I ask your prayerful consideration of this...those of whom God has seen their hearts and knows if genuine faith in Jesus Christ exists, that they HAVE chosen God's way and are born again into His family, joint heirs with Christ and sealed by the Holy Spirit until the day of redemption, WILL be saved. It is God's sacred promise as He states repeatedly in His word. Do you think that it could be possible for such a person to completely reject his faith in Christ and refuse eternal life - that he willingly chooses the torment of hell for eternity? I'm not talking about cases of depression, mental illness, being deceived by a false teacher or other kinds of reasons why a Christian might seem to be no longer a Christian. I think this is a temporary thing if it does happen and the person through the hand of God is delivered from such oppression of Satan. But he is never cast out, or lost or forsaken. Such a person, were he in his right mind, could NOT nor would NOT cast away the gift of eternal life in heaven. And what kind of loving Heavenly Father would condemn to hell a child of His who dies while in that state of oppression?
I wish people could comprehend even a smidgeon of the unlimited love and mercy of God. If we who are His could be cast out, lost, plucked from His hands because of our OWN sins, then we are NOT saved by His grace. If we must endure, persevere, stay in a "state of grace", do things to maintain our salvation, then it is that which saves us and not the unmerited grace of God. We cannot save ourselves. We are powerless to work FOR our salvation. Jesus' sacrifice did far more than just open the door to heaven - He carries us through on His shoulders. We have nothing to boast about once there but will rejoice for eternity for God's unspeakable gift! Even eternity won't be long enough.
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