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You are describing the difference between "believing" and "knowing." But one who is in God and God in them, cannot doubt. It is finished. Keep on knocking. Ask God for confirmation.

Unbelief would actually cause one not to be saved in the first place.

Solomon was not saved before his physical death, as salvation had not yet come. However, he had the promise of salvation, and thus was included in the dead in Christ, the Last. Paul counted himself as not having been saved yet (a part of the dead in Christ), but also as being "alive and...

No, Paul is saying rather, that he counts himself among the dead in Christ, of whom Jesus is the Last. But he also said that he was all things to all people, and that he was among "we who are alive and remain", who are the living in Christ, of whom Jesus is the First. These things he said to...

John 17:20-26

You have won nothing, nor do you understand. Jesus did not say all in Him were saved, nor did I. I said all in Jesus and the Father, as did He. And now you have no more excuse, you should now know what salvation is, as you have now been told.

I had no Christian upbringing, but life happens, and after a complete downward spiral to the bottom and the end of myself, as a last resort I cried out to God whom I didn't know-- and He answered! I was caught up in the spirit and...well, it's a long story. But it left me not "believing", but...

Absolutely. And even as Paul stated, "for me, to live is Christ ."

That does not describe salvation. When one is [actually] saved, it is no longer they who live, but God who lives. In other words, a saved person is One with Jesus and the Father (just as Jesus prayed)...and they being One cannot loose their salvation. You are not reconciling all of...

"Israel shall be saved by the Lord With an everlasting salvation; You shall not be ashamed or disgraced Forever and ever." - Isaiah 45:17

The fruit of your position (not reconciling all of the scriptures) would say otherwise, that it was a freudian slip. But if you mean the make a change...that would be good.

Yes, and of course you/He meant He never knew those who hide behind part of the truth claiming it to be all, and not entering in, while hindering those who would.

Good thing I quoted you revealing your true self and that you only believe half of the scriptures...'cause you went back and deleted it. Here it is again:

Quotable. "half"...and therein lies the problem. Thanks for making your position perfectly clear!

You tell Jesus. Go ahead. He will tell you the truth. But if you do what you have been doing here, you'll only get half of what He says.

Yeah, but unfortunately you are not on the right side of it. You are not including and reconciling all scripture. What you are doing is like the Pharisees stopping at the law and not entering in, not having a full understanding.

I'm out of town at the moment and it might be hard to present it on my phone, but biblically saved means saved. The scriptures say that when a person is actually saved, it is no longer they who live, but God who lives in them. They are One with God just as Jesus is, therefore, it is God who...

Those in Christ do not abide in him??? Like that makes a lot of sense. o_O

Let's look at it: "40 And with many other words he testified, and exhorted them, saying, Save yourselves from this crooked generation." This does not say "save yourselves" as you say, at all. The context is "this crooked generation", which Jesus also warned. But they were not saved, but could...

Those verses do not say what you say they say. They are simply good counsel for those hearing the good news of salvation. Some of whom might have even been saved, but in a way the world had never seen before. They were babes in the Spirit in need of guidance, not for salvation, but for what is...