ladodgers6 said:
I understand your position. I have asked you explain what does Christ mean, that his SHEEP WILL NEVER PERISH???
They will never perish because of belief John 3:16 NIV. The lost sheep however have not obtained salvation yet because of unbelief John 10:26 NIV...
Matt 18:12-14 NIV “What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off? 13And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he is happier about that one sheep than about the ninety-nine that did not wander off. 14In the same way your Father in heaven is
not willing that any of these little ones should perish.
Luke 19:9-10 NIV Jesus said to him, “
Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. 10For the Son of Man
came to seek and to save the lost.”
John 10:25-30 NIV Jesus answered, “I did tell you, but you do not believe. The works I do in my Father’s name testify about me, 26
but you do not believe because you are not my sheep. 27My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. 28I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand. 29My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand. 30I and the Father are one.”
1 Pet 2:24-25 NIV “He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.” 25
For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
ladodgers6 said:
And the Law demands of us, perfect obedience! It threatens us if we do not fulfill its demands, which is the condemnation of death.
Believers are actually no longer condemned...Mark 16:16 NIV, John 3:18 NIV, John 5:28-29 NIV, John 8:11 NIV, John 16:11 NIV, Rom 3:6-8 NIV, Rom 5:16 NIV, Rom 8:1-2 NIV, Rom 8:34 ESV, Col 2:13-15 NIV, 2 Thess 2:11-12 NIV, 2 Pet 2:3 NIV, 1 John 3:21 NIV, Jude 1:4-5 NIV