I highlighted and underlined 2 parts of what you said because it seems like you were lead away from the truth.
Because the first one Jesus Himself said the one's who do not produce fruit will be cut off and burned, and this has nothing to do with what Paul said in 1 Corinthians 3 on works being tested by fire.
Those are two separate situations as one is showing the difference between believers and unbelievers, and the other is speaking on faithfulness in believers.
The other one I underlined because I never said I alone have a pipe line to the Holy Spirit, as in He only speaks to me.
There are a number of believers in the faith who agree in the same way I do, as well as many biblical scholars from past and present. As well have I found in studies a few quotes from 2nd and 3rd century Apostles, scholars, and others that show the same thing I have taught by the Holy Spirit who has guided me to them.
Works of the law and works in the faith are two separate things, as works of the law are our own doing but works of the faith are His works of righteousness imputed in and through us to do.
Broaden your horizon instead of just listening to who they brought in front of you to listen to in that Seminary school, because it does not matter if they bring 5, 10, or even 20 people claiming to be biblical scholars to teach. If they all have been brought up in the same bad ways in teaching then they will continue to keep teaching those bad teachings to others.
Making the simplicity that's in Christ into a difficult understanding that only college level educated people can understand should send red flags up for any believer. Because there are places to where people don't have access to such things for learning, yet they still receive understanding of the truth by the Holy Spirit !!!
Once again, since you missed it the first time through.
The man made traditions I was taught were that I could lose my salvation. It was a fruitless and fearful time in my Christian walk.
GOD himself opened the Bible up to me, and confirmed to me, what he told me from the day he saved me - that he would never leave or forsake me. (Hebrews 13:5)
I didn't know anything about soteriology when I went to Seminary, except that what I was taught in the Arminian churches was wrong. All Seminary did was give me the vocabulary, to talk about it, and articulate what God had taught me.
And yes, I have read many more scholars than 10 or 20. I have also endured the incredibly bad exegesis in this forum.
I truly believe that besides stubborn pig headedness, which no one is going to change by referring to the Bible, that the biggest issue in soteriology is context.
People who rip Scriptures out of the passage, chapter, book, history, and use it to shore up their point of view. That is called eisegesis, or "reading into" from the Greek "eis." And yes I did learn that in Seminary. Maybe you could learn about it too?
But of course, you think that anyone with a Biblical education cannot understand the Bible as well as you. Or is this continual besmirching of my training, and others, simply a defensive reaction you have, because you know you cannot possibly understand what the Bible is saying, without Greek and Hebrew, and you cannot or will not learn those languages, or actually study theology, from all viewpoints, and you have to be defensive to cover your ignorance?
Not accusing, just trying to figure out why you find it necessary to bring up my education, when I gave you my testimony about how God showed me I cannot lose my salvation. (And seminary was the confirmation, not the source of what I believe!) The Holy Spirit and the Bible are why I believe that a believer called, saved and justified by God cannot lose their salvation.
As for those without Seminary training (college is lower or undergrad training, just so you know for the future!), OF COURSE. God teaches everyone his truths through his Word.
God taught me before I was in Seminary, that I cannot lose my salvation. That was the turning point in my Christian walk. That is when God was finally able to really start transforming me, because I was not constantly worrying about myself, but instead, following Christ. All seminary did was give me the words to use when discussing this. So please, no more with this red herring of yours.
PS. I know several people who still believe they can lose their salvation, including my husband. He has never grown, always living in abject fear that God is going to cast him out. I do not try and teach him, but after sitting under 3 pastors who have shown him the Scriptures in their sermons and their lives, he still is trapped in the lie of Arminianism. I pray for him daily, to have the peace and the security of knowing that God saves us, and he will not let us go!
I also pray for those who might read the posts here, that they would discern the truth of God's love and sovereignty, and know that Jesus saves for all eternity, from the moment he calls a person his own. It is not by our works, our fruits, or anything we do that we are saved. God saves! From start to finish!
