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Once Saved Always Saved (OSAS) or Keep the faith until the end?

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There's more to salvation than just having a ticket to heaven. It means being saved from the bondage of sin and the ability to reach new heights of sanctification through the Holy Spirit. In my opinion if one doesn't proactively want to grow in love towards God, there's not much point in them being a Christian. Salvation is a daily experience of spiritual growth rather than just a one time event.

If one is asked what makes you a Christian, the answer should be something like; "I want to be and do what God wants, I want to strive towards being more like Jesus". Rather than; "well I said a little prayer once many years ago".
 
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The only real objection against OSAS is not salvation... it is sin.
The objection, of course, is that OSAS could be interpreted as a "license to sin."
Yet, of all the OSAS proponents I have encountered, I have never heard anyone state they believe this. Nobody says, "Well, I believe in OSAS so I can 'live like hell' and still feel secure in my eternal destiny." That is the assumption of the teaching's detractors. It is a common debate tactic to restate an argument out of context and then refute it(straw man). Myself, I lean toward OSAS, but not in the context of sin but in punishment for sin. All sin must and will be dealt with as a matter of justice. The point is not all sin results in spiritual death. There is sin not unto spiritual death. These sins reap corruption of the flesh and, to the extreme, physical death. Paul speaks of turning such a believer over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh so that their spirit be saved on the day of the Lord.

The counter to OSAS is TLLF - "Twice Lost, Lost Forever." This is commonly heard when quoting Heb 10 as proof against OSAS.

Hebrews 10:26-27 KJV
26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.

Who has not sinned since they were saved? I have been a believer for 54 years. I would be ashamed and embarrassed to list the many manifold ways I have "missed the mark." The TLLF proponents insist that if you have ever sinned even once since you were saved, then you are lost forever. No matter how hard you repent, there will never again be a sacrifice for your sins, and your damnation is permanent. It is done. Hense Twice Lost Lost Forever. That is cringeworthy. This teaching does not work and contradicts many verses about repenting and forgiveness. This verse does not say what they want it to say, and if it did, it would lead to their own condemnation and assess the Gospel to be an utter failure with NOBODY saved ever.

Let's start a list of everyone who has never "sinned willfully since they came to the knowledge of the truth":
1.
2.
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Any takers?
 
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I feel that one's claim to having already been saved is a kind of misnomer.
My own salvation won't be assured until I am raised from the dead, to eternal life.
Jesus once said..."Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity." (Matt 7:21-23)
What happened to their previously claimed salvation ?
 
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It sounds like they claim to have been saved but are lying. Jesus said He NEVER knew them.
 
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The flesh sees grace/forgiveness as an opportunity for sin. That is why the two retorts are offered in Romans 6...

What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? (Ro 6:1)​

and,

What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? (Ro 6:15)​

Paul addressed both these retorts by saying the opposite is true, indicating that being raised from the dead and having received new life in Christ, our affections for sin have been replaced with love for God and for the things of God. In the first reply he focuses on our new lives and tells us to arm ourselves with this new reality - we are alive to God and dead to sin, so we should arm ourselves with this midset and present ourselves to God as such. In the second reply, He focuses on our freedom from sin and our slavery to God and tells us to present ourselves to God as such.

When we get to Galatians, we see Paul taking six chapters to warn arbout the nature and pitfals of legalistic Christian living and one verse to caution against misusing our liberty...

"For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh" (Ga 5:13).​
Why is this? I suppose it is because our human natures teache us we cannot trust ourselves to live free of sin without the restraints of law to keep us in line. But, of course, the answer is not submission to the law. It is submission to the Spirit...

I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. 17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. (Ga 5:16–18)​
So, this topic is not so much about eternal security, but is more about what makes us right with God.
 
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Clare, the Bible is full of verses that one can use as evidence to "prove", OSAS or to "prove" finishing the race and abiding in Christ
But it's not either/or, it's both/and. . .only those who finish the race are truly saved.

And those who finish the race did so only because they were enabled by the Holy Spirit whom they received in the new birth.
albeit, neither belief should matter if one abides in Christ. However, I firmly believe that one of these beliefs WILL lead many to hell.
The solution to that notion is correct teaching, the solution is not denying Biblical doctrine.
 
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It sounds like they claim to have been saved but are lying. Jesus said He NEVER knew them.
Either lying, or misinformed.
If one teaches a man who steals for a living that he is "saved", he will not stop stealing.
The real lie is that continuing adulterers, thieves, liars, and murderers, are saved.
 
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Either lying, or misinformed.
If one teaches a man who steals for a living that he is "saved", he will not stop stealing.
The real lie is that continuing adulterers, thieves, liars, and murderers, are saved.
The point is they were never lost after being saved... they were never saved to start with. He NEVER knew them.
 
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You just posted the usage and definition of the Greek words used in 2 Timothy 2:12 then completely ignored them and went to verse 13 and other verses. You didn’t actually explain anything about how Jesus denying Paul and Timothy doesn’t equate to a loss of salvation.

And if we are DISBELIEVERS that One ( meaning Christ ) Faithful , He remains faithful , as He is NOT able to CONTRADICT
He’s not able to contradict what? Paul just quoted Jesus from Matthew 10:32-33.

““Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father who is in heaven. But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father who is in heaven.
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭10‬:‭32‬-‭33‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬

This is what Paul is saying that Jesus can’t contradict, the verse he just quoted right before this statement.

Why did you start at verse 12? Is it because verse 10 explains who Paul is actually referring to?

“According to the grace of God which was given to me, like a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building on it. But each man must be careful how he builds on it. For no man can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if any man builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, each man’s work will become evident; for the day will show it because it is to be revealed with fire, and the fire itself will test the quality of each man’s work. If any man’s work which he has built on it remains, he will receive a reward. If any man’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire.”
‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭3‬:‭10‬-‭15‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬

1 Corinthians 3:10-15 is specifically about those who are building on the foundation of Christ. It has nothing to do with people who are DENYING CHRIST. Are you trying to say that people who are denying Christ are building on His foundation? I specifically explained this in my video on 2 Timothy 2:12 because Bob Wilkin made this same mistake. Are unbelievers who are denying Christ building on His foundation? Building on the foundation of Christ according to what Paul was describing in 1 Corinthians 3 is referring to working in the church. That’s why he said this right after saying that both he and Apollos were building on the foundation of Christ in different ways but both for the same goal. Paul planted and Apollos watered but it was God who caused the growth. Both he who plants and he who waters are one but each will receive his own reward. This has nothing to do with unbelievers who are denying Christ, it’s about those who are working in the church. It has nothing to do with salvation or sin. It’s about receiving rewards in heaven for doing good deeds that either prove to be beneficial or not beneficial to the church.

Why does Paul say that the man’s spirit MAY be saved? Why doesn’t Paul say that the man’s spirit WILL be saved?

And you completely lost me here because I have no idea what 2 Thessalonians 2:1-3 has to do with any of this. It’s a prophetic passage about the coming of the antichrist. It has nothing to do with the guy who was speaking with his step mother in 1 Corinthians 5.
 
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Romans 6:1-2 Well then, should we keep on sinning so that God can show us more and more of his wonderful grace?
Of course not! Since we have died to sin, how can we continue to live in it?
Amen and verse 16

“Do you not know that when you present yourselves to someone as slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or of obedience resulting in righteousness?”
‭‭Romans‬ ‭6‬:‭16‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
 
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Heb 10:26 If we deliberately continue sinning after we have received knowledge of the truth, there is no longer any sacrifice that will cover these sins.
No I disagree with this because what Paul is talking about here is that there are no more sin offerings under the Mosaic covenant that will cover our sins. That’s what he was explaining in the chapter, how the old covenant sin offerings are obsolete.
 
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John 14:15 “If you love me, you will keep my commandments”.
 
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Heb 10:26 If we deliberately continue sinning after we have received knowledge of the truth, there is no longer any sacrifice that will cover these sins.
So.... twice lost, lost forever?
 
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Ivan,

If you cannot handle debate, why did you come here? I can't converse with a tattle tail. Find another thread I'm done conversing with you.
 
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Revelation 3:5 states, "He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels."

What? You mean? Um? Oh! Our names CAN be blotted out? Wow! Revelation! We must overcome? Until when? The end of the race (our lives) I presume? Yes! I can't prove anything to you people but I can plant a seed. Never take your salvation for granted. Anyone can apostle. Stay on the narrow path and you will overcome. God bless.
 
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Absolutely! We often deny Jesus through idols. Our denying could be deliberate, but also we could become deceived through false teachers, false teachings, love of the world, back sliding, discontent, etc, but it's the us who deny Jesus first.
 
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