[aMorePerfectUnion]

See how it works? It's all sewn up by a tautology: a saved Christian cannot lose his salvation because if he does, he was not a saved Christian.

A saved Christian can never lose his salvation. Ever.

It's perfectly useless as an argument.

I guess it would be, except it is not my argument.

It's dangerous as well, because Christ warned us of the peril of unrepentance.

"This is far different from the determined enmity that is blasphemy against the Holy Ghost, which shall never be forgiven, because it will never be repented of."

The only way you can blaspheme the Holy Spirit today is to refuse salvation in Christ.

Because only those who persevere to the end, will be saved.

Again, not written about the saved.

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[Mrs. Don-o]

"The only way you can blaspheme the Holy Spirit today is to refuse salvation in Christ."

Thank you. True. That's exactly what I'm talking about. "Because only those who persevere to the end, will be saved....Again, not written about the saved."

That makes no sense. How can they "persevere to the end" if they are "not" saved? Persevere in what? Their error? Their sin? Their perdition?

It is written, precisely, to the saved; otherwise they would not be told to persevere, that is, to carry on, to maintain their fidelity to Christ.

[Mrs. Don-o]

You write: "The only way you can blaspheme the Holy Spirit today is to refuse salvation in Christ."

Right. Exactly.

So, what is the eternal destination of a man who once truly believed in and trusted Christ, who thought, spoke, and lived as a Christian, and then later, in the end, fell into serious sin, apostasized and refused salvation in Christ?