God never stumble and sin at all. (1 John 1:8-10; 1 John 2:1) Do you subscribe to sinless perfection? Those who believe they live a sinless, without fault...

The Amplified Bible reads (1 John 3:9) - No one who is born of God [deliberately, knowingly, and habitually] practices sin, because God’s seed [His principle of life, the essence of His righteous character] remains [permanently] in him [who is born again—who is reborn from above—spiritually...

All you do is reject the truth and argue, argue, argue. :rolleyes:

Progressive sanctification is (1 Thessalonians 4:3-4) but positional sanctification is not. (1 Corinthians 6:11) Even if we don’t reach sinless perfection/entire sanctification in a practical sense in this lifetime (which we won’t) we are still justified by faith in Christ. (Romans 5:1)

I often hear those who view themselves as "holier than thou" cite Hebrews 12:14 to teach that if you are not "holy enough" (practically speaking) then you will not see the Lord/will not be saved. Hebrews 12:14 - Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord...

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