Originally posted by Matthew 16:24:
Tim
Just wanted to say I agree with you. I have read all those scriptures before and have came to the same conclusion as you. They make perfect sense and I can not believe other members do not see it.
Matthew 16:24 and Doubting Thomas,
Thanks for the encouragement. I am distressed by the way this discussion with OSASers always turns into the accusation that we are suggesting we somehow earn our salvation. Pure rubbish! Anyone who believes that we earn our salvation by our works is dead wrong.
There are really two, no three great dangers facing our Baptist brothers and sisters today. The first is the extremely dangerous teaching of OSAS. It is dangerous because by not abiding in Christ we become so hardened and carnal that we can become spiritually dead or we can reject Christ before we get to that point. The second dangerous teaching is a pre-trib rapture. Believers looking for a rapture are not going to be looking for the antichrist or the mark of the beast. Because of their carnality they will be the first in line accept the mark and anyone who does that is cast into the lake of fire with the beast and false prophet. The last danger facing our Baptist brothers and sisters is their subjugation to religious intellectuals rather than depending on the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Anyone can take the Bible and pray for wisdom and understanding (the Bible tells us to do so – James 1:5). Yet anytime Baptists run up against something that challenges what they were taught, instead of examining it with the aid of the Holy Spirit, Baptist run to Dr. So & So or Dr. Who-diddy-Who for a neat little package of Pie In The Sky (PITS) theology. It looks a lot like what Paul describe in 2 Tim 4:3-4. Of course these three dangers go hand in hand.
It’s a tirade, I know, but more people need to be saying it.
In the love of Christ,
Tim