Oh yeah, we have eternal life, right now
So could you embark on a career of mass murder, proudly insist you did the right thing up until the end, then die and go straight to heaven?
(If you think I'm being flip, I'm not.)
"... lest by any means, after that I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected." -- 1 Cor 9:27
Iscool condemns Paul's position. Who'm I gonna trust?
Nope...I don't disagree with Paul...
1Co 9:27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
Verse is pretty simple...Paul preaches to others...Others who have their eye on him...
Paul watches what he does especially in public so he doesn't lose any credibility with those he's teaching...
Castaway doesn not mean loss of salvation...It's losing 'face' and being rejected as a preacher by those he's preaching to, thus, bringing the words of God to no effect...Nothing at all to do with losing salvation...