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Theology / Apologetics / Re:'For by grace you have been saved...
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on: April 26, 2003, 08:22:32 AM
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A Christian once remarked: "Before I learned the truth of my eternal security, I held on to Christ with one hand and tried to serve Him with the other; but when I realized that both Christ's arms were around me, and I could never be lost, it left both my hands free to serve Him!"
"During the construction of the Golden Gate bridge, it was observed that many of the workmen, fearing for their safety if they fell, were reluctant to perform their work effectively. A net was constructed under the whole span, so that any person falling from the bridge would be caught in it and saved. From that time on, the work went forward with increased speed and efficiency. Once the men knew they were secure, they worked with confidence. To constantly have the fear of being eternally lost is not conducive to confident, loving, and effective service. It is not fear, but love, that should be the motive for the Christian's serving."
BEAUTIFUL! A big "DITTO" and "AAAAMEN"!
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Welcome / About You! / Re:Dag, yo
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on: April 16, 2003, 09:51:58 PM
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J_E, You ok? You sound bummed and not like yourself; though I don't know who you do sound like???
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Welcome / About You! / Re:I Was In The Twilight Zone
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on: April 16, 2003, 09:48:55 PM
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Please do not adjust your television: we are in complete control.Now there's a scary thought! sincereheart, is that DEEP doo doo, or just plain doo doo??The other dimension kind....
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Theology / Completed and Favorite Threads / Re:Eternal Security.
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on: April 16, 2003, 09:40:09 PM
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"Falling away" doctrine makes us worse off after we are saved than before. At least before conversion we can get saved. But after we are saved and have lost our salvation (if we could), we can't get saved again, but are lost forever. Hebrews 6:4 declares, "If [not when] they shall fall away... it is impossible (v.4)...to renew them again unto repentance." That "falling away" is hypothetical is clear (v.9): "But beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak" So "falling away" does not "accompany salvation." The writer is showing us that if we could lose our salvation, we could never get it back without Christ dying again upon the cross. This is folly! He would have to die an infinite number of times (i.e., every time every person who was once saved sinned and was lost and wanted to be "saved again"). Thus, those who reject "once saved, always saved," can only replace it with, "once lost, always lost!" http://cnview.com/on_line_resources/once_saved.htm
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Welcome / About You! / Re:Dag, yo
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on: April 13, 2003, 12:16:55 AM
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No. None at all.Ahhhh, but at least we all started over at the same time!
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