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1 Peter 1:23 is about eternal security

I said this:
"I'll let Scripture answer your question.

1 Sam 16:7 But the Lord said to Samuel, "Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart." NASU"
Unfortunately this says nothing of trusting in the Lord, when being tested.
A good statement for your opinions, none of which are supported by Scripture. They "say nothing" of what your opinion claims.
 
ezra said:
"works follow salvation your works does not determine if your saved."
Why do you keep referring to "works"?

I haven't mentioned "works".
In a roundabout way, you actually did.

We are discussing faith, and faith being tested, not works.
JLB
No, your claim is that one is tested before they receive salvation at the end of their lives. Such an idea would include a test of how one lives, or, to be blunt, a test of our behaviors (works) and effort.

So, even though the exact word wasn't used, your claim certainly DOES HAVE the idea of "works" firmly imbedded into it.

What is amazing is that you're not seeing it.
 
I said this:
"If anyone has a sin nature, they don't need a license. Where does one get the silly notion that one needs a license to sin?"
I won't let you evade the point.
As if anyone can force anyone else to comply with anything. LOL.

However, I've never shied away from questions.

Hyper-grace OSAS turns God's grace into a license to indulge sin with impunity in regard to justification/salvation.
And I've challenged you to identify anyone who claims "impunity" with regard to eternal security. Only an idiot who doesn't know the Scriptures would dare to claim that any believer can sin with impunity. The Bible is full of dire warnings directly against such a thing. So either identify who teaches this total garbage, or quit making stuff up. All credibility is LOST when one makes such unfounded claims.

The thinking being that since a person has been justified by faith in Christ that gives them the license to then indulge sin and deny Christ with impunity regarding the justification they had received. Jude talks about that here:

"4For certain persons have crept in unnoticed, those who were long beforehand marked out for this condemnation, ungodly persons who turn the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ." (Jude 1:4 NASB)

One only has to read the context to know that Jude was referring to unsaved persons.


If hyper-grace OSAS does not turn the grace of God into a license to sin, what does , freegrace, what does?

I'll tell you exactly what turns the grace of God into a "license to sin". The sin nature, plain and simple. Stupid people, who know nothing of the Word of God, who think that they can get away with whatever they do just because God is gracious. What they have missed is that God is also perfectly JUST. His justice is perfect. No one gets away with anything.

But what WILL NEVER HAPPEN is for anyone who HAS eternal life to end up in the second death. That idea is irrational.

And just so you know what license is...
li·cen·tious
(lī-sĕn′shəs)
adj.
1. Lacking moral restraint, especially in sexual conduct.
2. Archaic Ignoring accepted rules or standards, as of prescriptive grammar.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/licentiousness
Well, it seems you've confused two words here. I'll wait for your confusion to subside and your statement makes sense.​

You say believers can return to an unbelieving
Oh no. I didn't say that. Jesus Himself said that in Luke 8:12. I only pointed out what Jesus said. And Paul said it in 1 Tim 4:1. If you're offended by my quoting Jesus and Paul, just say so. But I won't quit, though.

Christ denying life of wanton sin and they will not lose their justification because God's grace is irrevocable in regard to the individual believer's justification. How is that not making God's grace a license to do that?????
I see your problem. You just do not understand, or like very much, what God's grace actually means.

Here's the facts.
1. Salvation is based solely on God's grace (Eph 2:8,9). That means it's UNMERITED. We can't earn it, nor do we deserve it. Ever.
2. Christ died for all sins of humanity (1 John 2:2), which your position fails to understand. Therefore, no one goes to hell for sin (Rev 20:15), even though that seems to be the popular view even among evangelicals, which they have no biblical right to have.
3. Because all sins were paid for, there cannot be any sins that would take our salvation away, contrary to your view.
4. When believers rebel against the Father, He promises discipline for that (Heb 12:5-11). Up to and including physical death, (1 Cor 11:30, 1 Jn 5:16) and not necessarily a pleasant one. Just review 1 Cor 5:5 to see what I'm referring to. And if these verses don't support what I'm saying, please go ahead and point that out.

So, bottom line: since the grace of God has covered all sins, sin isn't an issue in salvation at all. The issue is grace and faith in Christ.

And because sin is not ever an issue, once a person believes, whatever else happens in their life cannot undo what God has done:
1. spiritual new birth Titus 3:5
2. justification Rom 3:24, 5:15,16,17
3. possession of eternal life Rom 6:23
4. indwelling of the Holy Spirit forever John 14:16

Your view denies all of these permanent things. To your detrement.
 
Christ did not die for the sin of unrepentant blasphemy of the Holy Spirit (calling the Holy Spirit a liar). He did not die for the sin of a person refusing to repent of the sin of rejecting the message of the gospel. That's the one thing Christ's blood can not, and does not cover.
Your ignorance of Biblical truth is clear. Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit was only possible during Jesus' ministry when Pharisees who actually SAW His miracles credited them to the devil. That sin cannot occur today since no one today has seen Jesus' miracles when He was on earth. Second, the "sin of refusing to repent" is covered as much as every other sin. If your claim isn't empty, where is the Scripture that says what is being claimed? I know there isn't any, which proves that your claim IS empty.

When a person turns away from God into unbelief and does not come back, they have gone to the place where God's grace can not reach them.
Rules of the forum require verses that support what is claimed. Where are yours? I'm tired of all these empty claims and opinions, without any support from Scripture.

I'm writing this for those who can still be free of this damnable heresy presently gripping the Protestant church. Repent of this horrible hyper-grace doctrine while you still can.
Why haven't you provided any verses for all the opinions given in your post?
 
And I've challenged you to identify anyone who claims "impunity" with regard to eternal security. Only an idiot who doesn't know the Scriptures would dare to claim that any believer can sin with impunity. The Bible is full of dire warnings directly against such a thing. So either identify who teaches this total garbage, or quit making stuff up. All credibility is LOST when one makes such unfounded claims.
I'm going to nail you to the wall, buddy.

You're going to go into complete denial here, as usual, but it's going to be very, very evident to us all this time.

You openly claim that a believer can choose to sin in complete and utter denial of Christ and he will not lose his justification. We're not talking a word about rewards here. We're talking about justification/salvation itself. So, how does telling people that the grace of God allows you to return to unbelief and willful sin not telling people grace makes it (grants you license) so you can do that?????

You're going to be exposed for what you are by this one simple question. How you respond will tell us everything. Your evasion and denial will make it all apparent.
 
Moderator hat on

Closing down this and any other threads along the same lines as arguments are getting too personal and unbecoming.
 
If a person doesn't know what they believe, it would seem there is no hope for them.
We humans are fickle and unstable. Until I was probably about 20, I believed with all my heart in God. But things changed and from about age 20 through about age 35 I did not believe in God. I thought it was ludicrous and stupid to believe in something like that. I even wrote essays in college countering what I read in the Bible. At about age 35 things changed again I now believe with all my heart. Since I was able to believe, then not believe, and then believe it is conceivable that if I do not hold fast to the truth and fall victim to Satan's temptations, I could fall once again into unbelief. So then, where woul d that leave me?
 
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