Grailhunter
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We will see....I think he may have been agreeing with you.
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We will see....I think he may have been agreeing with you.
Hi Ferris, My dad is a retired Baptist pastor...and I'm still go to a Baptist Church and a couple of others for Bible Study or their Sunday school.It's not an attack. I'm trying to get you to see the narrow mindset of the Osaser. The Osas mindset cannot see 'works' and 'salvation' together in any other way other than 'works salvation'. That mindset makes it very, very difficult to talk to an Osaser. You can't reason with them. They're shut off. That's why I call Osas a cult.
Heaven.
He will not be damned.
You keep qualifying this person as a believer. So this person will be saved when Jesus comes back. As long as he really is a believer he will not be damned. I would counsel this person that if he's purposely living in sin, and not just struggling with it, he may not be the believer he thinks he is. And I would tell him that even if he really is a believer sin can harden the heart to unbelief.
No problem, bro. We're good.I though you believed in “ Lucky Repentance like JBF ......if I was wrong, you have my apology.....
The important point is, the writer recognizes that in the church, many may well not be true believers, if not, babes. So that even while there is the presumption that all are true believers, with the apparent strong indications, from many in the church, of a lack of knowledge, understanding, and realization of the salvation of God, and amidst the persecutions from the unbelieving Jews, the writer went on to tell them “meat” truths concerning Jesus Christ and the new covenant, explaining it to them in such clear and detailed manner. And why he reminds, warns, and exhortations, is obvious.The important point is, the writer is addressing them as people who do have what they profess. He is not making the assumption that they are not saved. He is making the assumption—and is even convinced—that they are saved (Hebrews 6:9) and addresses them accordingly.Tong2020 said: ↑
Yes. That is the presumption. The point being is that, it does not mean you actually have what you profess.
Well we are not talking about what others say but about what scriptures say. We also are not talking about other people but about God.It's not an attack. I'm trying to get you to see the narrow mindset of the Osaser. The Osas mindset cannot see 'works' and 'salvation' together in any other way other than 'works salvation'. That mindset makes it very, very difficult to talk to an Osaser. You can't reason with them. They're shut off. That's why I call Osas a cult.Tong2020 said: ↑
It always reach to this point where you start to get to attack not the post but the poster. That’s sad.
Looking too much on faith takes away the Christian’s focus from the Savior. And we can see where that leads them to. It leads them more to themselves and less to God. Isn’t that foolish and sad?It is foolish because no one thinks faith in and of itself is some kind of agent that saves a person. Everyone knows it's just the conduit through which a person receives the grace of God.Tong2020 said: ↑
Foolish? Nope. It isn’t foolish at all to point out that it is God that saves and change a person. Faith could not do that. To say that faith could is what for me is foolishness.
Knowing is one thing, accepting what the truth about believing is, is another thing.So what do you say is how one knows he has the believing defined in scripture?Tong2020 said: ↑
Of course. But before that even get to have any meaning to the believer, he must ask himself if what believing he have in Jesus was the believing that Jesus defined in scriptures, that is, that is from the heart and that continues and endures. That makes a lot of difference.
All through the Bible obedience is required...
BB 1953 also said he would go to Heaven even when he was an unbeliever!
OSASers are very quick to judge NON OSASers as unsaved because we don't swallow OSAS!
This side of the Cross....the “ obedience to the Gospel” is what Gets you Saved and it is what Keeps you Saved......
Adding to the Gospel ( 1 Cor15:1-4 )
as opposed to Resting in it will have God declare you “ Disobedient” and
Hi, can you please share where you got this passage: "God......You are in Christ and Christ is in you”Not me. I think they are wrong — not damned...their Faith is weak, that’s all......do these people pass Paul’s Test? Yes......they believe that Jesus is the Son of God.....” If you believe that Jesus is the Son of God......You are in Christ and Christ is in you” .....He will “ NEVER leave or forsake you”.....
Which does not ever say we can't forsake Him!Not me. I think they are wrong — not damned...their Faith is weak, that’s all......do these people pass Paul’s Test? Yes......they believe that Jesus is the Son of God.....” If you believe that Jesus is the Son of God......You are in Christ and Christ is in you” .....He will “ NEVER leave or forsake you”.....
Focusing on the savior IS faith. If you have faith to look at (however you do that) then you have faith in Christ. So all is good. You have exactly what you're supposed to have. You have exactly what the scriptures tell you to have—faith in God.Looking too much on faith takes away the Christian’s focus from the Savior. And we can see where that leads them to. It leads them more to themselves and less to God. Isn’t that foolish and sad?
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