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Originally Posted by Esaias
What if... the apostles expected "the saved" to be those who receive and CONTINUE In their teachings? So that if someone at any point along the way began to reject their teachings they would be considered outside the faith that saves? Thus one would need to accept and walk in all the apostles' teachings as one learns them... and not stop short along the way...
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I think it is certain the apostles felt that way. It is when we attempt to fit the experiences of 20 centuries of those who all claim to have been Christians it gets confusing.