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Unconditional Eternal Security

Discussion in 'Other Christian Denominations' started by Salty, Feb 19, 2019.

  1. Salty

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    If Solomon is in heaven then it is unconditional eternal security.
     
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    In general no one knows when they will die. Unless God who saves, keeps those whom He saves, none are safe in any claim of salvation. The idea of conditional eternal security of the believer is no security of eternal life at all, because that is not having eternal life. Either one has eternal life now or not, there is no middle in this.

    To believe one can have eternal life now and some how die and not have eternal life is irrational.
     
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    John 10:28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.

    I give - Present tense.

    How long is "eternal life", one day? one week? one year?, one eternity?

    never perish is a double negative (permissible in Koine) they shall never, ever perish
     
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    You just made my head spin even more! Confused
     
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    John 10:27-28. ."My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me, and I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand."

    Christ's sheep, to whom the promises are made, hear the Shepherd's voice, and they follow Him. If someone is not listening to the Shepherd's voice and not following Him, what reason would he have to suppose that he is one of Christ's sheep? Such people, far from being known by Christ, will one day hear Him say to them, "I never knew you!" (Matthew 7:23). Not, "I knew you once, but then forgot about you." They were never part of Christ's flock and never partakers of the promise of John 10:28.
     
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    Indeed. There is no "if" involved : If they hear my voice, if they follow me...

    It's what they do because the are His sheep.
     
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    1) Generally no one knows when they will die.
    2) If one dies and does not go to Heaven, one did not have eternal life when they died.
    3) Claiming to have had eternal life makes no sense.
     
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