This is just a few of the scriptures that in all respect please enlighten me what each one means in yalls minds. I have researched them but I am giving yall a chance to convince me. After all I do not care if I am wrong. I only want to know the truth. I did this a few weeks ago and really tried to understand the opposing view who believe OSAS. If you comment is not patient or loving I will only ignore you.
Hebrews 6:4-8New International Version (NIV)
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4 [/SUP]It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, [SUP]
5 [/SUP]who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age [SUP]
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and who have fallen[SUP]
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away, to be brought back to repentance.
To their loss they are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting him to public disgrace. [SUP]
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Land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is farmed receives the blessing of God. [SUP]
8 [/SUP]But
land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless and is in danger of being cursed.
In the end it will be burned.
Hebrews 12:14-17New International Version (NIV)
Warning and Encouragement
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14 [/SUP]Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord. [SUP]
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See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many. [SUP]
16 [/SUP]See that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau,
who for a single meal sold his inheritance rights as the oldest son. [SUP]
17 [/SUP]Afterward, as you know,
when he wanted to inherit this blessing, he was rejected. Even though he sought the blessing with tears, he could not change what he had done.
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Hebrews 10:24-31New International Version (NIV)[SUP]
24 [/SUP]And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, [SUP]
25 [/SUP]not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
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If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, [SUP]
27 [/SUP]but only a fearful
expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God. [SUP]
28 [/SUP]Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. [SUP]
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How much more severely do you think someone deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant that sanctified them, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace? [SUP]
30 [/SUP]For we know him who said, “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,”[SUP]
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The Lord will judge his people.”[SUP]
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31 [/SUP]It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
But...
2 Corinthians 7:10New International Version (NIV)
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Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.
Matthew 5:13New International Version (NIV)
Salt and Light
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13 [/SUP]“You are the salt of the earth. But
if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is
no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.
Matthew 6New International Version (NIV)
Giving to the Needy
6 “Be careful not to
practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.
The Narrow and Wide Gates
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13 [/SUP]“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.
[SUP]14 [/SUP]But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.
True and False Prophets
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15 [/SUP]“Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. [SUP]
16 [/SUP]By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? [SUP]
17 [/SUP]Likewise,
every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.[SUP]
18 [/SUP]A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. [SUP]
19 [/SUP]Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. [SUP]
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Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them.
Matthew 8:18-22New International Version (NIV)
The Cost of Following Jesus
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18 [/SUP]When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he gave orders to cross to the other side of the lake. [SUP]
19 [/SUP]Then a teacher of the law came to him and said, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”
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20 [/SUP]Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”
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21 [/SUP]Another disciple said to him, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
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22 [/SUP]But Jesus told him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”
Matthew 10:22New International Version (NIV)[SUP]
22 [/SUP]You will be hated by everyone because of me,
but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.
Matthew 10:37-39New International Version (NIV)
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37 [/SUP]“Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. [SUP]
38 [/SUP]Whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me.
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39 [/SUP]Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it.
Luke 9:23Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
Take Up Your Cross
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23 [/SUP]Then He said to them all, “If anyone wants to come with[SUP]
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he must deny himself, take up his cross daily,[SUP]
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and follow Me.
Matthew 12:48-50New International Version (NIV)
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48 [/SUP]He replied to him, “Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?” [SUP]
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Pointing to his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers. [SUP]50 [/SUP]For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”
Matthew 13Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
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20 [/SUP]And the one sown on rocky ground—this is one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy. [SUP]
21 [/SUP]Yet he has no root in himself, but is short-lived. When pressure or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he stumbles. [SUP]
22 [/SUP]Now the one sown among the thorns—this is one who hears the word, but the worries of this age and the seduction[SUP]
[d][/SUP] of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
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23 [/SUP]But the one sown on the good ground—this is one who hears and understands the word, who does bear fruit and yields: some 100, some 60, some 30 times what was sown.”
Matthew 7:17-20Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
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17 [/SUP]In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, but a bad tree produces bad fruit. [SUP]
18 [/SUP]A good tree can’t produce bad fruit; neither can a bad tree produce good fruit. [SUP]
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Every tree that doesn’t produce good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
[SUP]20 [/SUP]So you’ll recognize them by their fruit.
Galatians 5:16-26Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
The Spirit versus the Flesh
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16 [/SUP]I say then,
walk by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh. [SUP]
17 [/SUP]For the flesh desires what is against the Spirit, and the Spirit desires what is against the flesh;
these are opposed to each other, so that you don’t do what you want. [SUP]
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But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
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19 [/SUP]Now the
works of the flesh are obvious:[SUP]
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[b][/SUP] sexual immorality, moral impurity, promiscuity, [SUP]
20 [/SUP]idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambitions, dissensions, factions, [SUP]
21 [/SUP]envy,[SUP]
[c][/SUP] drunkenness, carousing, and anything similar. I tell you about these things in advance—as I told you before—that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
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22 [/SUP]But the
fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,[SUP]
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[SUP]23 [/SUP]gentleness, self-control. Against such things there is no law. [SUP]
24 [/SUP]Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. [SUP]
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Since we live by the Spirit, we must also follow the Spirit. [SUP]26 [/SUP]We must not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.
[SUB][/SUB]Galatians 5:4-6Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
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You who are trying to be justified by the law are alienated from Christ; you have fallen from grace. [SUP]
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For through the Spirit, by faith, we eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness. [SUP]
6 [/SUP]For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision accomplishes anything;
what matters is faith working through love.
James 2:22Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
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22 [/SUP]You see that
faith was active together with his works, and by works, faith was perfected.
James 2:26Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
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26 [/SUP]For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also
faith without works is dead.
Matthew 22:14Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)[SUP]
14 [/SUP]“
For many are invited, but few are chosen.”
Jesus was speaking to the disciples privately.
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48 [/SUP]But if that wicked slave says in his heart, ‘My master is delayed,’ [SUP]
49 [/SUP]and starts to beat his fellow slaves, and eats and drinks with drunkards, [SUP]
50 [/SUP]that slave’s master will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not know. [SUP]
51 [/SUP]He will cut him to pieces[SUP]
[u][/SUP] and assign him a place with the hypocrites. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew 26:41Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)[SUP]
41 [/SUP]Stay awake and pray, so that you won’t enter into temptation.
The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
Matthew 12:32Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)[SUP]
32 [/SUP]Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him.
But whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the one to come.
