I liken being saved and then deciding to be lost again, and back and forth, akin to Roman Catholicism's transubstantiation, and all their works based salvation beliefs. Or the belief of reincarnation of an eternal spirit from one body to another. I believe Revangelist may have a lack of understanding of the finished work of Christ. Maybe a word study on the words translated redeem(ed)(paid in full), or the Blood of Christ. God's finished work on the Cross involves redemption(towards sin), reconciliation(towards man), and propitiation(towards God). All are separate aspects that make up the once and for all finished work of Christ. To say we can be saved and be lost is to deny the finished work and turn the grace of God into lasciviousness, and to count the blood of Christ as common such as bulls and goats which cover only temporarily.
"Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?" Heb 10:28
"Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen." Jude 24-25
"That which is born of flesh is flesh; and that which is born of Spirit is spirit." John 3:6
"Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever." I Pet 1:23
"For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit" I Pet 3:18
"He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still." Rev 22:11
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