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    Watchman22 replied to the thread Backsliding..
    I like that you mentioned the continually surrendered life. That being the foundation of saving faith. What about sanctification, in...
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    Watchman22 replied to the thread Backsliding..
    Grace through faith. Unmerited favor through a personal surrender to Him and a life inspired by such surrender. It's not hard to...
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    Watchman22 replied to the thread Backsliding..
    When a called out one truly has the spirit and the mind of Christ, it's harder to get out of that state of being, than it is to stay in...
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    Watchman22 replied to the thread Backsliding..
    Backsliding is when a called out one who has received the spirit and the mind of Christ through "the salvation process" has stopped...
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    Watchman22 replied to the thread Backsliding..
    So define backsliding. We've already had a different born again experience.
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    Watchman22 replied to the thread Backsliding..
    Would it be safe to say you understand that salvation happens in a moment of time? Hence can also be lost in a moment of time?
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    Watchman22 replied to the thread Backsliding..
    I don't think God gives up on us that easy.
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    Watchman22 replied to the thread Backsliding..
    Hardening of the heart comes from the deceitfulness of sin. The Hardening process goes forward, until at last, the condition of...
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    Watchman22 replied to the thread Backsliding..
    We tend to pray in the middle of the temptation, instead of praying before the temptation. We should expect the tempter and the...
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    Saints don't fall or backslide in one fell swoop. They fall a little at a time. There are sign posts along the way. 1) Neglect of...
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    Watchman22 replied to the thread The sinful nature..
    Sin is always the prostitution of right. Taking the truth, and using it in an untrue way. We don't have saving faith if the outward man...
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    Watchman22 replied to the thread The sinful nature..
    Sin is when we want God to approve what we want, not what He wants. Most peoples problem is they want God to approve their will. Im a...
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    Watchman22 replied to the thread The sinful nature..
    God didn't create lucifer evil, He created Him with the capacity to be evil. Just as He created man, and gave man the freedom that is...
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    We're not sinners because we sin, we sin because we are sinners. Paul says that our sin and corruption isn't because we have...
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    Watchman22 replied to the thread Basic Christianity.
    ABCs of faith, and act, based upon a belief, sustained by confidence. 1) The act, a personal surrender to Him and a life inspired by...