It seems everybody's a Christian these days, especially here in the American bible belt. While some say its because their goods outweigh their bads, most believe it to be true because of a sinner's prayer they prayed at some point in their life. The Bible however tells us in John 3 that, "unless a man be born again'' he will never see the kingdom of God and in John 1 the "sons of God" are not born of flesh (man's decision), but by God's (Spirit).
One of the many "doctrines of demons" (1 Timothy 4:1) that has infiltrated the church today is "Once saved always saved". The osas doctrine teaches that if you pray a prayer and ask Jesus to come into your heart, you can receive a ticket to heaven regardless of how you live the rest of your life out. This is not what the bible teaches, but I too, used to believe it. Over & over again in the new testement we read about repentance, holiness, obedience, endurance & finishing the race, yet so few are teaching this....and even less, living it.
Latter Days Ministry (NOT to be confused with the mormon church) does an incredible job of exposing the lies of this doctrine and revealing what the word of God says salvation actually is. For those of you who desire to understand more about this, I have provided the link below:
http://thelatterdays.blogspot.com/2009/11/once-saved-now-lost-part-1a.html?m=1
Let's continue to dig & look to see what it is that we've been handed...
"... he (God) is a rewarder of those who diligently seek him." Heb. 11:6
Let's continue to dig & look to see what it is that we've been handed...
"... he (God) is a rewarder of those who diligently seek him." Heb. 11:6
