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>> “So you are claiming that it was only the Ephesians who received the guarantee of the Holy Spirit and anyone else who receives the indwelling of the Holy Spirit it’s not as a guarantee?” <<
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That is total straw, and cannot be conglomerated from what I posted.
There are no guarantees.
We all must endure to the end. All of the apostles are in full agreement with Yeshua on this.
Paul was merely expressing his confidence in the Ephesian congregation, that they would endure, based on his knowledge of them.
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“There are no guarantees.” In this you do err, for a Promise from God is already a reality when He makes the Promise. There is no greater guarantee than a Promise from God. Salvation upon faithing in God’s Promise IS a guarantee which goes into effect the instant we attach to that Promise. The thief on the Cross is the prime example, a man who trust in God and asked that Jesus remember him when He came into His kingdom. The man died that day a saved man, as attested by the Savior Himself back to the man.