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It is scripture like this that burns like fire through the teaching that even if we do not repent when chastened by the Lord, we will still hear that "Well done, thou good and faithful servant."
God commands men everywhere to repent, saved or lost. He chastens us because He loves us and longs for us to repent, but at some point, He will simply stop convicting and chastening. That is a point we want to avoid at all costs.
To try to argue that once we are saved, even lack of repentance is not grounds for rejection is the ultimate "all in" bet. To see the many verses that talk of conditional salvation with the many "if's" that are listed... like:
"....IF we continue in the faith and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel"
or
"....IF we continue in His goodness. Otherwise we too shall be cut off"....
and to gamble that being cut off , or becoming a castaway does not mean losing ones salvation, it is a gamble of the most extreme seriousness imaginable. Why would we not want to obey Him after He bled, suffered excruciating pain and then died in our place? To say we are weak, when in truth our old nature does not want to bow the knee fully is something God sees through. He sees the thoughts and intents of the heart.
I know you have not been among those who say that God will forgive even if we do not repent, and you are more balanced, but in many cases at least, balance means compromise. Dangerous ground. I do like conversing with you as you seem fair. I hope the things I say, even though they are hard words of warning, do not come across as condemning. Convicting? Yes, I pray they cut deep, but only so that we might be healed.
Many blessings,
Gideon
I appreciate what you have said . I think there's a difference between balancing two godly attributes and compromising godly attributes through mixture.
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