ArchivedOSAS revisitedAineo, you have outdone yourself this time! Pre-Trib, Post-Trib, Mid-Trib, et al., that is irrelevant to the definition of the word "sealed" which is the same word applied to 144,000. In 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 the word for "falling away" is (apostasia), ap-os-tas-ee '-ah which literally means a defection from the truth or to forsake or abandon it. As I said before, a person could verbally acknowledge of the Lordship of Jesus Christ, however it is in itself not sufficient to save the unbeliever apart from genuine repentance and living in obedience to the "will of God" as the normal course of his life. The falling away can easily represent (false converts) as in the parable of the wheat and the tares. Adherence to a creed is not true faith. Even the demons know and even accept the truth of the creed, however if one does nothing to enact his knowledge of God, he is worse than the demons, for they at least tremble. And since you defined the meaning of "Genuine Believer" probably better than I could have, prove to me that those who depart from the faith were saved to begin with, or believed in "their hearts". What you or any Conditional Security adherent fail to prove is that those who "fall away" or "apostasize" were indeed saved to begin with. A person can defect from the truth and could have never obtained Salvation to begin with, because they failed to act upon the Gospel, i.e., repentance, confession, etc. You can search high and low and quote scriptures which cannot prove that Salvation can be lost (as with Acts 21:21) to tickle your ears and to establish your False Doctrine, and go back and forth til the 2nd coming of Christ if you wish, your will arguments continue to lack solidity and are based on personal opinion and wishful thinking. |
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