what is your main problem?? Why do you keep saying I do not think this is possible. This is your false believe I think this. and not reality!
You and I are discussing can someone lose salvation. Not is it possible for a child of God to live a righteous life. so why would that even be part of the questioning? That is your addition to our conversation. Because you refuse to listen to what i say, you seem to think i have some vendetta against you.l so instead of listening to what i try to say, you put your defensive face on.. and in doing so, you continue to say I do not believe things I do. i believe things I do not. and whatever else comes out.
Not only is it possible for a christian to live according to those principles. THEY WILL.. what they will never be is perfect.
who do you think the babes Paul spoke to in 1 corinthians were? you know the people who still struggled with pride. with sexual sin. with many things. because they still had not learned to trust God (they were babes still learning) thus paul could not teach them advanced things of God because they had not got the basics down yet?? how many of those people died before they grew up and pauls words had a chance to sink in? are they in hell today because they were still babes in christ and still struggling with sin issues? or are they in heaven, because they trusted god to save them. and they had not yet LEARNED what it meant to trust God in all areas of our lives??
I can only say what i say because it seems, that you hate the very thought of holiness. Why..because you yourself said that you had a bad experience with those whom you deemed/called legalistic. So all others who actually believe they can be holy as God is holy, by and through only The Holy spirit, are legalistic? Is that a fair thing to say? Ok, in speaking of fairness.
-perhaps you do not play the grace card/are licentious. I do not know, up until recently it only came across this way. I do not know you personally..nor do you know me..i am just words on a screen to you.
-perhaps my emphasis on holiness is due to seeing the graveness of sin in my past life, in others lives and i am wanting to seek a better way.
-Where you and I disagree is the OSAS concept yes. Will God force you to stay in his ways if you choose to walk out on him? I have seen this happen, i have seen faithfull believers make the concious choice of walking away,knowing that which they do. We cannot have free will if God makes us and forces us to stay..then this is all by divine determinism. Which means we have no free will. OSAS is very much Calvin influenced..this is where you and I detract.
Romans 11, Hebrews 3, and 1 tim 4:1..amongst others..
this does not mean you are saved by works(that is just a relentless broken record reply honestly) But the believer who walks with God is secure! Do you walk with God? If you do, you are eternally secure! Can we agree on the believer who walks with God is secure? If you cannot agree with this, then this means sin is not a big deal anymore..thus easy believism is the answer. I do not say you are saying this, i am merely getting the point across sir EG.