OSASS vs OSAS

[robert derrick]

I am a thankful member of OSASS: Once Saved Always Stay Saved.

I don't 'celebrate' the grace of God, but rather go to Him boldly for grace to help in time of need to endure all temptation and overcome all sin, one step with Jesus as a time, one day with Him at a time, which is a sure and good after a thousand years, as it was in day one.

Salvation is not 'gifted' to anyone. The faith of Jesus is the gift that keeps on winning over temptation and sin.

Salvation is being saved. No one on this earth has already been saved.

We are being saved by grace through the faith of Jesus.

We have not been saved by grace through faith alone, which is dead.

We stay saved by being justified in His faith in doing His good works of repentance from sins and loving Him with all the heart, and loving our neighbors as ourselves.

No man is justified without works of repentance and then doing righteousness, even as He is righteous. The unjustified in works are not being saved by the grace of God.

 

[robert derrick]

The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.

OSAS speaks of having been saved, and then repenting, to make them separate from one another.

OSASS says repenting comes first, then we believe Him to have power in the Spirit to do of His good pleasure.

OSAS thinks obeying Him is obediently receiving His freely gifted salvation, and they repent of not believing Him. Their repentance and obedience to Him is as dead as their faith alone in Him.

OSASS obeys Him by the free gift of His faith: Their repentance is from dead works of sins, and their obedience to Him is in deed and in truth, not in some hidden repentance of unbelief and 'spiritual' obedience to receive what is not yet obtained.

OSAS offers the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, knowingly doing both good and evil, doing both righteousness and transgressions.

OSASS hungers for the tree of Life to have strength to go and endure temptation, and not sin, unto the end.

OSAS is the corrupt religion of the first Adam, transgressing even as he did.

OSASS is the pure religion of the Second Adam, remaining unspotted by the world of sins in this present life, even as He is the Lamb of God without blemish or spot.

Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.

OSAS believes Jesus' example for us to follow in His steps, includes stepping in sin from time to time.

OSASS believes Jesus' example for us to follow is in His steps in deed and in truth.

 

[robert derrick]

For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ.

Eternal salvation as with eternal wrath are only obtained at the end of this life.

Eternal salvation is never 'gifted' freely, nor is it obtained at the start of the race, but is only obtained righteously at the end of the race, which only is for them that run the whole race and run it lawfully to the end.

Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

Sinners are not in the race of salvation at all, and sinning Christians are not running it lawfully.

OSAS is full of cheats, thinking they already got their 'gifted salvation' in the bag.

OSASS is full of overcomers knowing they must run lawfully to the end for their very soul's sake.

OSAS doesn't run blamelessly, because they believe only in the resurrection will they cease from sins. They think salvation is a done deal on this earth, and they will only be made free from sins after the race.

OSASS knows they must run blamelessly, if they are to obtain the crown of Life, and have great hope for the resurrection of the body to be made free from needing to fight against sin as in this life.

Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.

OSAS thinks God will give immortal spiritual bodies to sinners that walked not after the Spirit at all times, but also after the flesh from time to time.

OSASS known God will only raise up His own at the last day, in glorious spiritual bodies, to them who's souls are washed clean of all sins, who's hearts are purified of all lust, and who's minds are quick and ready to defeat sin at he door as DOA.

The righteous judge is not mocked, and does not allow the cheating sinners to obtain His eternal salvation.

No man will crawl across the finish line on their bellies in obedience to the devil's sins from time to time.

The only ones to receive the reward of eternal life and eternal salvation are them that will run and walk uprightly across the finish, not having grown weary of eschewing evil to only do good, nor having been deluded with doing both evil and good:

Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.

And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.

Salvation is the reward obtained by them that believe and obey Him and Him only unto the end, not them that fancy themselves the predetermined winners in life's lottery, who's only obedience necessary for their salvation is to obediently receive as a done deal, and have no responsibility whatsoever to keep it and the faith, lawfully and faithfully unto the resurrection.