I never said nor do I believe that disobedience does not matter. That statement from you is exactly what you condem others of doing when they confront your false teaching
Disobedience leads to broken fellowship with God. It leads to lost blessings. It leads to conviction and chastisement.
BUT it does not lead to God casting you out. ( Taking back His FREE GIFT of salvation/Eternal life)
Here is where you and I disagree.
I place my hope for eternal life solely in the hands of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and His promise to me.
You believe that Jesus is not strong enough, that you must do something (WORKS) or He will renig on that promise, take back His GIFT and cast you out.
I know that I have eternal life because of my faith in what my Lord and Savior promised.
I work very hard at being obedient to His every command because I love Him and want to please Him not because I believe He will cast me out if I fail. When I fail I ask forgiveness and continue on.
Ken you have a good understanding of many Bible truths. Many thing you post I agree with.
I hope you come to the truth about salvation and works before you stand before before God.
Look I am sorry if I sound harsh but I know exactly what the Holy Spirit said to me about being in the lost state I was in.
He did not ever say I would still be saved and receive eternal life if I remained in that stance !!!
The reason why the Lord chastises us is so that we don't get caught up in sin again and be condemned with the rest of the world. Sin is a very dangerous issue that now day doctrines try to down play !!!
The other thing you are taught to do is play the
"misplaced blame game" !!!
Every time this subject gets brought up I here the same tactic's used, and that is its Jesus or God's fault:
Jesus isn't strong enough.................
Jesus failed....................
Jesus took back His free gift.............
These are all straw-man arguments that take the focus off of self and places the blame on the Lord, and that is very wrong to do my brother !!!
We need to stop blaming others for the wrongs we have done, that is what those who are weak do !!!
The abusive husband blames the wife for him abusing her..........
The pedophile blames the kids or his past on why he abused the kids.........
The thief blames the system for why they stole..............
The weak believer who does not believe in falling away or departing from the faith blames the Lord our God............
This is sickening and sad, why can't you just admit and acknowledge yourself is to blame for where you ended up ???
The bible speaks of there being a number of people that will be gnashing and wailing at judgment because they thought they were saved but found out they weren't.
You know why it says they weren't saved and did not receive eternal life ???
It does not say because they didn't believe in Jesus, it says because they continued to live deliberate sinful lives or did not help out others in need !!!
Believing in Jesus is more then just believing He existed, came in the flesh, died on the cross for our sins, and rose on the third day. The Word of God shows there is much more to believing in Him then that !!!
Luke 6:46-49 Jesus shows two groups, true believers and false believers, and He shows here what separates the two is that the true believers
"DO" what He said and the false one's do not !!!