[[OSAS meaning once saved always saved?]]
Yes that is what it means- We don’t work for our salvation, it is strictly through Christ- who God told will never lose even one of His that God gives to Him- While some may backlside- even severely, and may end up suffering or losing their life- they can not lose their salvation- IF they could, and regain it by being good enough or believing hard enough again, then that turns salvation into a work that the person does to ‘stay saved’
[[The problem is that some Christians wrongly think that nothing bad should happen to them if they put their faith in God. It’s unrealistic.]]
Some do i suppose, but not many- most know that the fall in the garden affect all of us- I was staying i n a place with my brother once, and it was wicked windy out- I had fileld the wood furnace a bit ago, and it was just about time for bed, and a person came running up on the porch banging in the window- We went outside to see what all the yelling was about, and saw that the whole roof was on fire- Had we gone to bed even a 1/2 hour earlier, we might not have survived as the fire was upstairs where the bedrooms were- God certainly was watching out for us that night- We did lose everything- as did the homeowner- but we were all safe-
Our neighbor though had a son just recently die in a fire- so you just never know- He also has several children with bad cancers- one will die soon- another is undergoing treatments- God has his reasons for why He allows certain things to happen- He works in ways we can not even begin to understand- It might just be that someone gets inspired by the faith of those facing death, and then seek the Lord themselves because of it-
Satan loves to hit people hard- but our neighbor has withstood it all, and realy is an inspiration to others- as are his children-
Anyways- the verse about Jesus saying that what you cited- that is not about losing salvation- Whenever you run across a verse or passage that looks like it means a person can lose salvation, do a search for say “Matt 5 5 does not mean losing salvation” or whatever the verse may be- and many times you will see that no- it is not talking about losing salvation at all- most verses like that are talking about CINOS (Christians in name only- or people that claim to be Christian but who never took the actual step of accepting Christ as Salvation- they come close to salvation, but then turn away and actually turn against Christ- and to those people Christ gives the warnings- They are called apostates- having tasted of the life offered by salvation- but not taking it in in the form of accepting Christ as Savior- They learn all the lingo, learn how Christians act, what Christians expect, etc- and by all accounts “appear” to be saved, but arent-
Paul spoke to churches that were severely backslidden- committing terrible sins- and He still called them brothers and sisters in Christ- He didn’t call them ‘Former Brothers in Christ” and he didn’t urge them to get re-saved either, because once a person is saved, they are always saved- -
OSAS 👍
Not one person who has ever lived (except Jesus) can go 5 minutes without sinning.
Even Peter and Paul had their moments.