Once Saved, Always Saved?

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John Wesley on “Once Saved always Saved?”

“Calvinists, who deny that salvation can ever be lost, reason on the subject in a marvelous way...

They tell us, that somehow....

No virgin’s lamp can go out...(Matthew 25:8)

No promising harvest can be choked with thorns...(Matthew 13:7)

No branch in Christ can ever be cut off for unfruitfulness...(John 15:6)

No pardon can ever be forfeited...
(Matthew 18:32)

They say that no name can be blotted out of God’s book!
(Revelation 3:5; Exodus 32:33)

They insist that no salt can ever lose its savour...
(Matthew 5:13)

That nobody can ever...
“receive the grace of God in vain”... (2 Corinthians 6:1)

“bury his talents”...(Matthew 25:18)

“neglect such great salvation”... (Hebrews 2:3)

trifle away “a day of grace”... (James 5:5)

“look back” after putting his hand to the gospel plow...( and become unfit for the kingdom of God)
(Luke 9:62)

Nobody can “grieve the Spirit” till He is “quenched,”...
(Ephesians 4:30; 1 Thessalonians 5:19) and strives no more, (Romans 11:21,22)

nor “deny the Lord that BOUGHT them”...
(2 Peter 2:1)

nor “bring upon themselves swift destruction.”.. (2 Peter 2:1)

Nobody, or body of believers, can ever get so lukewarm that Jesus will spew them out of His mouth... (Revelation 3:16)

They use reams of paper to argue that if one ever got lost he was never found. (John 17:12)

that if one falls, he never stood. (Romans 11:16-22 and Hebrews 6:4-6)

if one was ever “cast forth,” he was never in, and “if one ever withered,” he was never attached to the vine and once green. (John 15:1-6)

and that “if any man draws back,” it proves that he never had anything to draw back from. (Hebrews 10:38,39)

that if one ever “falls away into spiritual darkness,” he was never enlightened. (Hebrews 6:4-6)

that if you “get entangled again in the pollutions of the world,” it shows that you had never escaped. (2 Peter 2:20)

that if you “put salvation away” you never had it to put away, (Hebrews 10:35; Psalms 51:11)

and if you make shipwreck of faith, there was no ship of faith there!! (1 Timothy 1:19)|

In short they say: If you get it, you can’t lose it; and if you lose it you never had it.

May God SAVE US...
from accepting a doctrine, that must be defended by such fallacious reasoning!”
~ John Wesley

William James Roop, M.A.B.S.

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Low On Salt

Hello everyone.  Praise the Lord!

I was up at my aunt and uncle's house in Wisconsin here recently. They own the old family dairy farm. While we were there he told me a lot of interesting stories.  Here is one of those stories.

My uncle, Jerry Mankowski, told me a story about a medical emergency that happened to him a few years ago. He woke up one morning with his hands shaking! He could not stop them from shaking. Also he had little feeling in his body.

His long time wife, Nancy, said that she would take him to the clinic. Jerry told her no, he really needed an ambulance! She called an ambulance immediately! When the ambulance arrived, off they went to the local hospital!

Upon arrival at the hospital, a battery of tests were performed. As my aunt and uncle sat there, the doctor's convened and discussed. They knew what the problem was almost immediately, but they just wanted to make sure.

The doctor eventually came out and revealed what was the diagnosis. Jerry had very low sodium levels in his blood!  He was just low on salt! The doctor turned to my aunt Nancy, and said to her, " put the salt shaker back on the table!"

Now both of them put plenty of salt on their food. The salt shaker is always on the table. It's popular today to have a no salt diet. But that is not healthy for us. Our blood needs to have a good salt content for a healthy body.

William James Roop, M.A.B.S.

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