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Featured Free Will and Loss of Salvation

Discussion in 'Calvinism & Arminianism Debate' started by Reformed1689, Apr 7, 2022.

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  1. Eternally Grateful

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    once again, YOU DID NOT USE THE WORD ABSOLUTE.

    and EVEN IF YOU DID NOT it does not matter

    FREE WILL IS FREE WILL
     
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    we can lose it after the church age? When does eternal life stop being eternal? When could it ever be lost?
     
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    See post Free Will and Loss of Salvation
     
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    I clarified in post number 4 what we are talking about. No Free will is not free will equally. So yes, it does matter. There are different definitions of free will.
     
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    I disagree

    free will is free will. the freedom to chose.

    Every minute of every hour of ever day we make free will choices..

    we are born in a state of unbelief, We have free will up to the point of death to remain in unbelief, or take what God has shown us through his creation, His word, his people and his direct influence in our lives to chose to repent of that unbelief. and in brokenness do the only thing we can do. Cry out for Gods mercy.

    as for your post

    1.this post makes no sense. Who believes we are not in bondage to sin and thus we will not chose Christ without a change? if we are not in bondage to sin, we would not need to change to come to Christ. thus we would not need to repent.
    2. This is a false fallacy even here, we do not CHOSE Christ. Again, as I said the tax collector did not chose Christ. (but you do not want to talk about this)
    3. how can these people hold to no loss of salvation? I have spent this whole thread explaining that to you.
     
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    Slaves don't change themselves.
     
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    Out of curiosity, are you eternally grateful that you chose God or eternally grateful that God chose you?
     
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    Your right..

    Slaves are freed

    But many slaves chose to remain in bondage and chose not to believe or have faith in the one who came to free them

    same situational example

    A slave who is in bondage is freed. The one who freed them has not only saved them, but now takes care of them, and they never give the slave any reason to lose faith in his freedom

    Why would that slave ever return to the bondage he was freed from because he lost faith in the savior?

    so again, Your argument against free will and trying to resolve eternal security with free will to support your belief are mute
     
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    God brought me to my knees.

    God showed me my sin

    God showed me his love, He showed me himself and his creation through his word, his people and his creation.

    I cried out to him, and asked him to apply his salvation to me. I did not chose him. He chose to save me..

    But not in the way your thinking.. I could have said no.
     
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    Six hour warning

    This thread will be closed no sooner than 10 pm EDT / 7 pm PDT
     
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    You are trying to have it both ways. The will is in bondage to sin, enslaved. It doesn't have the choice to be free because it is not its choice to make.
     
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    Again, you can't have it both ways.
     
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    The only choice your in slavery to sin self could make was to say no and run away.
    This is the point. Your will is not and was not free. God had to break in to your cell and free you. Once he did so, you could run back to your cell and live in slavery, but you wouldn't. Why? Because God gave you the faith to believe and repent.

    Now please, quit lifting yourself up above your position.
     
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    Ask the fallen angels.
     
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    In case you didn't know, angels and humans are two totally different things.
     
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    Irrelevant to the nature of "eternal" in "eternal life" under discussion.
    Unless your contention is that angels were created with an expiry date.
    Please write out a reasoning with such comments.
     
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    Two ways?

    Funny how you could not prove my example (that you brought up) wrong. You just had to once again trty to tell me what I am thinking (and again your wrong)

    The example remains. a slave does not have to come and say yes to the savior. she can remains a slave. Many did..

    I can buy a slaves freedom. It does not mean they have to accept my offer..
     
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    Both ways?

    Your not even listening to me..
     
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    My will did not demand anything from God. My flesh was broken and in brokenness called out in desperation to God (like the tax collector)

    My will did not do anything

    God offered me the ability to repent. He did not repent for me..
     
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    ask them what?

    They were like adam and eve. without sin.

    They did not lose salvation. they never had it. they did not NEED saved before they fell

    so again. how can you lose it after the church age? By what definition or by what means are they saved?
     
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