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To: TRY ONE
Repentance is incorporated in the process of "Believing" in that one must "repent" (turns away from) of his sins (past, present and future) in order to accept that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and that He died on the Cross for us.

Says who? You? And what of those verses that seperate repenting from belief? Repenting is DOING something. As is being baptized, confessing that Jesus is Lord, and changing one's evil ways.

But I also believe that once Saved always Saved.

You are more lost than I originally thought. Don't tell me..lemme guess. You also "speak in tongues"?

Not really, these cults work like a beaver every day trying to get to Heaven. They do not recognize Jesus Christ's Saving Grace. It's all good works for them and they never know where they stand!

And you don't consider your own twisted logic to be slightly cult-oriented? Such as rolling on the floor uttering gibberish, snake handling, faith healings (i.e. Benny Hinn), etc? You are indistinguishable from these groups in that you do not DO what Christ wants.

I know many Christians who have done that --- fallen off the Christian Wagon so to speak. I believe they are still Saved (if they were to begin with) but they are in serious trouble with God now and once they get to Heaven. They will not receive the Blessings/Rewards now or in eternity.

Right. And pigs fly.

So what are these "Blessings/Rewards"? Once saved always saved is a corrupt doctrine..and not scripturally based. Saul, for example, wasn't saved by an experience or even a personal encounter with God Himself. Neither was he saved at the point of extreme repentance or sincere prayer. Here is a man who truly believed that Jesus was the Lord, he didn't know this by faith-he knew it by sight! And yet, his sins were not forgiven until he met all the conditions for salvation, including baptism. It does seem that you have been heavily bombarded with denominationalism, which is evident in your lack of scriptural knowledge (and applicability).

117 posted on 08/10/2003 10:01:38 AM PDT by Windsong
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To: Windsong
“You are more lost than I originally thought. Don't tell me..lemme guess. You also "speak in tongues"?”

No, that’s not my gift. And I don’t have to sit around the house every night wondering if I did enough that day to get saved!

“And you don't consider your own twisted logic to be slightly cult-oriented? Such as rolling on the floor uttering gibberish, snake handling, faith healings (i.e. Benny Hinn), etc? You are indistinguishable from these groups in that you do not DO what Christ wants.”

Us Southern Baptists are not Benny Hinn and we are quite comfortable in knowing the real Gospel Message and what “Christ wants us to do”. Now most of us are NOT able to “do what Christ wants” all the time, but we don’t lose our Salvation when we screw up. We just repent and go on!

“Once saved always saved is a corrupt doctrine..and not scripturally based.”

OK, answer me this. Give me one example in Scripture where Jesus or His Disciples “Saved” someone more than once. If we lose our Salvation every day then we must have to get “Re-Saved” every day. Where is that done? Give me one example! There must be one example where Jesus said: "Simon, you screwed up today, come over here and get Re-Saved".................

118 posted on 08/10/2003 11:44:28 AM PDT by TRY ONE (")
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