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I appreciate that, a lot. I love and respect you, too, in the Lord. And I'm making it a point to guard our relationship carefully. Because that's what's important. That's what counts above and beyond our theological differences.
Surely, you agree with me that the believer must continue to believe, right? That used to be so foundational and beyond debate in the Christian faith, but somewhere around in the '90s it got popular to think grace meant you don't even have to continue to believe in Christ to be saved when he comes back.
None of us think that. Only the righteousness of God put in place of our guilt makes us worthy to enter God's presence. Lost people inhabiting the lost churches of the world are the ones who think they are doing things that earns them a place in the presence of God. I attended those churches growing up. Then I got born again and now I rub shoulders with other real Christians. Not perfect ones. Not ones who agree with me theologically on all the stupid issues we argue about. But ones who know the difference between being saved by having your sins forgiven, and earning salvation through doing works.
OH Ferris.... You beckon me to keep talking... LOL
Me too. But I also love God too much to insult the atonement by purposely doing the things he saved me from. Sometimes I do them because I get deceived, or I'm enticed unwillingly to do them again, or I'm just tired and not on guard, but one thing I do not do is show contempt for God's grace by purposely and willingly without the devil's enticement live in my old life. I HATE my old life. I never want to go back there. There's no joy of the Lord there. It's a bleak desert. I don't know why some real Christians do choose to do that, except that perhaps they have yet to really experience the much more attractive land of the love and joy of the Holy Spirit.
Not real Christians. Not for long anyway. Ultimately, only unbelievers think salvation is earned by the merit of good works. That's why I don't get overly concerned about them. They exist in their version of Christianity far from ours in their easily identifiable Church names. But the sneakiness of the hyper grace gospel is what has slipped in unawares in the true church in these last 30 years or so....
BB, I've given up on you. You keep talking out both sides of your mouth.
So the Bible is telling us to add to the atonement? ↓↓
You see these as admonitions and I see them as Exortations... encouragements. If you have given up on BB then you should maybe also give up on trying to convince me... as I shall not be moved.... I am SECURE in my SALVATION and I PRAISE my ALMIGHTY and SOVEREIGN LORD.
See? After all this time you still think not going back to your old life of sin is working to earn your salvation. Instead of what it actually is.....faith in Christ. But I was told in a PM that you are a reprobate which means you are incapable of seeing the truth. What God has closed no one can open. You are what you are.
