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To: grey_whiskers
I pointed out that your writing gave that impression.

Your writing showed that you presumed, twice without asking, to be able to winkle out the motivation behind my remarks. That is "reading another's mind." In both cases you were wrong, as well as yet a third time in your denial of practicing parapsychology.

So, do you believe in "once saved, always saved"?

What I believe in is that The Written Word of God tells exactly how a human may, by a one-time irreversible personal decision, accept His offer to change one's ownership from that of Satan to that of His Only Begotten Son, and thus escape one's initial status and its consequences.

The true gospel is very simple, clear, and it is this:

Jesus saves the willing sinner.

This change of ownership will not be granted to anyone who believes that the transaction includes an option for either party to reverse it, because in that case one's commitment is not complete, because it assumes that Jesus' commitment to save and protect His property is not complete. This is a false gospel.

So, yes, I believe that God's saving and His eternal preservation of a penitent is of a one-time personal choice by a sinner of ownership change, and is irrevocable.

I also believe that a person who is led to believe in a clever false gospel that says salvation can be lost, that really Jesus does not have the power to maintain His ownership forever, that person does not possess eternal life.

If you believe that you can cause the loss of your salvation, then not only do you not possess it, but also you are not the host of the Indwelling Holy Ghost Who infallibly leads one through the process of progressive sanctification, and perfects a soul's holiness upon separation from the old dead corrupted body.

That is, one who believes you can lose your salvation already has.

1,045 posted on 08/02/2019 2:17:49 PM PDT by imardmd1 (Fiat Lux)
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To: imardmd1
Ever read Romans 14? "It is before his own Master that he stands or falls. And he will stand, for God is able to make him stand."
1,047 posted on 08/02/2019 3:15:18 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: imardmd1
That is, one who believes you can lose your salvation already has.

I guess I'm in that boat; slowly sinking into Hell.

How do I get my Salvation back?

1,076 posted on 08/03/2019 5:08:55 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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