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  1. MoreCoffee

    Once saved always saved?

    Then my friend who was an evangelical and is now an atheist is still saved because he was redeemed according to the promises of God and consequently he was a sheep who the Lord Jesus Christ doesn't lose. A most reassuring message ... were it true.
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    Once saved always saved?

    I never miss that point; the Lord Jesus Christ is without doubt the good shepherd and the Father without doubt always keeps his promises. That is a given that we both accept in faith. What I am wondering is how folk like my friend can be so mistaken about their faith and folk like you can be so...
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    whats the weather like where you live?

    It's cold here tonight; 9 C (48 F). I allowed the Windows 10 update to happen. I have a complete backup of windows 7 incase I decide I dislike windows 10 again :)
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    Once saved always saved?

    And if he at some time in the future returns to the faith that he used to confess as his own would that mean that he really was born again back then and merely has backslided for a time now? He says he really did believe the gospel, and he knows exactly what are the main points of the gospel...
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    Once saved always saved?

    He believed what the Westminster Confession of Faith summarises of the faith described in the bible; he was rather devout and very active in the Presbyterian church of which we were both members. But I see your point; neither you nor I can know exactly what he believed apart from what he said he...
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    Once saved always saved?

    Does that mean that my friend only thought he was saved but didn't know it because when he was an evangelical he said he was saved. Was he wrong?
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    Once saved always saved?

    Is it easy or is it difficult to know if one is one's self saved?
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    Once saved always saved?

    Is it easy to see who is and who is not among the saved?
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    Once saved always saved?

    And the chap who decides that a life of sin and degradation suits himself, having been saved ... what soil would be his case be like?
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    Once saved always saved?

    I have a friend, a married man whose family (wife & children) are evangelicals and who was himself an evangelical until he became an atheist. He does not live a life or riot and wickedness but he does not love God - as a matter of fact he does not believe God exists at all. So is a chap, such as...
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    Once saved always saved?

    Doesn't your stated reply mean that a person can sin as they please and still have remission? What incentive is there for moral reform for a person who is 'saved' but has decided that a life of moral turpitude and crime suits them?
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    Once saved always saved?

    He did, but is that an answer for my question? Do you think that one's planned future sins, the ones a person knowingly intends to do, are forgiven in advance of doing them thus giving advance absolution to the sinner to sin as he or she pleases without any possibility of loss of a saving...
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    The Official Chat Thread

    Most excellent. May God guide, bless, and keep your family in everything.
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    Once saved always saved?

    Do you think that one's planned future sins, the ones a person knowingly intends to do, are forgiven in advance of doing them thus giving advance absolution to the sinner to sin as he or she pleases without any possibility of loss of a saving relationship with God?
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    Can your bible make you into a bigot and a 'jerk'?

    You rightly observed that "We are in agreement on those who use Scripture to justify being cruel. Though I am wary of saying the Bible is what leads them to such acts." The bible is not able to treat anybody cruelly even if some of the statements in it are capable of being construed as a call to...
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    Can your bible make you into a bigot and a 'jerk'?

    The original post would, in my opinion, only make a person who wants to mistreat others on the excuse that "the bible made me do it" feel accused.
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    Can your bible make you into a bigot and a 'jerk'?

    I am sorry, I do not quite see what anything I have written has to do with my experiences, especially anything that requires condolences - for which I am thankful but about which I am quite baffled. As for folk in a chat forum, such as this, looking down on me because of my religion I want to...
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    Can your bible make you into a bigot and a 'jerk'?

    I too think that the bible can lead some to act with cruelty and/or injustice. The main point of holy scripture is to instruct whoever hears it (or reads it); that is one of the reasons that saint Paul wrote that "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for...
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    Some thoughts on Authority

    I can't help but notice the glaring errors in logic in the above quote. Since the Lord Jesus Christ is a man and he is the one who said what it most pertinent in my earlier post; specifically he said "Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her. And if...
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    Can your bible make you into a bigot and a 'jerk'?

    I called no one a jerk. Let me show what I wrote to you again, see if you can see anybody being called a jerk.
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