Originally posted by @eladar
Because he wants to believe he is God in judging who will have eternal life.
Knowing who won't is easy, or at least those on the path of destruction.
As far as I'm concerned, all others are maybes.
Because he wants to believe he is God in judging who will have eternal life.
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Though maybe 70 to 80 percent of discussions here gravitate into arguments about the assurance of salvation, this thread was never intended by me to be that rehash - "Who is saved and who is not ?? "
Its more about once one IS saved, helps in going ON in growth.
Knowing who won't is easy, or at least those on the path of destruction.
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The parable of the wheat and the tares teaches that Christians are not infallible about knowing others' state of salvation.
Matthew 13:24-30 with its provided interpretation - verses
33-48 show that it is possible that true disciples will not always be able to detect false ones.
I don't claim to be infallible in this discernment either.
It, in fact, is
NOT always easy to tell.
As far as I'm concerned, all others are maybes.
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There are hundreds of discussions started here. Very many of them eventually gravitate to yet another debate about who is saved and who is not.
This thread I intended to talk about something else. Using Paul and his companion workers, they were patterns to follow.
Though I may have made one recommendation of one modern day brother who inspires me to some amount of emulation, I won't be arm twisted to have to name posters here. And that especially with someone with no intention to follow any Christian.