Apologetics Forum: Ask questions about Christianity/Debate doctrinesOSAS viewsI’m going to reply to each one of these as a separate post, because replying to all of them in one post would be practically unreadable. Also, some of the questions and answers have similar responses, so I will not reply to all of them. And some of the Objections don’t really deal with OSAS, so their Answers are moot – I’ll not reply to these either.
The author says that the promises made in verse 28 can only be applied to one type of person – the sheep that Jesus knows and that follow Him. I heartily agree. If you are one of His sheep, then you will follow, and you will never perish. The implication here, also, is that if you do not follow, then you are not one of His sheep, and you will perish. I think we are agreed on that, right? But if you are not one of His sheep, then what are you? You are the only other alternative – a sheep of Satan. The question is: who did Jesus come to save (or, who are the only ones who will be saved)? The answer is: Jesus came to seek and to save that which was lost. He came to save His sheep which were lost. He did not come to change Satan’s sheep into His sheep. Those who are saved are always referred to as “lost sheep” before their salvation. They are still Jesus’ sheep, but they are lost up until the point that they are found by Jesus. One type of sheep is never changed into another type of sheep. Therefore, if someone stops following Christ and becomes apostate, then we must conclude that they are a sheep of Satan, and since “sheep types” never change, then they must have always been a sheep of Satan. |
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