aineo wrote:The verses that OSAS advocates quote to establish OSAS refer to external forces removing one from the hand of God, but do not address our ability to live sinful lives while professing a faith in Christ.
This is not true. One of the main verses that OSASers use is John 10:28-29:
- 28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.
The verses clearly say "
no man" which implies "including yourself." If you say that you can pluck yourself out of God's hand, then you are saying these verses are false because you are a man.