RE: [TruthTalk] Why the Eternal Sonship of Christ Matters to Me

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Taylor Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 8:14 AM To: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.org Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Why the Eternal Sonship of Christ Matters to Me   John wrote  >  There is a very real sense, then, that salvation is ours to loose.     I agree with you, John. However, it is only before we have once placed our faith in Jesus Christ that we may lose our salvation -- and so, this may be a fairly significant HOWEVER that we will need to work out. I do not believe the one who has heard the good news of Jesus Christ and believed that message will ever lose his or her salvation, because upon believing in Jesus Christ, believers receive the gift of the Holy Spirit, who in the Power of God secures their salvation forever; the Gift guarantees their inheritance in Christ. Check out the wording here and see if you see what I am saying: In [Christ] you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory" (Eph 1.13-14).   Bill   Bill, I’m tempted to show you the scriptures that disprove the “once saved always saved” theology, but I’m sure you must be familiar with them.  Folks who hold such theology always argue, Well if they fell away from their faith/walk in Christ they really weren’t saved in the first place.  It becomes a circular argument, and no real consensus is possible.  Izzy