tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531953775224262250.post3704276823152786460..comments2023-01-04T16:01:22.970+08:00Comments on Righteous... But Not Yet: Eternal Security and LicentiousnessJephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04904821318321521552noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531953775224262250.post-90324188277445108512015-03-26T18:29:27.646+08:002015-03-26T18:29:27.646+08:00As a Reformed Baptist who also hold that the holy ...As a Reformed Baptist who also hold that the holy ordinances of baptism and Lord's Supper are among the ordinary means of grace instituted by Christ, I really cannot find any reason to disgree with you. Jephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04904821318321521552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531953775224262250.post-63804953215135998872013-10-14T12:29:15.280+08:002013-10-14T12:29:15.280+08:00Many Christians have said the following to themsel...Many Christians have said the following to themselves during a very difficult period in their life: “Am I really saved?” Here are the thought processes on this issue for an Evangelical and a Lutheran:<br /><br />The Evangelical's Assurance of Salvation:<br /><br />1. At age ___ I accepted Christ as my Lord and Savior. At that moment I asked Jesus to come into my heart to be my Lord and Savior and to forgive me of my sins.<br /><br />2. But since I am currently questioning my salvation, maybe I didn't "do it" correctly. Maybe I didn't fully understand what I was doing. Maybe I didn't fully repent. Maybe I didn't really have complete faith. Maybe I did it just because my friends were doing it. Maybe...<br /><br />3. I don't know...maybe I should "do it" again, just to be 100% sure.<br /><br />The Lutheran's Assurance of Salvation:<br /><br />1. Have I been baptized into the name of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, thereby receiving God's promise of the forgiveness of my sins, salvation of my soul, faith, and eternal life? <br />Answer: Yes.<br /><br />2. Have I outright rejected Christ as my Lord and Savior? <br />Answer: No.<br /><br />3. Am I living a life of ongoing sin in willful disobedience and defiance of my Lord? <br />Answer: No.<br /><br />Therefore, I know I am saved!<br /><br />When your assurance of salvation is based on what GOD did and not what you did, it makes all the difference in the world!<br /><br />http://www.lutherwasnotbornagain.com/2013/10/salvation-is-much-simpler-than.html<br /><br />Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02519721717265344702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531953775224262250.post-38337645681406957412012-06-06T07:59:55.372+08:002012-06-06T07:59:55.372+08:00Thomas,
Welcome to my blog.
[Jeph, Have you bee...Thomas,<br /><br />Welcome to my blog. <br /><br />[Jeph, Have you been a baptist all your life?]<br /><br />Nope, I was converted in an Arminian-oriented Full Gospel church 6 years ago. I'm became a Baptist 2 years later. <br /><br />[One way that I look at it is this way, if Jesus had so much to say to the 7 churches in the book of Revelations, why are we so sure that the churches we attend today are ok doctrinally? Wouldn't be easy to assume that most churches today are apostate?]<br /><br />We have the litmus test for knowing which church is apostate: The Scriptures. <br /><br />[Because of Free Will, I find it next to impossible to believe in OSAS.]<br /><br />I know perfectly where you're coming from. Been there. <br /><br />Thanks for dropping by my blog.<br /><br />In Christ,<br />-JephJephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04904821318321521552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531953775224262250.post-47039927782010710072012-06-06T07:44:23.134+08:002012-06-06T07:44:23.134+08:00Jeph, Have you been a baptist all your life? (ser...Jeph, Have you been a baptist all your life? (serious question)<br /><br />One way that I look at it is this way, if Jesus had so much to say to the 7 churches in the book of Revelations, why are we so sure that the churches we attend today are ok doctrinally?<br /><br />Wouldn't be easy to assume that most churches today are apostate?<br /><br />Because of Free Will, I find it next to impossible to believe in OSAS. <br /><br />Check out my blog if you have time: http://lastdayrapture.blogspot.com/<br /><br />Thanks, ThomasThomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00160589503829080925noreply@blogger.com