A Case for Not Reading The Bible Literally

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Blade said:
If .. huge if here. If these were the only scriptures one might worry about salvation. These are not about salvation. Context.. I don't know why.. to know some believe that word means cut off others believe it means to left up. How odd they did in that time cut off branches yet also branches that were not bearing fruit, not getting enough light, would lift it up so it would get more light and bear more fruit. To leave this out, just because one doesn't want to believe it does not make what your personal belief is true. Yeah if I believed so easy to lose salvation the.. duh its cut off! Yet He was not talking about salvation. For whom the Father gives the son.. He never loses any. This is where the classic adding to God's word comes in. But that doesn't mean we can't walk away. I thought what Jesus said is what Jesus meant. So if he said he doesn't lose any, he doesn't lose any.

For me, those in Christ are the branches that bear fruit. Because we're in the vine, we can't bear fruit of ourselves, and those that don't bear fruit are not of Him. We're never of Him. There is no verse in the Bible that says you can lose your salvation. There's no verse in the Bible saying "once saved, always saved." Christians do it, say it, to cause fear, to promote what they personally believe, not that Jesus Christ came, died on the cross for the world's sin, was buried, rose the third day, is the only way to the Father. He loves you. He died for you. Today is the day of salvation. That's what matters.

In Romans 11, the natural branches were broken off because of their unbelief. Then if the natural branches do not persist in their unbelief, they can be grafted back into their own olive tree because God has the power to restore them. Opps
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Does a born again, saved Christian lose his free will once saved?
What if he/she decides that this life is harder than expected. I don't want to follow this path any more?
Will God force an eternal life on this person who does not want to be there?
 
Davidstarr said:
I think mankind's dominion was only over the things of this world (Gen 1:26 & 28).
That would not include ruling over angels. They are not of this world.
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“Do you not know that we shall judge angels? How much more, things that pertain to this life?”
 
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