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Who then can be saved?

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My understanding is that Eastern Orthodox Theology, claims that a saved person can lose his salvation. I reject that view, because Jesus opposed it, when He said in, ---

John 6:39 "all that the Father gives Me shall come to Me Now this is the will of the One having sent Me, that all that He has given Me, I should lose none of it, but will raise it up in the last day.

I'm not sure how the Eastern Orthodox get around this verse which clearly exposes their theology. I'm sure you agree that Jesus is speaking about the "elect of God" here. Who else would have the Father given Him to save, surely not the children of the Devil.

The Roman Catholic & Eastern Orthodox Church, hold to the same theology, which holds to the works based salvation, version of the gospel. While the Protestant Church holds to the grace based gospel. I can find may verses to support the "saved by grace" gospel, but I can't find a single evrse to support the "saved by works" version of the gospel.
 
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There are only two kinds of people in the world, those who are alive in Christ and those who are dead in their sin. Those of us who re alive in Christ, are under Gods grace, and those who are dead in their sin are under Gods wrath and judgement. He's angry with them everyday.

God doesn't decide to show His grace or mercy to someone, because they have done some good work or earned merit points. The Bible never teaches that anywhere, because all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

So God only shows grace, mercy and love to those He chose to save, the wrath of God abides on the rest. Nobody finds favour with God, through their works.
 
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You can't even see, or ''live and move and have your being"' without God, and yet He doesn't ask you to acknowledge and believe in Him in order to have physical sight, or to live and move and have your being. In order to become righteous, however, you do, indeed,, have to participate and that's Christianity 101, from the beginning. It's never been understood any other way so you're not even fully engaged with the faith to begin with. Pray, study, ask, seek, and knock and you'll eventually be brought around to the full understanding of the truth
 
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Yes, and Yes.


 
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I believe what St. Paul explains in Colossians 1:1-29 ( especially verses 10-24) probably bests sums up salvation in Orthodoxy. However long & how we live our life by the Lord’s commandments by His grace we are saved.
 
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