I don't agree with Ellul that accepting mediated security is a repudiation of our security in Christ, God often provides for his people indirectly; but I do think that fear / panic at the loss of these means is a repudiation of our trust / faith in God to provide either temporal or
Eternal security for us, whichever he sees fit in his grand scheme of things.
Being complete with historically accurate facts, a fundamentalist friendly framework, tongue - in - cheek humor, and many twists of irony, this small set of condensed Biblically faith - based narratives is sure to warm your heart and give
you the eternal security for which you have always longed but did not know it yet because you are blinded by Satan.
Not exact matches
For those who don't see it as a free gift look at it this way: - You work hard and you get paid — it's not always easy but the reward is financial security You live with and for God and you get eternal happiness — life isn't easy but the reward is breathtaki
For those who don't see it as a free gift look at it this way: - You work hard and you get paid — it's not always easy but the reward is financial
security You live with and
for God and you get eternal happiness — life isn't easy but the reward is breathtaki
for God and you get
eternal happiness — life isn't easy but the reward is breathtaking.
For some people, when they hear the phrase, «
eternal security» their blood starts to boil and they have trouble keeping their tongue from shouting, «Heresy!»
But a strong, Biblical understanding of God's grace, a grace that gives us everything
for free, a grace that is not earned, not worked
for, and can not be lost or destroyed, a grace that covers over all our sins, this kind of grace leads to one thing —
eternal security.
While I believe in
eternal security, I still get the question, «What about someone who grew up a Christian, lived as a Christian
for years, then quit, denounced Christ, and hasn't followed him since?»
Much of what the west has long taken
for granted is now disappearing: the
security provided by Christendom; the Christian way of interpreting reality; the confidence that the Christian path leads to
eternal salvation; and the belief that Christian doctrine embodies the essential and unchangeable truths by which to live.
Not by presenting us with more evidence, but by appeals to our emotions and / or our fears: Either by using, «Our almighty, all - knowing god will protect you and give you
eternal life (
security and hope)», or, «Our righteous, just, and holy god will torture you
for all eternity if you DO N'T make the jump (using blind faith).»
So the «need»
for eternal security was there.
A fervently religious child, with a pension
for impromptu lectures to classmates about substitutionary atonement and
eternal security, this news came as a bit of blow, but I supposed I could find my calling elsewhere.
John 10:27 - 28 is oft cited as a proof - text
for eternal security but in its proper context actually means the opposite as those verses are predicated on the verse which immediately precedes them.
And I understand why they want to do this —
for the sake of the unity of the church — but I think that if we lose or sidestep the truths of
eternal security and assurance of salvation, then we have pretty much lost most of the gospel — we have pretty much lost the battle
for the truth of the Gospel.
I am absolutely confident in my
eternal security because of what Jesus did
for me on the cross.
One's
eternal security is tied to caring
for «the least of these,» whoever they are.
We POINT men SPECIFICALLY to FAITH in Christ in His PROMISE, which is a guarantee of
eternal security to all who merely take Him at His word
for it.
One simply must trust Jesus in His promise to impart
eternal security to the one who takes Him at His word
for it.
Do not be naïve in thinking your pension will provide
eternal retirement
security for some of the reasons above, as well as others.
Oil prices may rise and fall, but the quest
for energy
security is
eternal.
I am ever so grateful
for: ONE: The hope of and
security in
eternal life with my Savior, Jesus Christ TWO: The unity and harmony in my marriage to my best friend of 32 years THREE: The goodness, kindness, patience, mercies, compassion, and faithfulness, of my precious Lord and Savior