Man, it seems we have been on this merry go round a lot lately!
This is what you have to believe if you don't believe in eternal security or OSAS if you want to call it that.
1. A person accepts Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. Realizing that Jesus paid the price for their sin. (You now HAVE Salvation and are a new creation filled with the Holy Spirit)
2. You then either sin too much, and that nullifies Christ's Sacrifice and Grace, or you simply no longer believe that Jesus is Lord and Savior. You CANNOT lose what you didn't have, so you MUST believe the person was saved to begin with.
3. Some non-OSAS people take it a step further and say you can then repent of your sin again at which point you will be REFILLED with the Holy Spirit. BUT if you screw up again, the cycle repeats itself.
[h=1]Ephesians 2:8-9New King James Version (NKJV)[/h][FONT="]8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast.
4. Now if you believe this verse, and don't believe in eternal security, then the faith that GOD GAVE YOU, which was gift, IS THEN TAKEN AWAY FROM YOU!
So God gave you the faith to believe as a free gift, YOU NOW POSSESS THE FREE GIFT OF FAITH, You believe, you have the faith, NOW GOD TAKES THAT GIFT AWAY, and you no longer believe because you don't have the faith that He gave you to begin with?
This DOES NOT mean that our sin, and the enemy won't cause thoughts of doubt. That is why it is so vitally important that we do walk in the Spirit and NOT in the flesh. All sorts of bad things can and do happen to the Christian who sins. BUT ONE OF THEM IS NOT LOST SALVATION!
Let's put this baby to rest and build each other up in love and the joy of the Lord![/FONT]
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