eternal security is great... until YOU are the victim of someone's sin
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yes, its a lovely notion to believe that whatever u do you will get to Heaven...
wife getting on your nerves? have an affair... no prob.. u will get to Heaven anyhow (so it goes)
dont want this baby... no prob... kill it... God u/stands and forgives... and its OSAS even if you dont repent... so the story goes...
But if YOU were the spouse cheated on... hmmm... kinda looks different then...
if you are the child no one wants... kinda looks different then...
You clearly don't understand grace.
Not only do I not lose my salvation when sin that dwells in my flesh works in my flesh, but I am set free from sin; I am dead to sin and alive in Christ. So that which is of the flesh, which is dead because of sin, has no bearing on, or control over, the spirit that is alive in Christ Jesus.
Slogan/motto:
love others as u love yourself... and thank God you dont have to like them
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May 1st, 2012, 04:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Lighthouse
You clearly don't understand grace.
Not only do I not lose my salvation when sin that dwells in my flesh works in my flesh, but I am set free from sin; I am dead to sin and alive in Christ. So that which is of the flesh, which is dead because of sin, has no bearing on, or control over, the spirit that is alive in Christ Jesus.
you are dead to sin and alive in Christ?
then i guess u would believe me when i say that since i have been saved,
cutting off my foot wont hurt
and it wont bleed
becasuse i am saved... i am protected from pain and misery
that's about how much sense your argument makes..
if we can be adversely affecfted by the physcial consequences of sin (in this case mutilating self by cutting off foot) then we are definitely affected by the consences of mutliating our soul...
the reason you people dont FEEL separated from Christ when u sin (assuming that is true, which i rather do not) is becasue you are not all that close to Him in the `1st place...
But once i got close to Him...
well, now i can CERTAINLY feel it when i am no longer close...
so... i guess i get where u r coming from.... you are not as close to Christ as you could be...
Slogan/motto:
2 Corinthians 5:19 KJV To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
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May 1st, 2012, 04:38 PM
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Originally Posted by TruthSetsFree
yes, its a lovely notion to believe that whatever u do you will get to Heaven...
wife getting on your nerves? have an affair... no prob.. u will get to Heaven anyhow (so it goes)
dont want this baby... no prob... kill it... God u/stands and forgives... and its OSAS even if you dont repent... so the story goes...
But if YOU were the spouse cheated on... hmmm... kinda looks different then...
if you are the child no one wants... kinda looks different then...
You have no idea what happened 2000 years ago in your place. Do you?
Slogan/motto:
The kingdom is within, and comes without observation.
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May 1st, 2012, 04:47 PM
Old adams religous son's just don't get it! the straw man of you can just do what ever and get to heaven is getting old, everyone has a area that they struggle with from time to time, these are not to be feared but embraced as reminders of God's grace and it's never ending mercy while we are yoke to the flesh.
Arrogant sin is from the flesh and will be dealt with by the Spirit in sundry ways, but never at the loss of salvation.
Location: Seated in the heavenly places at God's right hand, in Him!
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Right Wing Zealot
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Do right and risk the consequences!
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May 1st, 2012, 04:50 PM
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Originally Posted by TruthSetsFree
yes, its a lovely notion to believe that whatever u do you will get to Heaven...
wife getting on your nerves? have an affair... no prob.. u will get to Heaven anyhow (so it goes)
dont want this baby... no prob... kill it... God u/stands and forgives... and its OSAS even if you dont repent... so the story goes...
But if YOU were the spouse cheated on... hmmm... kinda looks different then...
if you are the child no one wants... kinda looks different then...
Yes, of course Christ's death wasn't really as big a deal as we OSAS believers believe it to have been. Doesn't take much at all to snatch basically anyone from the hand of God, when you think about it. A murder here and purse snatching there, a cuss word spoken AT CHURCH on mid-July Sunday afternoon and the next thing you know, Christ's account is overdrawn and no longer sufficient to pay your sin debt.
"The [open view] is an attempt to provide a more Biblically faithful, rationally coherent, and practically satisfying account of God and the divine-human relationship..." - Dr. John Sanders
then i guess u would believe me when i say that since i have been saved,
cutting off my foot wont hurt
and it wont bleed
becasuse i am saved... i am protected from pain and misery
that's about how much sense your argument makes..
if we can be adversely affecfted by the physcial consequences of sin (in this case mutilating self by cutting off foot) then we are definitely affected by the consences of mutliating our soul...
the reason you people dont FEEL separated from Christ when u sin (assuming that is true, which i rather do not) is becasue you are not all that close to Him in the `1st place...
But once i got close to Him...
well, now i can CERTAINLY feel it when i am no longer close...
so... i guess i get where u r coming from.... you are not as close to Christ as you could be...
yeh, i get it now...
I have Scripture to back up my claims. What do you have for your idiotic attempt at refutation?
I know my flesh is separated from God, and it will never be close to Him. Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God. He lives in me, and my spirit will never be separated from Him, for nothing can separate us from the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Only understanding God's unlimited and unconditional love and grace, how bounteously He has loved us and how freely He forgives will keep you from sinning. Fear will never do the job.
Comprehending the stake that others have in the kingdom of His dear Son will keep you from sinning against folk, fear of punishment will not do it.
Fear of punishment is for the law-breakers, the wicked.
Slogan/motto:
Ephesians 3:9: "And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:"
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May 2nd, 2012, 05:49 AM
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Originally Posted by TruthSetsFree
yes, its a lovely notion to believe that whatever u do you will get to Heaven...
wife getting on your nerves? have an affair... no prob.. u will get to Heaven anyhow (so it goes)
Eph 2:6 (KJV)
Done.
1. Land forever. Gen 17:8 (KJV)
2. City FROM heaven. Rev 21:2 (KJV)
3. Heavenly places. Eph 2:6-7(KJV)
Don't mix them, leavening the whole household of God. Luke 13:21 (KJV)
Only understanding God's unlimited and unconditional love and grace, how bounteously He has loved us and how freely He forgives will keep you from sinning. Fear will never do the job.
Comprehending the stake that others have in the kingdom of His dear Son will keep you from sinning against folk, fear of punishment will not do it.
Fear of punishment is for the law-breakers, the wicked.
Well, we agree on some things; this is one of those things.