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Originally Posted by onwingsaseagles
I fi murder someone and then repent for it before my death God will forgive me. However if I murder someone and then refuse to repent , then die, I will have to answer for my sin. Therefore your examples do not equate since David, and Moses both repented before their deaths. No where in the Bible does it say the sin we commit tommorow is already forgiven even if we do not ever repent of it. That is a Baptist false doctrine (which of course you believe being baptist) but it is false an unbiblical.
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I tend to agree with this assessment however I approach it from another angle. Please keep in mind that I don't believe one can involuntarily lose one's salvation but that it can be willingly forfeited.
My problem with the doctrine isn't so much the package, it's the presentation. I know far too many people who clearly have no idea what it means to truly be saved, claim that they are saved even though they are currently living in fornication, committing adultery, abusing drugs, etc. However, despite theirobvious misgivings, they are absolutely convinced that they are saved because at some point in time in their life they repeated the sinners prayer and were baptized in water.
The sad part is when I have approached friends and coworkers who I believe are sincere about their salvation who share your point of view, I ask them about these folks who are obviously deceived and I get the some cold and uncompassionate response: "They're not saved." However when you ask them if they're concerned about these people I get the ussual "Why? You can't tell them nothing."
Which is true, you can't tell them anything because they have already put their trust in a doctrine which clearly has bad fruit.