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Originally Posted by LUKE2447
so typical... I ask for it now. I can't keep up with which opinon which day. So where do you stand now on my question.
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YAWN.
I have the same answer, Lukey.
We are once justified. If we fall out of relationship with Christ, we are no more justified. We are justified as long as we continue following Him -- and as long as we are "in Christ." It takes a lot to be removed from the protection of Christ, and to be kicked out of his family. I find it difficult, in fact. God is patient, kind and loving. But many, who continue in habitual sin, will find themselves reprobate, turned away from God, believing the lie they continued to believe anyway -- that their way was better. It is not "off and on." That's not the conditional nature of the Father's house.
Now... your turn.
Is justification once for all, or off-and-on through one's life?