Brother, please define the word “lost” in the context of Luke 15:4-7 and Luke 15:32.
Brother, please examine the language and very specific words that Jesus used in the parable of the lost sheep, so you and I can come to a common unified understanding.
4 “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost until he finds it? 5 And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6 And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!’ 7 I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance. Luke 15:4-7
Point # 1 -
What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost.
The shepherd has 100 sheep.
They are all his sheep.
One of his sheep becomes lost.
Point # 2 -
I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents
The sheep who has become lost is likened to a “sinner” in need of repentance, or remain lost.
Point # 3 -
there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance.
The 100 sheep who follow along with the shepherd are referred to as “just”, which refers to a person who is justified.
The 99 remain just, while the one sheep who was with the shepherd and was at one time “just” but has become lost and is now a sinner in need of repentance.
Lost = sinner in need of repentance; seperated from God - unjust.
Found = reconciled to God; just
JLB
Again you are speaking of those who were dead in their sins and came to Christ. You read acts 2 and the Fathers promise. Those that have the Spirit of Christ in them are Christians. They can't be deceived or snatched away by false teachers. Those that don't have the Spirit of Christ in them are NOT Christians. I define the lost as those who dont belong to Jesus or don't have the Spirit of Christ in them.The lost can be deceived. So there won't be millions of "Christians" being deceived it will be those who are lost.
Not all who call them themselves "Christians" have/will enter into the kingdom of God.
Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ 23Then I will tell them plainly,
‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’
If it is possible to lose the Spirit of Christ from within its impossible to come back to being born again.
It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age and who have fallen away, to be brought back to repentance. To their loss they are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting him to public disgrace
God can not disown Himself
The saying is trustworthy, for:
If we have died with him, we will also live with him;
12if we endure, we will also reign with him;
if we deny him, he also will deny us;
13if we are faithless, he remains faithful—
for he cannot deny himself.
It appears denial is the way to lose ones salvation. Since a Christian (on who has the Spirit of Christ in them) can't be deceived denial would be a willful lie. Highly unlikely since it would mean eternal death.
Who is the liar? It is whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a person is the antichrist—denying the Father and the Son. 23 No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also.
