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Originally Posted by mfblume
God wills that one be lost or perish. That shuts the whole thing down right there. If He wills none perish, then there is no such thing as Him willing only certain ones to be saved. OSAS believes God chooses not to save everyone, but only some ,and he chooses the rest to go to hell. They hate putting it that way, but that's what OSAS essentially is saying.
2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. |
Ok thanks, Bro. MF. So, just to recap - essentially the Calvinist idea behind OSAS is that God determines who will be saved or lost, and if you are saved, you will be saved regardless of how you live, because God has determined you will be saved or go to hell.
But then the verse in Peter refutes that, because it says that God wills that none should perish, but all come to repentance.
This scripture speaks pretty solidly that one can lose their salvation, I think.
Heb. 10:26 "For if we sin wilfuly after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries."