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Well it does say sealed. Verse 14, also describes the length of this sealed..."until redemption". Which is also confirmed in Ephesians 4:30 - And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are SEALED UNTO THE DAY OF REDEMPTION.
I think you're confusing the conviction of truth that comes by the Holy Spirit in the heart of a person with then actually believing and trusting in the truth that he is speaking. The ability to know something is true that you can't see is the gracious gift of faith (Hebrews 11:1 NASB). (Which, by the way, IS revocable, though it's a gift of God). From there a person either chooses to trust in and believe what God has graciously revealed to him to be true, or he walks away from it, casting it away from him not retaining it in his heart (1 John 5:10 NASB).
Your life is how you can tell if you are still trusting in the gospel of forgiveness, and not simply agreeing with God's Spirit who told you it's true. Just knowing the gospel is true through God's gracious gift of faith does not equate to actually trusting in it, and continuing to trust in it. That trusting is the condition upon which you were saved at first, and which must continue to be satisfied right up to the Day of Judgment in order for you to be saved on that Day. The person who holds the truth God spoke in his heart, trusting in it, is the one who will continue to have the Son and will, therefore, continue to have eternal life:
And without the many other scriptures that teach otherwise this all by itself isolated from the other scriptures would be a good argument. But as it is, the passages I just quoted above show us eternal life is conditioned on a person having, and continuing to have, the Son of God by abiding in the word God spoken to them through his gracious gift of faith in the beginning. Those who don't continue to believe in the word they first heard don't continue to have the Son, and as a result, do not have eternal life.
My continuing faith (that is, trust) in God is exactly why I DON'T fear for my salvation. It is the person who has weak faith, or has lost their faith, they are the one's who fear the coming Judgment.
I kinda did? If a person has fear of loosing salvation, then that person will do fleshly works to try and ensure his/her salvation. This will be called "living after the flesh". Described in the versuses previous to the one I posted. Living after the flesh is not speaking about lost sinners, but lost justified people trying to live unto God by their own power.
It is my understanding, that if anything was talking about "approval", then it would have some form of "approve in the verse". Much like it does in many passages.
Yes, his works being the 'showing' of his faith:
Well, I agree that it is God who does the sealing and unsealing. But the point is, he does that in response to man's faith, or lack thereof.
The word 'ensure' almost got past me.
Your opinion has no bearing on what I believe. I have simply deferred to the explanation of someone else, who has explained 1 Cor 15:1-2 very adequately, and is easily accessed in this thread.
1 Cor 15:1-2 says that those who have believed the gospel possess the gospel and are saved by believing that gospel. It says nothing about having to continue to believe in order to continue to be saved.
Why would anyone say that their interpretation is "not right"?? The question doesn't make sense.
Was Paul clear about eternal life being a gift of God? Yes or no.
Yes, these are very clear verses. And neither of these (nor any other verse) contradict the fact that eternal life is an irrevocable gift of God.
Correct. It's what I've been saying all along. To be a partaker of His wrath means to feel His divine discipline. Heb 12 speaks of punishment for His children. Would it be reasonable or logical to assume that only means a slight slap on the hand for being naughty? I think not.
I really have no idea why anyone would think there is anything in Eph 5:5-7 that teaches loss of salvation.
Please don't also forget FOR what purpose every believer is sealed: for the day of redemption. That is key. That speaks directly to our salvation. We are sealed for salvation.
Once again we see how LOS doctrine MUST assume something that isn't in Scripture. That being, this specific sealing with the Holy Spirit "can" be broken. Why assume what the Scriptures NEVER describe???
There is no evidence in Scripture of this specific seal being broken for any reason by anyone. So I would NEVER assume something that is not taught or shown to be true in Scripture.
If there is any evidence in Scripture of this specific seal being broken by any means, please share. Otherwise, I never assume what the Scriptures don't teach.
Because Paul also added in Eph 4:30 that believers are sealed FOR THE DAY OF REDEMPTION, I am absolutely confident that this specific seal cannot be broken by any means or for any reason.
That is interesting. Yet, King Saul, who certainly qualifies as having a weak faith at best, was told by Samuel that he would be joining Samuel the following day. And I think it is safe to say that Samuel went to Paradise after he died, which is where all believers went before Christ rose from the grave. 1 Sam 28:19 - “Moreover the LORD will also give over Israel along with you into the hands of the Philistines, therefore tomorrow you and your sons will be with me. Indeed the LORD will give over the army of Israel into the hands of the Philistines!”
No, I don't see anything like what is described here. I understand 1 John as being about fellowship, which it appears has no place in LOS theology and doctrine.