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Sorry, I know your all thinking not another OSAS debate but I am genuinely seeking some scriptural based answers on a few points playing on my mind. The OSAS theory has been playing on my heart for some time now & I've tried researching as much as I can but are never 100% convinced either way. In the past I've been against OSAS but the more I study the topic the more I'm been shown that once saved really is always saved.
So can some one who is for OSAS please respond to my following points.
1-The book of life. There are many verses in the bible Refering to being blotted out of the book of life. Here's a few;
Psalm 69:28 (KJV) May they be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.
Revelation 3:5. (KJV) He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
So I think if their name can be blotted out of the book of life then this means they can lose their salvation, right?
2- The parable of the 10 virgins in Mathew 25:1-13
25*“At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 2*Five of them were foolish and five were wise. 3*The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them. 4*The wise ones, however, took oil in jars along with their lamps. 5*The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they all became drowsy and fell asleep.
6*“At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here’s the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’
7*“Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps. 8*The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’
9*“‘No,’ they replied, ‘there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’
10*“But while they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom arrived. The virgins who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet. And the door was shut.
11*“Later the others also came. ‘Lord, Lord,’ they said, ‘open the door for us!’
12*“But he replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I don’t know you.’
13*“Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.
This tells me, if we aren't walking in the spirit then we can lose our salvation. I believe this parable is talking about the rapture but if those that weren't ready had died in the mean time does that not mean they would have lot their salvation?
3-Why would Satan bother to tempt Christians if he knew that they could never be his?
Sorry, just a bit confused. Looking forwards to some responses.
So can some one who is for OSAS please respond to my following points.
1-The book of life. There are many verses in the bible Refering to being blotted out of the book of life. Here's a few;
Psalm 69:28 (KJV) May they be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.
Revelation 3:5. (KJV) He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
So I think if their name can be blotted out of the book of life then this means they can lose their salvation, right?
2- The parable of the 10 virgins in Mathew 25:1-13
25*“At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 2*Five of them were foolish and five were wise. 3*The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them. 4*The wise ones, however, took oil in jars along with their lamps. 5*The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they all became drowsy and fell asleep.
6*“At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here’s the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’
7*“Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps. 8*The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’
9*“‘No,’ they replied, ‘there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’
10*“But while they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom arrived. The virgins who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet. And the door was shut.
11*“Later the others also came. ‘Lord, Lord,’ they said, ‘open the door for us!’
12*“But he replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I don’t know you.’
13*“Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.
This tells me, if we aren't walking in the spirit then we can lose our salvation. I believe this parable is talking about the rapture but if those that weren't ready had died in the mean time does that not mean they would have lot their salvation?
3-Why would Satan bother to tempt Christians if he knew that they could never be his?
Sorry, just a bit confused. Looking forwards to some responses.