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God does not take away the imperishable seed, His gifts are irrevocable, He justifies the believer...
And the believer can end up in such a high minded state of fearlessness as to not continue in his goodness and be cut off with the unbelievers (Romans 11:20-22).

Amos 9:10
[10] All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.

Continue in your OSAS dreamworld if you wish. But soon you will be woken up to reality when you face the Lord.
 

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And the believer can end up in such a high minded state of fearlessness as to not continue in his goodness and be cut off with the unbelievers (Romans 11:20-22).

Amos 9:10
[10] All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.

Continue in your OSAS dreamworld if you wish. But soon you will be woken up to reality when you face the Lord.

and you will be woken to the fact that you are not sinless, and you sin just like everyone else.
 
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And the believer can end up in such a high minded state of fearlessness as to not continue in his goodness and be cut off with the unbelievers (Romans 11:20-22).

Amos 9:10
[10] All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.

Continue in your OSAS dreamworld if you wish. But soon you will be woken up to reality when you face the Lord.
Kind of clever to extract certain verses from both Testaments to prove a point. In reverse order...

Here is more of what Amos wrote... "
“Surely the eyes of the Sovereign Lord
are on the sinful kingdom.
I will destroy it
from the face of the earth.
Yet I will not totally destroy
the descendants of Jacob
,”
declares the Lord.
“For I will give the command,
and I will shake the people of Israel
among all the nations
as grain is shaken in a sieve,
and not a pebble will reach the ground.
All the sinners [not everyone!] among my people
will die by the sword,
all those [and only those] who say,
‘Disaster will not overtake or meet us.’


Romans 11:23-26... "And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. After all, if you were cut out of an olive tree that is wild by nature, and contrary to nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much more readily will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree!

I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in, and in this way all Israel will be saved."

It's not acceptable to take verses out of context to try to prove exactly the opposite of what Scripture actually says.
 

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So glad you think you are so perfect and able to earn your own way to heaven where the glory is removed from Christ and put on your shoulders
nope i not perfect. that why i prefer your way, i can be not perfect keep sinning and still make it ... excelleant idea...
 
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and you will be woken to the fact that you are not sinless, and you sin just like everyone else.
Nonsense.

Continue sinning and you will face the music one day friend.

Repent! And hear what the scriptures say!
 
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It's not acceptable to take verses out of context to try to prove exactly the opposite of what Scripture actually says.
Move on a be sure to use your OSAS cane to guide you in your blindness.

The scriptures are no longer a light unto your path when you ignore them with the guise of “context”.
 
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no, i don't know that they are completely wrong... but it is rather confusing to read at times. people seem to be treating Dorothy in ways that do not sound good and yet also accusing her of the same. :unsure::confused:
Thank you for noticing.Appreciate it!
 
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And the believer can end up in such a high minded state of fearlessness as to not continue in his goodness and be cut off with the unbelievers (Romans 11:20-22).

Amos 9:10
[10] All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.

Continue in your OSAS dreamworld if you wish. But soon you will be woken up to reality when you face the Lord.
How about you go back and read all of Romans 11 and then deal with the verses in context.... maybe while you are at it take note that Paul is speaking about the Jews and the Gentiles (groups of people) and the Good Olive tree which is Christianity.

I stand amazed and shocked how you devalue the work of Christ Jesus, by calling it a "dreamworld" and have no compunction about it.
 
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There is only one Gospel... it is the gift of eternal life, never to be forsaken, revoked, taken back or defeated.

.......by grace through faith apart from works anything less makes God incompetent
God didn’t think He is incompetent because of anything any man chose to do.
 
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EleventhHour

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nope i not perfect. that why i prefer your way, i can be not perfect keep sinning and still make it ... excelleant idea...
Well you have a choice grace or law?

Under grace (secure salvation) sin will have no dominion over you, under the law you are fighting a losing battle.
 
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I stand amazed and shocked how you devalue the work of Christ Jesus
I stand amazed at anyone who can believe such a doctrine of OSAS. That is what devalues; not only Jesus, but the whole of scripture!

Micah 6:12-13
[12] ...and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth. [13] Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making thee desolate because of thy sins.

Hear what the LORD says!
 
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EleventhHour

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I stand amazed at anyone who can believe such a doctrine of OSAS. That is what devalues; not only Jesus, but the whole of scripture!

Micah 6:12-13
[12] ...and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth. [13] Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making thee desolate because of thy sins.

Hear what the LORD says!

Jesus took on all our sin and paid the debt in full... because we have believed this truth
we able to talk by the Spirit and live Under Grace!


He forgave us all our trespasses, 14having canceled the debt ascribed to us in the decrees that stood against us. He took it away, nailing it to the cross! 15And having disarmed the powers and authorities, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.…
Colossians 2:4
 
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eternally-gratefull

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nope i not perfect. that why i prefer your way, i can be not perfect keep sinning and still make it ... excelleant idea...
You do not know my way or you would not say what you just said

Ps. No one “makes it”. To even think we could “make it” is an insult to Gods grace
 
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I stand amazed at anyone who can believe such a doctrine of OSAS. That is what devalues; not only Jesus, but the whole of scripture!

Micah 6:12-13
[12] ...and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth. [13] Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making thee desolate because of thy sins.

Hear what the LORD says!

Do you have the in dwelling of the Holy Spirit?

Has he taken up residence in your heart?

Why did Jesus take all of mankind’s sin?

What was the purpose of him doing that?
 
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Some of God’s choices of men, those He selected, did not turn out well. Still He didn’t blame Himself because those men made their free will choices against His will, which He did not prevent, and it turned out badly. Do you want examples? God doesn’t blame Himself for our choices.