Ok now that Christmas is over (hope you all had a wonderful day) - ding! - let the boxing begin!
1 Timothy 4:1 The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons.
Pretty clear here... unless the Holy Spirit lies. Some people in the faith will abandon it to follow after deceiving spirits and demons. Can't get more black and white than this. If the Holy Spirit says it's going to happen, then it's going to happen and you can't twist it into not happening.
2 Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron. 3They forbid people to marry and order them to abstain from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and who know the truth.
Again...one does not need to twist this to understand it. The teachings of the deceiving spirits and demons will come thru hypocritical liars, who forbid people from partaking of the good things God created for those who believe.
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IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. THE HOLY SPIRIT DOES NOT LIE!
The debate is in
how it will happen. No amount of sinful works is going to make it happen. You can't work your way in or out of heaven.
Let me say that again:
It is totally impossible to work your way into heaven - and it is just as much, totally impossible to work your way out of heaven.
The one, the ONLY, the solely unique way it is ever going to happen is by following lying demons and their mouthpieces who will lead you away from believing in God's truths. Remember -
belief and disbelief are not acts of works. They are the one, the only, the solely unique way to get yourself into salvation and apostasy.
Again, for the vast majority of us here it's a moot subject. Yet for the very few who may fall into this trap, they need to know the rule and the consequences. You can't tell people that they can tell God to kiss off and not be held accountable for it.
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OSAS is not an invitation to sin. It is an invitation to disbelieve.