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Flat earth is spreading like wildfire via social and other media. I don't think anything will stop it. I have suggested to some that they all get on a ship and take a tour inside the Antarctic Circle: when they see the sun make a circle completely around the horizon, that is clear proof for...

Good point: If OSAS is true then once a person is saved God makes them into a robot that can no longer choose. Of course, I do not believe that. God is a loving Saviour who never forces mankind to follow Him, but He woos and loves them, and holds them, and disciplines them, all in order to...

So you believe that all people on Earth have the free will to choose or reject Jesus except for those who are already saved? They have lost free will and no longer have free choice?

I am happy for you that you have found security in Christ Jesus. That is critical for powerful living over the control of sin. For myself, my security is simply because today I know that I am believing in Christ Jesus. He is all I need and all I want! He is everything to me. I am secure...

You articulate your question well: I wish I had time to give a longer version of why I view love (agape) this way, but here is the short answer: My view of love (agape) is based directly on Scriptures like this one: (I John 4:7) Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and...

I guess it depends how one defines "good works". I would say that good works can only be produced by a believer. And definitely an unbeliever cannot produce works out of love (agape). Only Jesus is love and any other motivation than coming from Christ is not coming from agape (love). All and...

Most likely your figures are very, very low. I would estimate the numbers to close to twice the amount: maybe more like 260,000,000 by now.

To a certain extent, I think you are right. But the Catholic system keeps most lay people very distant from God and their "access" is virtually only through the priest. And then the priest to pope system in the Catholic Church is very corrupt and very unbiblical. What happens in the end is...

Well-written and nice spirit, Kaylagirl . . .

What if the cyclist has a brain injury and can't then remember how to ride the bike? Can he still ride the bike?

Here is a clear example of putting one's doctrinal preconceptions into use when interpreting Scripture. If you look carefully at my post 1203 I suggest that Judas likely never was "saved" to begin with: but not believing in OSAS I do not need to impose my doctrine onto a rigid interpretation...

And yet Jesus did "lose" one of the twelve: He himself says so in John 17: 10 All mine are yours, and yours are mine, and I am glorified in them. 11 And I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me...

Our view of God is so important to a correct understanding of forgiveness. For the unbeliever one sin condemns them to eternal hell fire. God deeply loves the unbelieving sinner, but his justice demands payment for sin, and when there is no redeemer/saviour, then it takes only one sin and the...

“Give wings to Moab, for she would fly away; her cities shall become a desolation, with no inhabitant in them. Jeremiah 48:9 ESV

For me, here is clearly and precisely what I believe: The person who is believing in Jesus Christ has eternal life. The person who is not believing in Jesus Christ does not have eternal life. I am believing in Jesus Christ today: I need Him: without Him I have no hope! I will cling to Him...

The person who "maintains their own salvation" will go to hell. It is impossible to get to heaven on your own effort or works.

No, Magenta, I am not saying that at all. The work of God in a person's life is not dependent on their theological beliefs as such. The work of God comes when a person has faith in Jesus Christ. Belief in OSAS or non-OSAS is not the basis of salvation. But what I find incomprehensible is when...

Job 1:6 ; Job 2; 1 ; Job 38:7 sons of God here = angels

Oh, I see . . . . You are right that God's Word is spiritually discerned and spiritual interpretation is not done by democracy! Hmmmm! And then I notice your spiritual status states "not a Christian" -- but I guess you are claiming God's Spirit is telling you the correct interpretation here...

No, I don't believe in OSAS - and thus I do not believe that I stay saved by my works - that is what I understand and hear from OSAS people. I believe that I was initially saved by my faith in Jesus Christ, and it is still my faith in Jesus Christ that causes me to be saved today. Do I work...