23 Apr '17 13:31>
Originally posted by KellyJayI'm sorry too because that would mean that the price Jesus paid for atonement is lost.
I'm sorry we don't agree, I think this is no different than the one who sold his birthright for
a bowl of food, when he wanted to repent, it wasn't granted to him even though he
sought it will tears. I do believe the devil uses these verses to cast fear in us when we sin,
that we are accused of falling away and I reject that. This is a without a doubt wa ...[text shortened]... doesn't mean you lose out of God, but denying Him
and walking away, yes I do believe that does.
The guarantee in Ephesians is lost. God has bent over backwards reassuring his people of the permanence of salvation over and over, but many people cannot grasp this concept.
There are far too many Christians who are still under bondage wanting to earn salvation or living in fear of keeping their salvation. It is an old and reliable trick of the adversary.