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Post by CowboysDad on Oct 29, 2014 10:54:35 GMT -6
What books, quotes or resources have helped you the most with this topic? I am studying 1 Peter 1:5, "You who are kept by the power of God through faith."
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Post by brianwagner on Dec 13, 2014 11:03:13 GMT -6
The strongest biblical truth in support of the doctrine of Everlasting Security, in my view, is what it means to have "everlasting life". The strongest verses in support of Everlasting Security, in my view, are Ephesians 1:13-14. I like OJ Gibson's lesson on the subject to use in discipleship from his Basic Christian Training series - www.plymouthbrethren.org/article/4952, especially his answers for passages that may appear to teach that one can lose their salvation. On a side note, I do believe there is an irresistible grace that brings everyone to an opportunity of decision for salvation and that they only have that season in which to make a free active faith commitment in Christ. If they do, they receive an irresistible grace that makes it impossible for them to ever stop trusting in Jesus' salvation. If they don't freely accept that salvation during that season of grace, but they harden their hearts, even though they had heard His voice (Heb. 3:7-8), they may never get another such season of grace and opportunity for their salvation, and they will be without excuse in the day of judgment. |
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Post by CowboysDad on Dec 13, 2014 23:24:07 GMT -6
Brian, welcome to our young forum. Thanks for your input! It is popular today to argue against everlasting punishment, but as Jesus states in Matthew 25:46, "And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life." Strikingly, the words "everlasting" and "eternal" are the same word, suggesting as you well point out that a strength of the argument in favor of eternal security is the promise of everlasting life. I appreciate your link. I'll enjoy my time reading through it. I've always been drawn to Ephesians 1:4, "... just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world (in order) that (OR with the result that) we should be holy and without blame before Him," which obviously lays a strong foundation for vs. 13-14. I too hold to irresistible grace, but nailing down a definition to which we all can agree has proven to be a slippery task. But for sure once we have made a faith commitment, I concur that it is impossible for us to remove ourselves from our immersion into the body of Christ.
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