THE LIE OF ONCE SAVED ALWAYS SAVED
i have started this note about 10 times and decided the best way is to just take some excerpts from a book i have been reading so everyone can read and study it for themselves. i do not read many books anymore besides my Bible and i am finding this one to be a treasure to study. The book is by Daniel Corner and is called The Believers Conditional Security. It is long but worth studying in the Spirit with the Word of God. i recommend it for every Christian because it is much more than just proof that the doctrine of "once saved always saved" is a lie, it is an exhaustive study of the Word of God surrounding the way a Christian should live life here and now, and that how we live will most assuredly determine our eternal destiny. It is about this life, from initial salvation to final salvation and how we can lose that salvation by living a sinful lifestyle and end up in the lake of fire. From the time we first come to Christ and are saved, to the time of our final salvation and entrance into heaven. We cannot come to salvation in Christ and then live like the world, ignoring God the rest of our lives, we just cannot. We cannot claim salvation in Jesus Christ and not live for Him. We must rethink every aspect of our lives and get our minds right, put on the mind of Christ and begin to live out our salvation with fear and trembling. We must make our choices for Christ every moment. We cannot live like the world now and expect to inherit heaven later. There are chapters on The Truth About Sin, The Importance of Forgiving, True Salvation Assurance, and much much more. Here is just a taste of the book:
THE CHRISTIAN IS NOW IN ENEMY TERRITORY (Pages 78-79)
The Christian should never forget he is now in enemy territory. The devil, who is the god of this age ( 2 Cor 4:41) and prince of this world (Johnn 12:31, 14:30, 16:11) is our arch enemy. We are on his turf and he doesn't like us here! We disturb him.
Our value system is not only antithetical to his but destructive to his slavish system. He is not in the lake of fire yet but prowls around throughout the earth looking for someone to devour (1 Peter 5:8). We are told to resist him (1 Peter 5:9). (Note: God is not going to resist him for us. We are told to resist him for ourselves with the help of God.)
The ruler of the kingdom of the air (Ephesians 2:2) never gives up in his relentless efforts to temp us into sin or deceive us through one of his many clever schemes. There are traps, snares, stumbling blocks and many other hindrances that he lays before us on the road that is hard that leads to life (Matthew 7:14). The Christian is consequently warned of real spiritual dangers that could prevent his entrance into the kingdom (Gal 5:19-21, Heb 3:12-14, 1 Johnn 2:24-25, Rev 22:19), repeatedly commanded to be on his spiritual guard (Matthew 10:17-22, 16:6, 2 Peter 3:17), told not to be lukewarm so as to avoid possible discharge from the Body of Christ (Revelation 3:15-16).
We are also advised to give absolutely no place at all to the devil (Ephesians 4:27), to avoid every kind of evil (1 Thessalonians 5:22), to keep ourselves pure (1 Timothy 5:22), from idols ((1 John 5:21), from the pollutants of this world (James 1:27), and informed that bad company corrupts good character (1 Corinthians 15:33. Our thought life is to be centered on things beyond the grave not on earthly things (Colossians 3:1-2). Neither are we to think about how to gratify the desires of our sinful nature (Romans 13:14).
Furthermore, it is vitally important to keep a clear conscience at all times as Paul himself did (Acts 24:16). He also wrote about some who did not and consequently shipwrecked their own faith in Christ (1 Timothy 1:19-20).
We are also warned of the danger of false teachers who distort the truth of God and who teach to accommodate an audience with sinful desires (Acts 20:30, 2 Timothy 4:3-4). Yet these teachers can appear righteous (Matthew 7:15, 23:28, 2 Corinthians 11:13-15, 2 Timothy 3:5). Remember even the devil can quote scripture (Matthew 4:6) and masquerade as an angel of light (2 Corinthians 11:14). Rather than proclaiming the full counsel of God, such teachers stress only certain passages to the exclusion of others because if they did not, their sought after and easy to receive message would be clearly contradicted. these are truly perilous times. All these are fact, as disturbing as they may be to some.
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This is just a very very short example of this book.. it is 801 pages and i believe everyone can find something amazing in them. But please do not take my word for it, get the book and read and study it against the Word of God as any Christian should. i am finding it a treasure and i hope you do too. You can find it used on any book site like borders.com or amazon.com etc..
A special note to parents.. our kids are being lost at alarming rates. This stems so much from and starts at home, parents professing they are Christian but not doing anything to prove it. No one would be able to tell them from a non christian, no church, no prayer, no Bible reading. Then to make it even more grievous they are not teaching their children anything because they really do not know anything..so they send them off to a youth group once a week that is more often then not more social club than it is a place to build godly character. Our kids are getting too little or no bible reading, prayer, and spiritual guidance, nothing to set them apart from the world and prepare them for eternal life.. So they lose both at home or at youth group. This book will show that how you are living is deadly to you and your children, how they are losing their salvation and becoming rebellious without being raised in God's ways at home. It is never too late to live for Jesus as long as we are drawing breath. Please read the book...
PS.. the author of the book gives permission in the book for anyone to copy or reproduce it as needed. Amen.
THE CHRISTIAN IS NOW IN ENEMY TERRITORY (Pages 78-79)
The Christian should never forget he is now in enemy territory. The devil, who is the god of this age ( 2 Cor 4:41) and prince of this world (Johnn 12:31, 14:30, 16:11) is our arch enemy. We are on his turf and he doesn't like us here! We disturb him.
Our value system is not only antithetical to his but destructive to his slavish system. He is not in the lake of fire yet but prowls around throughout the earth looking for someone to devour (1 Peter 5:8). We are told to resist him (1 Peter 5:9). (Note: God is not going to resist him for us. We are told to resist him for ourselves with the help of God.)
The ruler of the kingdom of the air (Ephesians 2:2) never gives up in his relentless efforts to temp us into sin or deceive us through one of his many clever schemes. There are traps, snares, stumbling blocks and many other hindrances that he lays before us on the road that is hard that leads to life (Matthew 7:14). The Christian is consequently warned of real spiritual dangers that could prevent his entrance into the kingdom (Gal 5:19-21, Heb 3:12-14, 1 Johnn 2:24-25, Rev 22:19), repeatedly commanded to be on his spiritual guard (Matthew 10:17-22, 16:6, 2 Peter 3:17), told not to be lukewarm so as to avoid possible discharge from the Body of Christ (Revelation 3:15-16).
We are also advised to give absolutely no place at all to the devil (Ephesians 4:27), to avoid every kind of evil (1 Thessalonians 5:22), to keep ourselves pure (1 Timothy 5:22), from idols ((1 John 5:21), from the pollutants of this world (James 1:27), and informed that bad company corrupts good character (1 Corinthians 15:33. Our thought life is to be centered on things beyond the grave not on earthly things (Colossians 3:1-2). Neither are we to think about how to gratify the desires of our sinful nature (Romans 13:14).
Furthermore, it is vitally important to keep a clear conscience at all times as Paul himself did (Acts 24:16). He also wrote about some who did not and consequently shipwrecked their own faith in Christ (1 Timothy 1:19-20).
We are also warned of the danger of false teachers who distort the truth of God and who teach to accommodate an audience with sinful desires (Acts 20:30, 2 Timothy 4:3-4). Yet these teachers can appear righteous (Matthew 7:15, 23:28, 2 Corinthians 11:13-15, 2 Timothy 3:5). Remember even the devil can quote scripture (Matthew 4:6) and masquerade as an angel of light (2 Corinthians 11:14). Rather than proclaiming the full counsel of God, such teachers stress only certain passages to the exclusion of others because if they did not, their sought after and easy to receive message would be clearly contradicted. these are truly perilous times. All these are fact, as disturbing as they may be to some.
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This is just a very very short example of this book.. it is 801 pages and i believe everyone can find something amazing in them. But please do not take my word for it, get the book and read and study it against the Word of God as any Christian should. i am finding it a treasure and i hope you do too. You can find it used on any book site like borders.com or amazon.com etc..
A special note to parents.. our kids are being lost at alarming rates. This stems so much from and starts at home, parents professing they are Christian but not doing anything to prove it. No one would be able to tell them from a non christian, no church, no prayer, no Bible reading. Then to make it even more grievous they are not teaching their children anything because they really do not know anything..so they send them off to a youth group once a week that is more often then not more social club than it is a place to build godly character. Our kids are getting too little or no bible reading, prayer, and spiritual guidance, nothing to set them apart from the world and prepare them for eternal life.. So they lose both at home or at youth group. This book will show that how you are living is deadly to you and your children, how they are losing their salvation and becoming rebellious without being raised in God's ways at home. It is never too late to live for Jesus as long as we are drawing breath. Please read the book...
PS.. the author of the book gives permission in the book for anyone to copy or reproduce it as needed. Amen.
JESUS IS LORD OF ALL
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