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I was going to respond in the other thread, but I felt it would be off topic.m not super familiar with the OSAS belief, but ok i understand the sin against the Holy Spirit.
So how does lukewarm Christians fit into that OSAS belief if sin doesn't/cant seperate them from God etc?
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Why do we need to confess our sins if we are saved by grace?
Revelation 3:16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
3:17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
Before I get into the explanation I want to point out that Jesus is not referring to people breaking the 10 Commandments.
Jesus put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. Hebrews 9:26
Jesus is the Lamb of God that took away the sin of the world. John 1:29
Jesus does not impute or hold sin against us. Romans 4:6-8
Also, these 7 letters are written to churches, not individuals.
A church can be hot or cold and still not be spewed out of His mouth.
So what these Hot and Cold refer to is not stated in the text, so I won't elaborate on them.
If someone else wants to, feel free.
Jesus defined what it was to be lukewarm.
When a church says, "I am rich and increased with goods and have need of nothing".
Jesus then tells them what the reality is. "Miserable, poor, blind and naked".
If a church is content with where they are at, and have no thirst for God's Word and aren't preaching the Gospel to sinners to get them saved, I would say that is a lukewarm church and they should repent.