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Assurance and the Unpardonable sin
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It's never too late. None of us have any idea how bad we have been nor how great is God's mercy.
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The only time it is "too late" is when you have passed from this world into eternity. So long as we are alive, God holds out to us the gift of salvation.
I hear about this "double-checking" of salvation often from new believers I've discipled. It's quite common.
Yes, every life transformed by God is a miracle. It's astonishing, really, that anyone is saved, given how deeply mired in sin and selfishness we all are. With God, though, all things are possible.
As often as they surface in your mind, reply to them with God's truth. Trust those truths. Stand on them and refuse to be moved from them.
Ephesians 6:10-14
10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.
11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.
12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm.
14 Stand therefore...
Colossians 1:21-23
21 And although you were formerly alienated and hostile in mind, engaged in evil deeds,
22 yet He has now reconciled you in His fleshly body through death, in order to present you before Him holy and blameless and beyond reproach—
23 if indeed you continue in the faith firmly established and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel that you have heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, was made a minister.
Hebrews 11:6
6 And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.
2 Timothy 1:12
12 ...for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until that Day what has been entrusted to me.
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I did tell my Pastor about this today. And he did question me on the issues I mentioned here. We discussed it for a while. I am not 100% sure where my past salvation testimony stands. Or whether I
crossed the line”. But the only conclusion I can come to is, I am not wasting my life by living to the glory of God and wanting to seek His face. But I can only do it on the power of the Holy Spirit. If He doesn’t hold me up, I fall. Christ invited all sinners to come to Him. And I trust in His blood and righteousness. That His heart was pierced for my hard, rebellious heart, unpardonable sin or no unpardonable sin. I pray that God will help me…
crossed the line”. But the only conclusion I can come to is, I am not wasting my life by living to the glory of God and wanting to seek His face. But I can only do it on the power of the Holy Spirit. If He doesn’t hold me up, I fall. Christ invited all sinners to come to Him. And I trust in His blood and righteousness. That His heart was pierced for my hard, rebellious heart, unpardonable sin or no unpardonable sin. I pray that God will help me…
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What has happened is that your sins have lead you away from God. But God is wanting to draw you back, to repentance, and to clarity.
Job 36:8-11 And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction; Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded. He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity. If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
The fact is you are not reprobate. The cross covers all of our sins, from the point of birth to the point of death.
Heb 9:27-28 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many;
You mentioned Hebrews 6, but Hebrews 6 speaks of crucifying Christ again, but if you see above the cross covers our lifetime of sins. The only way to re-crucify Christ is to die in sin, not believing at the point of death. Hebrews 6 is a warning to Christians that they can fall away, but it is not a blocking scripture that prevents you from being saved.
As James says the erring Christain can still be bought back.
Jas 5:19-20 Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
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