ArchivedOSAS revisitedIt is not only possible it is an absolute certainty that those Jesus tells He never knew accepted either conditional or eternal security as doctrine. The fact is conditional security, as a Protestant doctrine was developed to counter Calvin and his teachings. If you have studied the history of the Reformation you would know this. Wesley and Calvin were contemporaries and had many areas of disagreement. However, instead of "they were never saved in the first place" you use "genuine believer" and without defining "genuine believer". What are your criteria for determining who is and who is not a "genuine believer"? Based on some of your comments anyone who disagrees with your theology is not a "genuine believer", while I don't label individuals who accept OSAS as not genuine in their beliefs, but find most of them misguided by a doctrine that cannot be establish in Scripture. This is especially true since Paul through the Holy Spirit explicitly states that some will "fall away" from the faith. Let me give you an example of how many Christians put personal beliefs above God’s truth. Why were Sodom and the other cities of the plain destroyed? The vast majority of Christians will tell you it is because of Genesis 19:5. Well Genesis 19:5 might apply to Sodom but what about the other 3 cities? Now why were these cities destroyed? The answer is found in Ezekiel 16:49-50 and homosexual rape was not among the reasons God explicitly states, which were they “had arrogant, and abundant food, and careless ease but did not help the poor and needy”, which resulted in haughtiness and their practicing abominations. But lets get back to “genuine believers” and OSAS. What is a “genuine believer” and why do you think such believers can never fall away or become apostate? |
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