No double talk. A person who is born again IN FACT, CANNOT fall away permanently. Aside from ourselves, none of us can know who is born again in fact. I have been perfectly consistent with this. The "certitude of salvation" is exclusive to the individual.
And how exactly are you able to ascertain JESUS' knowledge of whether He knew YOU? Those Christians in Mat 7 THOUGHT they knew Jesus, as well. But JESUS never knew THEM. In other words, they deceived THEMSELVES. Thus, how does a 'Christian' know he is not deceiving himself?
I recognize Christ's voice in the scriptures and I follow it.
Double talk. You quote me Mat 7. Doesn't it say that JESUS said He never knew the Christian? The Christian THOUGHT he knew Christ but was wrong. So what makes you any less deceived than these charecters?
The "certitude of salvation" is exclusive to the individual.
The certitude of salvation is exclusive to the community! Only those WITHIN it will be saved. The trick is whether you are in or not!
I recognize Christ's voice in the scriptures and I follow it.
That's what the people of Matthew 7 thought. However, God is the one who determines whether HE "knew" YOU.
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A person who is born again IN FACT, CANNOT fall away permanently. Aside from ourselves, none of us can know who is born again in fact. I have been perfectly consistent with this. The “certitude of salvation” is exclusive to the individual.
How do you know that a born again / elect / believer / whatever cannot fall away permanently?
The “certitude of salvation” is a creation of the Gnostics which predated Christ, by the way.