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Forgive my jumping into a question not directed to me!
Careful reading of what is said about the Book of Life seems to indicate that everyone starts life in the book
and remains there until God is persuaded that they are beyond redemption.
Much is said about being blotted out; but nothing is said about being written in.
Careful reading of what is said about the Book of Life seems to indicate that everyone starts life in the book
and remains there until God is persuaded that they are beyond redemption.
Much is said about being blotted out; but nothing is said about being written in.
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As dcon said, the judgment found under the Law is negated by the grace of God through faith. You cannot compare fickle, spiritually adulterous Israel to the wandering saint who, under grace, occasionally allows the flesh to be resurrected.
God's illustration through Israel of continued love and blessing despite disobedience is a mere foreshadowing of the grace He now shows through the shed blood of Jesus Christ. When you grasp that, I firmly believe you will abandon the heretical teachings of works-based salvation that naturally leads to belief in the falsehood that one can lose his/her salvation.
God's illustration through Israel of continued love and blessing despite disobedience is a mere foreshadowing of the grace He now shows through the shed blood of Jesus Christ. When you grasp that, I firmly believe you will abandon the heretical teachings of works-based salvation that naturally leads to belief in the falsehood that one can lose his/her salvation.
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For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
[SUP]9[/SUP] Not of works, lest any man should boast.
This is really the only verses we need to expose the heresy of a works-based religion. of course there's going to be a lot of stuff in the bible that exhorts us and admonishes us and councils us on how to live and what we must do to serve the Lord after we're saved. But the only thing that saves us is belief in Jesus, accepting His blood sacrifice for us on the cross and believing that God raised Him from the dead. And if our works can't save us in the first place, then they also can't keep us saved. We're saved forever without works because of our Faith in Jesus. Once saved, always saved. Jesus keeps us saved.
[SUP]9[/SUP] Not of works, lest any man should boast.
This is really the only verses we need to expose the heresy of a works-based religion. of course there's going to be a lot of stuff in the bible that exhorts us and admonishes us and councils us on how to live and what we must do to serve the Lord after we're saved. But the only thing that saves us is belief in Jesus, accepting His blood sacrifice for us on the cross and believing that God raised Him from the dead. And if our works can't save us in the first place, then they also can't keep us saved. We're saved forever without works because of our Faith in Jesus. Once saved, always saved. Jesus keeps us saved.