There’s the beginning of a really interesting, not to mention civilized and intelligent, conversation about Once Saved, Always Saved (OSAS) going on between DJ AMDG (who believes in it) and Kerath25 (who doesn’t) in the comments section to yesterday’s post. In the post, I argued that Simon the Magi disproves OSAS, because every version of… Continue reading A Good OSAS Discussion
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Simon the Magi and Once Saved, Always Saved
Yet another example from the Bible which I think refutes the notion of Once Saved, Always Saved (OSAS) is that of Simon the Magi from Acts 8. Simon was a magician who was sort of a big shot in Samaria, popularly known as the “Great Power” (Acts 8:9-11). But then an actual big shot, St.… Continue reading Simon the Magi and Once Saved, Always Saved
Once Saved, Always Saved and Revelation
I’ve heard Evangelicals try and use the last chapter of Revelation to claim that sola Scriptura is, in fact, Biblical. Specifically, Revelation 22:18-19 says: 18I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book. 19And… Continue reading Once Saved, Always Saved and Revelation
Romans 11: Part Two
DJ AMDG responded at some length to my post on Romans 11 in the combox. His comments are in red, my responses are in blue. I disagree that the root is Christ/God. Paul is talking about the nation of Israel in terms of salvation history. It is a nation rooted in the patriarchs and the… Continue reading Romans 11: Part Two
Romans 11: Two Birds, One Stone
There is a passage in Romans 11 which I think refutes Dispensationalism and Once Saved, Always Saved that it requires almost no commentary, Romans 11:13-21: I am talking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I make much of my ministry in the hope that I may somehow arouse my… Continue reading Romans 11: Two Birds, One Stone
Assurance of Salvation and the Sin of Presumption
One of the most misunderstood parts of Catholicism is the notion of the sin of presumption. Protestants who are big on “assurance of salvation” often claim that Catholics can’t know that they’re saved, because to do so would be the “sin of presumption,” as understood by the Church. Then, they trot out Bible verses like… Continue reading Assurance of Salvation and the Sin of Presumption
Big Bounce and the Properties of God
I’d originally planned on doing the second part to yesterday’s post, but it’s already a lot longer than I’d hoped (it’ll probably become two posts or else get edited down quite a bit), and I thought that this comment from DJAMDG. He’s in red, and my thoughts are in blue. Two things: 1) You (a… Continue reading Big Bounce and the Properties of God
Once Saved, Always Saved, Thrice Around
This is the second part of my answer to a thought-provoking and in-depth comment by DJ AMDG. His initial comment was sparked by a discussion here, and you may want to read pt. 1 of the response before you start here (although you don’t have to). His comments are in red, my responses are in… Continue reading Once Saved, Always Saved, Thrice Around
Once Saved, Always Saved, Twice Around
DJ AMDG had more questions and commentary on my post on OSAS (once saved, always saved), the (usually) Calvinist doctrine that you can’t “lose your salvation.” He’s in red, and my responses are in black: Joe, on Hebrews I don’t think anybody asserts that 3:14 means that. I could be wrong, and perhaps a Catholic… Continue reading Once Saved, Always Saved, Twice Around
Once Saved, Always Saved?
DJ AMDG asks in a comment worth reading (at the bottom of this post) how I can think both (A) “We can do nothing apart from God’s grace. We can’t even turn to God to ask for His grace without first having His grace,” and (B) that there will be some who are damned and… Continue reading Once Saved, Always Saved?