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posthuman

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how thankful i am that being angry with our brothers and failing to act in love doesn't cause us to lose our salvation!

:D

the mercies of our Lord are very great!
 
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thepsalmist

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Indeed! Blessed we are, Posthuman!

But should our salvation be our only concern?

After the gift of grace we have received ...

Should we not be thankful in tangible ways - by loving God and loving neighbor and brethren?

I don't think God is smiling as He reads this thread ...


 

PennEd

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Our salvation is dependent upon our abiding in Christ where there is perfect safety.
Oooh. Concerned about you friend. Our Salvation is dependent on Christ ALONE. NOT us trying to stay in His Hands. This verse makes that abundantly clear.
[h=1]John 10:28-30New International Version (NIV)[/h]28 I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand.29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all[a]; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand. 30 I and the Father are one.”

YOU are a man. So EVEN you can't snatch yourself out of His Hand. He promises not to lose any that are in His Hands.

Please pray on this. Peace, Grace and Love to you
 
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kaylagrl

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Ephesians 1:11New International Version (NIV)

11 In him we were also chosen,[a] having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purposeof his will,

Luke 9 -"No one, after putting his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God."


 
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thepsalmist

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MATT 5
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But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. "
 
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thepsalmist

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MATT 12

"31"Therefore I say to you, any sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven men, but blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven. 32"And whoever shall speak a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him; but whoever shall speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, either in this age, or in the age to come,"
 
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yep he was not condemning anybody. :rolleyes:
Alright. I didn't see it at first, but now I see it. I concede.
I'm still not sure who Nikki was attempting to "call-out"...but he's definitely had ample time to clarify and answer questions posed by others. He's displayed his unwillingness to attempt to understand or discuss on reasonable terms.

Most troubling post:

I already answered nutjob! You are to busy waging war with me
For, Nikki84, at this point had still not sufficiently answered.

Maybe Nikki thought he/she answered previously:

I won't add a thing! It is you who are taking away
Nikki seems to think that someone is attempting to 'take-away' from the Gospel of Christ.

Nikki clarified later:

The problem as I see it, the grace only crowd would call righteous conduct a "works based salvation".
Nikki's problem is that he/she has not defined this "grace only crowd"--it looks an awful lot like he/she's accusing folks in this thread or here at CC.

So I understand your frustration with Nikki and am beginning to understand your frustration with HeRose.
 

phil36

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Luke 9 -"No one, after putting his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God."


I love that scriture.. Its a great exhortation and reminder of the tares. of course the problem you have is that if you can walk away after being born again, then God has no real plan neither of the future or for you in it. as he can never be certain that you will you will want to be part of his plan or not. Eph 1:11.

Only those truly born of the Spirit can enter the Kingdom:

Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born qof water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.6 rThat which is born of the flesh is sflesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.3 7 tDo not marvel that I said to you, ‘You4 must be bornuagain.’ 8 vThe wind5 blows wwhere it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”
 
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PeacefulWarrior

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I am sorry for any of the problems I have caused. I am sorry i disrupted the room. Please forgive me. I'm a child trying to learn
You and me both. Props to you for showing humility.
 

posthuman

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I am sorry for any of the problems I have caused. I am sorry i disrupted the room. Please forgive me. I'm a child trying to learn

don't fret :)

they would have argued with or without you - in any thread that's anyhow related to this topic - i'd rather you were here than not!

people are passionate about this topic, because they are passionate about the gospel. but we're all children here - and passionate children shout. later, i hope, we reflect on it, and learn, and next time, maybe we don't shout as much?

not your fault, bro. the enemy wants to tear us all apart from each other - but look what the Spirit put in your heart instead!
meekness and repentance and gaining wisdom is winning


 
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PeacefulWarrior

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you still did not read what I posted.

I posted Nikki posts in the room, HE STARTED OUT INSTIGATING.


You want to yell at someone, for instigating, thats fine,

but you better be equal.
This seems to be the tipping point -- the point in which the conversation took a turn which took over 24 hours to recover:

Sounds like you've been drinking the HeRose Koolaide.
This is the sort of comment that is appalling to me. It's not helpful to most people. It's more likely that the comment will cause trouble and division rather than agreement and unity. It is possible to instruct without being cryptic, sarcastic, and condescending.
 
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kaylagrl

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I love that scriture.. Its a great exhortation and reminder of the tares. of course the problem you have is that if you can walk away after being born again, then God has no real plan neither of the future or for you in it. as he can never be certain that you will you will want to be part of his plan or not. Eph 1:11.

Only those truly born of the Spirit can enter the Kingdom:

Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born qof water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.6 rThat which is born of the flesh is sflesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.37 tDo not marvel that I said to you, ‘You4 must be bornuagain.’8 vThe wind5 blows wwhere it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”


"Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven." Matthew 7:21.

We choose to serve the Lord,we are always free to walk away.Nothing will take you from God but you can always walk away.
 

phil36

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"Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven." Matthew 7:21.

We choose to serve the Lord,we are always free to walk away.Nothing will take you from God but you can always walk away.
Matthew 7:21 is not refering to those who are Born Again.

John 6:39New International Version (NIV)

39 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last day.


How can Jesus be speaking truth here if what you say is true... if you are right then Jesus could lose almost all the Father has given him.
 
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The "old man" died on the cross with Jesus..this is why people don't understand the difference between spirit which is the inner man of the heart......there is still the flesh left which has the power of sin in it. These are the scriptures...

If we don't "know" that the old man is dead...we will never understand the new creation in Christ..created in righteousness and holiness....then the natural mind cannot understand this spiritual principal....This is the problem with some.

Romans 6:5-8 (NASB)
[SUP]5 [/SUP] For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall also be in the likeness of His resurrection,
[SUP]6[/SUP] knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin;
[SUP]7 [/SUP] for he who has died is freed from sin.
[SUP]8 [/SUP] Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him,


Galatians 2:20 (KJV)
[SUP]20 [/SUP] I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

am crucified with Christ = perfect passive = a done deal ...an action done in the past with a result being continuously in the present


Now...for the flesh...read Romans 7:14-22.....

Romans 7:17-23 (NASB)
[SUP]17 [/SUP] So now, no longer am I the one doing it, but sin which dwells in me.
[SUP]18 [/SUP] For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh; for the willing is present in me, but the doing of the good is not.
[SUP]19 [/SUP] For the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want.
[SUP]20 [/SUP] But if I am doing the very thing I do not want, I am no longer the one doing it, but sin which dwells in me.

[SUP]21 [/SUP] I find then the principle that evil is present in me, the one who wants to do good.
[SUP]22 [/SUP] For I joyfully concur with the law of God in the inner man,
[SUP]23 [/SUP] but I see a different law in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin which is in my members.


Now we walk according to the Spirit so we will not fulfill the flesh's desire.

Romans 6:12 (NASB)
[SUP]12 [/SUP] Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its lusts,



It seems the question of interest is centered around the nature of Man:
Is man both spirit and flesh?
Is man both old and new?
 
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kaylagrl

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Matthew 7:21 is not refering to those who are Born Again.

John 6:39New International Version (NIV)

39 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last day.



The Bible says that he that endures to the end shall be saved. Again we can still walk away from Gods grace. Consider Matt.13 the parable if the sower...

20 The seed falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. 21 But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.

He fell away when persecution came. You have to first be saved to fall away.

 
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The word "fall away"..means to be "offended"....the people are offended because of the trouble that came with the word as satan comes immediately to try to steal it....this is the ways of the word of the kingdom and how it operates......it does not mean they are going to hell...that is not in that scripture...it's something that teachers made up to "legitimize" their belief that one can lose salvation

here is the greek word...[FONT="Gentium" !important][I]skandalon[/I][/FONT][/SIZE] ([URL="http://www.crossbooks.com/book.asp?pub=0&book=68&sec=00071047#offense"]OFFENSE[/URL], No. 1), signifies "to put a snare or stumblingblock in the way,"

Vine's Expository Dictionary of Old Testament and New Testament Words.


Matthew 7:21 is not refering to those who are Born Again.

John 6:39New International Version (NIV)

39 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last day.



The Bible says that he that endures to the end shall be saved. Again we can still walk away from Gods grace. Consider Matt.13 the parable if the sower...

20 The seed falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.21 But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.

He fell away when persecution came. You have to first be saved to fall away.

 

Blain

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I don't think BDF is for you, either.
You didn't answer my question, how many hearts were changed in your engaging? Also I think I fit in just fine in bdf I know how to hold my ground
 
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kaylagrl

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The word "fall away"..means to be "offended"....the people are offended because of the trouble that came with the word as satan comes immediately to try to steal it....this is the ways of the word of the kingdom and how it operates......it does not mean they are going to hell...that is not in that scripture...it's something that teachers made up to "legitimize" their belief that one can lose salvation

here is the greek word...[FONT="Gentium" !important][I]skandalon[/I][/FONT][/SIZE] ([URL="http://www.crossbooks.com/book.asp?pub=0&book=68&sec=00071047#offense"]OFFENSE[/URL], No. 1), signifies "to put a snare or stumblingblock in the way,"

Vine's Expository Dictionary of Old Testament and New Testament Words.



So in Hebrews it says...

For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come, and then have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance, since they are crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding him up to contempt.

This means those who have been offended? Or am I not understanding you?