The whole discussion ensued when someone asked for another's opinion of Joyce Meyer. Opinion. Meyer's ministry is a ministry for women. She teaches women practicality to apply in their everyday lives. All of a sudden this woman teacher is out of God's will. Has God specifically told others that she is out of His will? I mean, here is a woman who has a mistry for women. She is not a pastor of a church. She is not in leadership over a male congregation. Yet, she is out of God's will because she ministers to women. I would venture a guess that those who have cast Meryer in this light have never heard her messages. I mean really heard her ( follwed along with Bible in hand ). Comments were then posted revealing others who had taken parts of her books, teachings, tapes or what have you and torn them apart citing her as a false teacher. Well anyone can do that to someone to prove their point. One could take Jesus' statements out of context and present Him as a false teacher.
If the subject of eternal security continues to be discussed I will probably continue to look at this thread, because this has been an in-house debate for centuries. To throw in my two cents... when Jesus says we have eternal life I take eternal literally, not until you sin yourself out of the Kingdom, and I also do not see how one can be "un-born" again. Now there are definetly some difficult verses (Hebrews 6, and some passages in Revelation about blotting ones name out of the book of life) which is why the debate has been ongoing. cheers