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To: SeekAndFind
The Bible, being the word of God, cannot contradict itself. The Lord is just and righteous so He can’t say something in one place and something different in another.

He knows the end from the beginning so He can’t change His mind or take back something He’s given. Everything He says has to agree with everything else He says.

For example, if the Bible says it’s God who makes us stand firm in Christ, that He anointed us, set His seal of ownership on us and put His Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee of what’s to come (2 Cor. 1:21-22), then it can’t say that we can walk away from our salvation or have it taken away from us someplace else.

77 posted on 04/12/2021 10:48:22 AM PDT by MAAG (Thank Him for His patience, it’s a measure of His love.)
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To: MAAG
For example, if the Bible says it’s God who makes us stand firm in Christ, that He anointed us, set His seal of ownership on us and put His Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee of what’s to come (2 Cor. 1:21-22), then it can’t say that we can walk away from our salvation or have it taken away from us someplace else.

Agreed. God has placed His seal on us, and put His Spirit in our hearts as a pledge of what is to come. Because God has set His seal upon us by the indwelling Holy Spirit, we have a new birth into His family.

It's only human to have times of weak faith or doubts, but God is faithful, He will not deny Himself. He perfects and matures our faith. The genuine believer may go through times of doubt but he/she will not remain there. The indwelling Holy Spirit will compel us to return to the Lord who loves us and who is always drawing us to Himself. He will not leave us or forsake us.

    For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. (Romans 8:15,16)

103 posted on 04/12/2021 9:19:02 PM PDT by boatbums (Lord, make my life a testimony to the value of knowing you.)
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