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).
The essence is, salvation is a relationship with The Grace of God in Christ....but if salvation only comes after all that we can do, why even bother an ongoing forgiveness 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).
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Worth a repost.
Sadly, as we have seen here, the LDS seem to think (and I did as well when I was LDS) that OSAS means that Christians think they can sin all they want and still be saved. It doesn’t mean that at all.
It is hard when I see anyone abandon their relationship with the Grace of God and moreso when they trade in grace for salvation by works.