We MUST CONTINUE to believe if we are to be saved at the END OF OUR LIFE.So? Please explain the meaning of the present tense.
But never mind. I'll tell you, since you obviously don't know.
It means that the MOMENT one believes (that means when they believe IS the present in terms of the believer) they ARE saved.
But Arminians abuse the present tense and insist it means they MUST CONTINUE to believe in order to continue to be saved.
But, all the times 'believe' is in the aorist tense destroys that notion.
And our sealing is based on a past action (aorist tense) of believing which results in a guarantee of our inheritance until the day of redemption.
But you can't explain that, huh.
Except we don't find the words "we must..." in order to never perish.
That's what a condition looks like, which you seem oblivious to.
So, to you, there is no difference between a condition and a description.
Yep, you really do need a primer on the meaning of words in English.
Colossians 1:22-23
22yet 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 ...
IF we continue IN OUR FAITH, Jesus will present us holy and blameless before God.
1 Timothy 4:10
10For it is for this we labor and strive, because we have fixed our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of believers.
There goes that present tense again for believers.
I could list verses all night on BELIEVING having to be present tense.
One believes...............he is saved and secure.
One does NOT believe...he is not saved and not secure.
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