ArchivedOSAS revisited(Omega), you are correct Scripture interprets Scripture. But in order to understand what Scripture teaches you have to put it in context. Colossians 1:23 is only part of what Paul is teaching in Colossians 1:5ff. Paul is telling those in Colossia that if they continue in the faith, which brings us back to what both Jesus and Paul taught that some will fall away from the faith. You are not the only person who can use a Lexicon and what you did was remove the comma between "if" and "indeed" from the Lexicon you used. "Eigi(e)" is found in 5 verses in the KJV and all indicate the meaning to be "unless" the word you failed to bold. Those verse are 2 Corinthians 5:3, Galatians 3:4, Ephesians 3:2, 4:21, and Colossians 1:23. "If you hold fast the word which I preached to you" is simply a different wording than Jesus used when He said "endures to the end" (Matthew 24:13). In order to establish OSAS as a true doctrine you have to interpret what Paul wrote in Colossians 1 to mean what you want it to mean and ignore what is written in clear language. When OSAS advocates say those who "fall away" were "never saved in the first place" they are in fact judging the hearts of those who "fall away". Only God has the ability to judge the hearts of men. |
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