How does one unseal what God has sealed with the Holy Spirit?
Paul said, “I die daily”.
He knew that the desires of the flesh are always there.
The little word ‘if’ is found throughout the epistles, and the epistles were written to souls that were already born again (saints, sanctified), or already knew how to, but hadn’t yet received the baptism of the Holy Ghost (the faithful).
How do you interpret the ‘ten virgins’ and the seeds sown by the ‘sower’?
What is your opinion of Paul’s words: “But I keep my body, and bring it under subjection: lest that by ANY MEANS, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.” 1Cor. 9:27
It is not a coincidence that the next chapter has Paul showing the example of unfaithfulness displayed by the Israelites.
And what is your opinion of Demas ‘loving this present world’? Paul KNEW that man; had worked along side of him for who knows how long.
God is faithful. He changes not.
Man has to deal with change for good, or for bad. The ‘old’ man was lost and serving sin; no hope. The ‘new’ man has to keep the ‘old’ man in the grave,....daily. God gives the power to overcome the world. One chooses to keep the power. That’s my take on Paul’s teachings.
Demas seems to have turned back. That didn’t work out well for Lot’s wife. Lot, his wife, and two daughters were all led by the hand to safety. She left Sodom and had escaped to Zoar, and was saved, but looked back, thinking she was leaving behind the life she preferred after all.
Yes, and how does one unregenerate what the Holy Spirit has regenerated?
Many who believe you can become lost ... after you have been saved ... really don't understand what it means to be lost.
If demonic spirits cannot be cast out ... except by His power through prayer and fasting ... how is it that the HS can be cast out of a persons life? Seems like this view demands that demons don't have to obey men ... but the HS has too?