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In the Gospel Jesus has ALREADY reconciled us and the world unto God, 2 Corinthians 5:18-19.
Colossians 1:22 appears to give that message until you read verse 23.
“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
(But there’s a condition)
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.”
Colossians 1:22-23 NASB1995
2 Corinthians 5:18-18 doesn’t say that we can’t lose our salvation you just failed to present that part of the message. Conveniently you omitted verse 17. Verses 18 and 19 are contingent upon this condition.
“Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.”
2 Corinthians 5:17 NASB1995
This does not in any way shape or form indicate that if anyone WAS in Christ that they will receive salvation.
In the Gospel we are ALREADY complete "In Christ", Colossians 2:10.
“For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form, and in Him you have been made complete, and He is the head over all rule and authority;”
Colossians 2:9-10 NASB1995
IN HIM are the key words here. So long as we remain IN HIM we have been made complete. As I pointed out according to what Jesus said in John 15:6 not everyone will remain IN HIM.
“If anyone does not abide/remain in Me, he is thrown away as a branch and dries up; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire and they are burned.”
John 15:6 NASB1995
Nothing can change or undo what Jesus has ALREADY done. What Jesus has accomplished becomes ours by simple childlike faith. If you fall away after professing faith in Christ, it is because you didn't really believe in the first place. You were a counterfeit.
Actually that’s false, Jesus can surely change it. Jesus Himself specifically stated that people will believe and fall away.
“Those on the rocky soil are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no firm root; they believe for a while, and in time of temptation fall away.”
Luke 8:13 NASB1995
So what you’ve stated here directly contradicts what Jesus specifically stated would happen.
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