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  1. mailmandan

    OSAS : Gnostic Heresy

    You are not my judge and I don't give anyone false hope. I'm aware of all the IF's and warnings in Scripture. OSAS is true IF you are truly saved to begin with. Perseverance is a confirmation of that. The main problem I see is not a loss of salvation for genuine born again Christians but a false...
  2. mailmandan

    OSAS : Gnostic Heresy

    Actually, it was not hard for me at all but your mind is made up and your beliefs are fixed. I can see that.
  3. mailmandan

    OSAS : Gnostic Heresy

    A person who has been born again by the Spirit of God has been born again by incorruptible seed (1 Peter 1:23) and is a new creation in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17) and has become partakers of the divine nature. (2 Peter 1:4) How is that not a spiritual transformation?
  4. mailmandan

    OSAS : Gnostic Heresy

    https://www.equip.org/articles/bible-reliability-m-a-p-s-to-guide-you-through-bible-reliability/
  5. mailmandan

    It is official: Biden has stepped down, endorses Kamala Harris

    Harris' address highlighted her campaign hot-button topics, which included key parts of the Democratic Party platform, such as eliminating voter ID to expand mail-in voting, banning assault rifles, protecting LGBTQ+ rights and restoring national access to abortion. :(
  6. mailmandan

    It is official: Biden has stepped down, endorses Kamala Harris

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/07/recently-retired-border-patrol-union-president-lays-disappointing/
  7. mailmandan

    OSAS : Gnostic Heresy

    Based on your endless questions, it sounds to me like you are over thinking this and making all of this out to be much more complicated than it really is.
  8. mailmandan

    OSAS : Gnostic Heresy

    To be born again is to be "born from above" which is a spiritual transformation that could only come from above. Romans 8:16 - The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God. In John 17:17, Jesus said, “Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.” So, Jesus...
  9. mailmandan

    OSAS : Gnostic Heresy

    Jesus points out the lifeless state of the church in Sardis - "..you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead." (Revelation 3:1) This church may have had a name of being alive, but they were spiritually lifeless. In other words, the church was filled with unsaved people going through the...
  10. mailmandan

    OSAS : Gnostic Heresy

    There are genuine Christians and there are "nominal" Christians. There are genuine believers and there are make believers mixed together within these various churches.
  11. mailmandan

    OSAS : Gnostic Heresy

    1 Peter 1:23 - having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever.
  12. mailmandan

    OSAS : Gnostic Heresy

    Enough with the straw man arguments and slander. It's not about must walk in the light but will walk in the light if we truly are born of God. Only those who are saved/believers are in the light. Acts 26:18 - to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power...
  13. mailmandan

    OSAS : Gnostic Heresy

    Who said anything about simply believing "mental assent" that Jesus exists? Genuine believers trust in Jesus Christ alone for salvation and are in the light and walk in the light (Acts 26:18; 2 Corinthians 6:14; Ephesians 5:8; 1 Thessalonians 5:4; 1 John 1:7) in contrast with those who merely...
  14. mailmandan

    OSAS : Gnostic Heresy

    I was not claiming to infallibly know the hearts of everyone in regard to determining who is giving mere lip service confession and who is genuinely confessing Christ. I was simply drawing a contrast between the two. Only God infallibly knows the hearts of all men. When it comes to the word of...
  15. mailmandan

    OSAS : Gnostic Heresy

    The gospel is the "good news" of the death, burial and resurrection of Christ (1 Corinthians 15:1-4) and is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that BELIEVES.. (Romans 1:16) To "believe" the gospel is to trust in the death, burial and resurrection of Christ as the ALL-sufficient means of...
  16. mailmandan

    OSAS : Gnostic Heresy

    Slander is still slander, regardless. Why are you so obsessed with conditions? It's not about faith + if but if confirms faith. Those who once professed to believe but later claim to no longer believe had a shallow, temporary belief that had no root. The "blasphemy of the Holy Spirit" is...
  17. mailmandan

    Have an addiction to McDonald's? You are like me!

    I still like their breakfast but after covid their menu for lunch and dinner shrunk too much. I miss their premium grilled chicken sandwiches.
  18. mailmandan

    OSAS : Gnostic Heresy

    You remind me of a slanderous lawyer who is out to win his case against OSAS believers at all costs. Whatever it takes! Not everyone who professes to be a disciple of Christ truly is His disciple. In John 8:31, we read - "So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue...
  19. mailmandan

    OSAS : Gnostic Heresy

    I'm a OSAS believer and I say no. That kind of faith cannot save him. Key word "claims" to have faith. In James 2:14, we read of one who says/claims he has faith but has no works (to evidence his claim). That is not genuine faith, but a bare profession of faith. So when James asks, "Can that...
  20. mailmandan

    OSAS : Gnostic Heresy

    In regard to Matthew 10:32-33, in context, this passage relates to the fact that the Pharisees had continuously denied Jesus while the disciples continued to speak about Him in every city they visited. We might paraphrase His teaching this way: "Whoever confesses me before men (such as you...