Originally posted by Suzianne
I must disagree with this. God's Grace is *promised* to us, providing one keeps his end of the bargain. Do you, for some reason best known to yourself, doubt God's word? God does not renege on His promises. So the only question of salvation would be on our end. True, one could fall, but presumably, one *should* realize when one is in a state of Grace a ...[text shortened]... that "no one knows whether they will see salvation or not" is ridiculous on the face of it.
really, if your salvation is assured as you claim, why does Christ state that, he or she
that has endured to the end is the one that will be saved, why does Paul speak of
putting up a fine fight for the faith, if your salvation is already assured, then these
verse have no real meaning and you are in fact making a mockery of the Bible. That
besides, my point is that those who seem so self assured tend to me to be the most
self righteous, as if they are on the path to life and everyone else is damned. For how
else can one adopt such a stance and not be affected by it? are you special that you
are the recipient of Gods grace and another person unworthy? How will you explain it?