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Very well said. Thank you, brother.

572 posted on 07/14/2011 9:55:20 PM PDT by reaganaut (Ex-Mormon, now Christian - "I once was lost, but now am found; was blind but now I see")

Humbly yours, m’Lady.

573 posted on 07/14/2011 9:58:51 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Some, believing they can't be deceived, it's nigh impossible to convince them when they're deceived.)

The essence is, salvation is a relationship with The Grace of God in Christ. When one is born again, the human spirit is cleansed so that the Holy Spirit of God comes to be with your human spirit as the earnest of your inheritance. His indwelling presence guides and directs, gentely, ever so gentely, never pushing His Righteousness upon you, but offering it when you fail and repent and seek His forgiveness and renewal. And that’s the part Mormons don’t seem to get: He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins ... but if salvation only comes after all that we can do, why even bother an ongoing foregiveness for sin, yet that is precisely what God teaches us He does when we start a relationship with Him. And that again is something of the essence of once saved always saved (OSAS).

574 posted on 07/14/2011 10:04:08 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Some, believing they can't be deceived, it's nigh impossible to convince them when they're deceived.)

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