Salvation Forum

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   Question for the Calvinists 1 2 3 4

   August 29, 2008 by Guest Guest

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   According to Calvinists: Only God knows who will be saved, and who will go to Hell. (that is my take, as described by the Calvies) So, how can a Calvinist rightfully claim to "know" that they are saved? [ If they say, " I am one of the "elect", then how do they know for sure- that they are- after all, only God has determined that ( according to Calvinists)] [ How can Calvinists be assured of their salvation, when they accept assumptions] Here is what I would be like, If I were to have been duped by Calvinism: "I am saved" , but " Am I actually one of the "elect"?" " The Bible says, " whosoever" but " Am I one of those elected whosoevers" "T…

   

   Last reply by heartstrings, December 10, 2008
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   Truly Saved or Not, What's the Difference?

   October 11, 2008 by DeafBaptist

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   I was reading the Eternal Security thread and am still kind of puzzled since I do come from a background that states that one can lose their salvation and am beginning to understand that if one is truly saved that they cannot lose their salvation. Is this, "truly saved", referring only to those that attempt not to live a sinful life? I know we are all going to sin and that we just have to dust ourselves and get up and keep going... That's how the guy that led me to Christ today explained it, in my own words of course. So how does one know if they are truly saved or not and know that their salvation can never be removed? But if one can backslide, how does their salvati…

   

   Last reply by Guest, November 12, 2008
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   Question about salvations stats

   April 1, 2008 by deputydog530

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   Hey all I found some statistics a while ago (I think it was in the Nov/Dec 2007 issue of Baptist Bread), but I cant find them now. The stats had information about what age people are saved. For instance I think it said 60% of people saved were saved between age 6 and age 12. and so on. I was looking for it to use in message I will be preaching at the end of our Light Brigade Childrens Program. Just wondering if anyone had any info like that. :coffee

   

   Last reply by Ladycuse, October 22, 2008
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   Samer, can you give me a definition of repentance 1 2 3

   October 4, 2008 by victoryoversin

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   I don't really care what all y'all think. I could ask 20 people and get 20 different answers I want to know what Samer thinks (I emailed him and he never replied, so hopefully he will reply here). I'm not sizing you up for debate brother. I just want to know. If there is a place on the forum where you have defined it, please point me there. Would you agree with H.A. Ironside and his definition of repentance in these following quotes? "Repentance is the very opposite of meritorious experience. It is the confession that one is utterly without merit, and if he is ever saved at all it can only be through the merits of our Lord Jesus Christ, 'who gave himself a rans…

   

   Last reply by Truthseeking, October 14, 2008
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   Israel, God's Chosen People

   September 29, 2008 by lettheredeemedsayso

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   Was Israel saved because they were God's chosen people? The reason that I asked this question is because oftentimes when studying the OT we may ask ourselves well how could Israel be so stubborn and stiffnecked.? But when we look at the Jews in the proper context they are no different than you and I before we came to Christ. Or do you think that they are saved because they are God's chosen? What do you think?

   

   Last reply by John81, September 29, 2008
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   Soul 1 2

   June 3, 2008 by Doug138

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   Where do the scriptures teach that a soul is eternal? I know a born-again soul will live eternally, that is easy enough to prove. But what about unregenerate souls? What scripture teaches they have eternal life? Thanks, Doug

   

   Last reply by JerryNumbers, September 17, 2008
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   Debating Calvinism (James White vs. Dave Hunt on John 6:37-4 1 2

   August 22, 2008 by Willo

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   G?day! I found this interesting video on YouTube looking at the issue of Calvinism, it is a debate with James White (Calvinist) and Dave Hunt (non-Calvinist). It is quite a decent video, so I thought I would share it with you, and get your opinions on it as well. http://sovereigntybaptist.blogspot.com/ ... -dave.html May this video encourage us all to think more theologically as we come to dealing with the deep things of Scripture.

   

   Last reply by Willo, August 25, 2008
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   Is Repentance Necessary For Salvation? 1 2 3 4 7

   February 19, 2007 by LindaR

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   This is part of an article by John R. Rice: What Must I Do To Be Saved? WHAT ABOUT REPENTANCE? Does not the Bible say that we must repent? Yes, the Bible plainly says that "God ... commandeth all men every where to repent" (Acts 17:30), and again, "Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish" (Luke 13:3, 5). This was the preaching of John the Baptist, of Jesus, of Peter and of Paul, that men should repent. And certainly repentance is God's plan of salvation. The trouble here, however, is that men misunderstand what repentance means, and there has grown up an idea that repentance means a period of weeping and mourning over sin, or sorrow for sins. This idea comes fro…

   

   Last reply by Samer, August 25, 2008
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    How do you know you are saved? 1 2

    January 11, 2008 by Psalms18_28

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    What questions should a christian ask himself to know for sure he is saved? Like someone say " I have accepted Jesus as my Savior" but the truth is, he is a mormon. I read countless posts (other message boards) saying Romney, a mormon, must be saved because he publicly announced that he accepted Jesus as his savior. Of course, one the post here on OLB reminded me those posts so I thought I would start this topic.

    

    Last reply by heartstrings, July 11, 2008
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    What Happens to a Believers Sin? 1 2

    July 3, 2007 by lettheredeemedsayso

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    What does God do with our sins when we are saved? Please use scripture reference.

    

    Last reply by Doug138, June 3, 2008
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    Judging others salvation

    March 26, 2008 by deputydog530

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    My Pastor and I were talking the other day about how often man entangles his traditions or own thinking :ideas: into scripture and does not even realize it, and how careful we must be to be sure we are letting scripture interpret scripture. One area I have noticed being around many of the bretheren is the judgement of weather or not someone is saved. We preach salvation by grace through faith in Jesus Christ and that it is a gift Eph 2:8-9, Rom 10:9-13 etc. Then when Christian sins or does not walk as we think they should walk the accusations fly of "he is not saved" "she can't be saved" etc. Yes James said faith without works is dead and Christ said by thier fr…

    

    Last reply by godsgurlie_077, April 26, 2008
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    We ought to be watchmen For Jesus

    April 23, 2008 by godsgurlie_077

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    In the Bible it talks about Watchmen. As we observe the job of a watchmen we see that the lives of others are in their hands. For it is their job to watch and see if people come. In the same way we as Christians need to watch for when Jesus comes. Not only does the watchman watch he also warns. In 2 Samuel 18vs27 the watchman here was sending to Ahimaz one of the kings men so that he could bring news to the king whether things were alright or not. In likewise manner we need to warn the wicked of what they will face in Hell of an eternity. As you read on about the watchman you come across how dangerous it can be not only do they watch and warn they also have to go to the c…

    

    Last reply by godsgurlie_077, April 23, 2008
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    The chastening of the Lord

    December 23, 2007 by Maxmya

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    Hebrews 12:5-11 says, "And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: For whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth and scourgeth every son whom He receiveth. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? For they veril…

    

    Last reply by Psalms18_28, April 19, 2008
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    Personal Testimony

    March 14, 2008 by Alimantado

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    Apologies in advance if this is already covered elsewhere, in which case this thread can just be deleted. In another Christian forum I visited once, they had a whole section devoted to peoples' personal testimonies; stories of their spiritual journey to salvation, and the circumstances in which they got saved. Would anyone like to share their personal testimony in this thread? I would go first, but I don't have a story, which is all the more reason why I'd like to hear yours!

    

    Last reply by Alimantado, March 14, 2008
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    How do we know that we're Christians?

    January 27, 2008 by *Light*

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    Greetings! How do we know that we're Christians? What defines a Christian? Well, the biblical answer would be two fold: 1) *knowledge, *belief (or assent), and *trust in Jesus Christ. 1. Knowledge in that one intellectually apprehends the essential facts of who Christ is--namely, that He is God in the flesh (sent by the God the Father) that He really died and *physically* raised from the grave, and born of a virgin (also including the facts of the Tri-unity of God: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit sharing the nature of the ONE God, i.e., one God co-existing as three eternal, equal, "distinct" persons). 2. Belief (or assent) in those facts. 3. Tr…

    

    Last reply by Kenny5682, March 4, 2008
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    Christian unity

    March 3, 2008 by Maxmya

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    Psalm 119:63 says, "I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts." Those who truly believe in the Lord Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior are our brethren in the Lord. If they are living a holy life for the Lord, then we should seek to have Christian fellowship with them in the Lord Jesus Christ. However, if a man or woman is not living for the Lord, we should separate from that person. II Thessalonians 3:6 says, "Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us." We should seek to obey God by…

    

    Last reply by Guest, March 3, 2008
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    Why Calvinism cannot be true 1 2 3 4

    May 18, 2007 by Guest Guest

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    Here are the notes from the message my pastor preached about election on Wednesday night. It was the most easily understood message on the subject that I have ever head and it shows clearly why Calvinism is false doctrine. If you want to hear the entire message, it will be up soon on the website (I don't know how soon, my husband is going to maintain the website but the website isn't finished yet). It will probably just be titled 1 Thessalonians 1:2-4. It will be one of the very first messages there, as it was our second ever Wednesday night service on Wednesday so there aren't too many archives haha. http://www.heritagebapt.com/ Heritage Baptist Church, Picayune …

    

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    Children and salvation... 1 2

    December 1, 2006 by matie-k

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    I've really been struggling in my mind over something lately. It seems there are a whole lot of churches that have bus ministries that bring in children who make salvation decisions, but then when they become a teenager or adult or they move away, etc.., they just quit on God altogether and live the worldly life and totally forget about their childhood decision. Is their salvation not real? Is it possible to get saved and then just forget about your salvation for the rest of your life?

    

    Last reply by Trish, February 6, 2008
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    Evangelism

    January 2, 2008 by Guest Guest

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    As Christians we have a duty to witness. Pass out tracts, give out Bibles, give kids Christian literature. Witness!

    

    Last reply by kevinmiller, February 6, 2008
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    Chad Everett

    February 3, 2008 by Guest Guest

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    Everett a former drunk got saved and is now leading to the Lord! :smile :Green

    

    Last reply by Guest, February 3, 2008
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    Disciples or Not? 1 2

    January 31, 2008 by John81

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    Can one be saved and yet not be a disciple of Christ?

    

    Last reply by John81, February 2, 2008
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    Trust Man why?

    January 21, 2008 by godsgurlie_077

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    For so long I have seen people put their trust not where it should be and just follow the words of men but I tell you the words of God are stronger then the words of man... I was reading a little bit in probverbs and I saw a verse that hit dead on it was Proverbs 28vs21 it says: To have respect of persons is not good for a piece of bread man will transgress. The way i see it is Gods words have always been but man's word hasn't..... I have a friend who is a street preacher that my family puts down and thinks he is wrong in what he is doing. I think what he is doing is right just because my family doesn't like what he is doing doesn't mean he is wrong. I think what h…

    

    Last reply by godsgurlie_077, January 22, 2008
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    My 8 yr old Girl

    January 10, 2008 by RayJr

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    My 8 yr old girl takes her bible to school she also cares tracks with her to help her when she is talking with her friends about Jesus. She led one of her friends to Christ yesterday, she asked the teacher if she could go out into the hall with the other girl so she could wittness to her and she said yes they went out there and she asked the girl if she wanted to be saved(she has been talking to this girl about salvation for the past month or so) she said yes and my 8 yr old daughter led her threw the Romans road to The Lord Jesus Christ. Blew my mind... pride is such a hard thing to keep down when you children are serving God like you want them to I am so excited that s…

    

    Last reply by heartstrings, January 20, 2008
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    I John 5:13

    January 14, 2008 by Maxmya

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    I John 5:13 says, "These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God." In heaven, all that truly know the Lord Jesus Christ as their own personal Savior will be there together! Therefore, we as Bible-believing Christians should truly love each other now as brethren in the Lord. I John 4:11 says, "Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another."

    

    Last reply by kevinmiller, January 14, 2008
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    Salvation

    December 15, 2007 by Maxmya

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    I was saved on December 7, 1969 during an evangelistic crusade after hearing a message on hell from Luke 16:19-31. I had heard messages on tv about the second coming of Jesus Christ and was under conviction for several years. I said, "Lord, forgive me for all the sins that I have done, and I receive Jesus Christ as my own Lord and Savior." (Romans 10:9-13) God will do this for you to if you will place your faith in Jesus Christ as your personal Savior! John 1:12 says, "As many as received Him, to them He gave power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name." Amen and Amen! :Green :Green

    

    Last reply by Guest, January 2, 2008