The Altar Of The Saved
By Mark Flippo
Many people think that the altar is just a place for sinners to get right with God. It is true sinners can have their lives completely changed it is not just for them. If you as a Christian want to remain saved you need to repent often! It is not a once and done deal. The once saved always saved needs to be examined further.
John 15:6
“If a man abide not in Me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.”
This statement occurs
in the famous passage of Jesus as the True Vine. It could scarcely be clearer that this passage hinges on the question of whether the “branches” are willing to abide (continue) in Him. To abide in Christ means that my soul must be in daily, constant communion with Jesus Christ and must invite Him to live His life in me. (See Galatians 2:20.) We contend that one’s destiny hinges on choices made, not just once and for all time on the day of our conversion, but on every single day thereafter. One day may find us securely in the hand of Jesus, but the next may find us jumping out of that nail-scarred hand.
We are never “locked in” permanently, for God created us as free moral agents, and He grants us the sacred right to either exercise faith in Christ day by day or to choose not to do so day by day. All the while, His Holy Spirit is constantly wooing us while at the same time the deceiver is seeking to undo us. In a very
real sense, the great controversy between the powers of Heaven and Hell is waged over the submission of the human agent to one power or the other. I hope this helps your understanding of the once saved always saved.
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By Mark Flippo
Many people think that the altar is just a place for sinners to get right with God. It is true sinners can have their lives completely changed it is not just for them. If you as a Christian want to remain saved you need to repent often! It is not a once and done deal. The once saved always saved needs to be examined further.
John 15:6
“If a man abide not in Me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.”
This statement occurs
in the famous passage of Jesus as the True Vine. It could scarcely be clearer that this passage hinges on the question of whether the “branches” are willing to abide (continue) in Him. To abide in Christ means that my soul must be in daily, constant communion with Jesus Christ and must invite Him to live His life in me. (See Galatians 2:20.) We contend that one’s destiny hinges on choices made, not just once and for all time on the day of our conversion, but on every single day thereafter. One day may find us securely in the hand of Jesus, but the next may find us jumping out of that nail-scarred hand.
We are never “locked in” permanently, for God created us as free moral agents, and He grants us the sacred right to either exercise faith in Christ day by day or to choose not to do so day by day. All the while, His Holy Spirit is constantly wooing us while at the same time the deceiver is seeking to undo us. In a very
real sense, the great controversy between the powers of Heaven and Hell is waged over the submission of the human agent to one power or the other. I hope this helps your understanding of the once saved always saved.
http://moderndayparablesrcf.com