Grace Has a Name
- By Jan001
- Christian Scriptures
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I think Adam's fall was so severely punished, because even with his untainted, superior intellect, he committed idolatry. Adam preferred to please Eve instead of obeying God's command. He put what Eve wanted before what God commanded.Adam "falling from grace"" is not the same category as a born‑again believer losing salvation & Scripture never uses Adam's fall to teach that regenerate people become un‑regenerate. Adam was never ""saved by grace through faith"" (Eph 2:8–9); he was a sinless man under a works‑probation covenant. When he fell, he did not lose salvation - he lost innocence & brought death into the world (Rom 5:12).
Deuteronomy 5:7
7 ‘You shall have no other gods before Me.
So, there are no consequences for a Christian Jew if he later rejects Jesus Christ by committing sins against his commandments?That is not the same thing as a sealed believer losing eternal life. Hebrews 12:15 is not about losing salvation but about believers guarding the community from bitterness & defilement - the same way Hebrews warns professing Jews not to reject Christ & return to temple sacrifices (Heb 10:26).
Titus 1:16
They profess to know God, but in works they deny Him, being abominable, disobedient, and disqualified for every good work.
So, a father cannot disinherit his child for any reason?Grace ""reigns to eternal life"" (Rom 5:21) precisely because it is not maintained by human performance. If salvation can be lost by sin, then salvation was never by grace to begin with (Rom 11:6). The New Testament is consistent: those who truly believe are sealed with the Holy Spirit until the day of redemption (Eph 1:13–14; Eph 4:30) & Jesus says His sheep will never perish & no one can snatch them from His hand (John 10:28–29). Adam's fall explains why humanity needs salvation; it does not redefine salvation as a fragile, reversible state for those who have already been justified, sealed & adopted
Colossians 3:5-7
Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. 6 Because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience, 7 in which you yourselves once walked when you lived in them.
Ephesians 5:5-7
For this you know, that no fornicator, unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. 6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. 7 Therefore do not be partakers with them.
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