Johnny Skeptic
October 29, 2006, 02:19 PM
If you successfully refute one of the five tenets of Calvinism, you call into question the other tenets. One of the five tenets is that a man cannot lose his salvation. However, there is good evidence that the Bible says that a man can lose his salvation. Hebrews 6:4-7 say "It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age, if they fall away, to be brought back to repentance, because to their loss they are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting him to public disgrace." (NIV)
Although many Christians dispute what I said, there is further proof that I am right. Matthew 7:21-23 say "Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity." (KJV)
Now in Matthew 7:21-23, Jesus had to have been speaking about Christians who will lose their salvation because in Matthew 12:26 and Mark 3:23 he said that Satan cannot cast out Satan, meaning that only believers can cast out Satan, and in Matthew 7:22, he said "and in thy name have cast out devils."
Although many Christians dispute what I said, there is further proof that I am right. Matthew 7:21-23 say "Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity." (KJV)
Now in Matthew 7:21-23, Jesus had to have been speaking about Christians who will lose their salvation because in Matthew 12:26 and Mark 3:23 he said that Satan cannot cast out Satan, meaning that only believers can cast out Satan, and in Matthew 7:22, he said "and in thy name have cast out devils."