There is an interesting teaching that I found that many (not all) of those that believe you can lose your salvation teach. Many believe that if you have been divorced and married another then you are committing "continual adultery" as they put it as remarriage is a continual sin to them. They focus on Jesus words when He said that if you be married to another then such a person "commits" adultery. The word "commits" they claim is in the present tense and must therefore mean that it is an on-going sin until you divorce that spouse that was married before since the spouse is still alive. I do have to question their intelligence at times since the present tense does not mean "continual" unless you have qualifying words or the context makes that clear. Here is an example, If I were to say, "Whoever kills another man commits murder" then who in their right mind would say that the word "commits" is in the present tense so it really means that the person is killing more than once? It is clear that a single act is being committed even though I used the present tense word "commits."
Do you see what makes this belief so interesting to me that believes in eternal security? Here they are teaching that God will never permit a man and a woman from divorcing. God will never separate the two sinful human beings that He has joined together. God has the the married couple bound as long as they live and no exceptions. This has no exception clauses to those that believe you can lose your salvation between a sinful man and a woman. I find that interesting since God Himself will divorce us from Himself over one little sin but will expect a man and a woman to be bound together as long as they live. So the bride of man can never be put asunder but the bride of Christ can????????? What nonsense do they teach?? How can God expect us sinful human beings to stay married when He cannot even do it Himself according to their teaching?
If God views us as always married then how can not view us as always a part of Him as well? This is where those that believe you can lose your salvation will start coming up with their own take on what they believe what happens. I have heard so much non-sense from them about how we can become unsealed by the Holy Spirit (nowhere stated) and how we can throw away a free gift of salvation (nowhere stated) and so on. I have found so much careless handling of Scripture from those that believe you can lose your salvation that it is enough to make you sick when you consider it. I have read books by Dan Corner, Robert Shank and others to know that they seek to twist areas of Scripture so that it fits their heresy.
If you ever meet a person that believes you can lose your salvation as well as this teaching that you can never be officially divorced then you should know this to be prepared. Ask such a person as to why God would take eternal life from you and if he replies that God punishes the disobedient then be sure to tell that person sarcastically, "Oh Good! I was looking for a reason to divorce my spouse due to his/her disobedience and sinfulness and now I have my reason!!" They will have a hard time replying because how can God expect us that is anything but perfect to do something that He Himself can't even do and who is perfect? They have a god that says, "Do as I say and not as I do." It is like some Calvinists out there that teach that we are to love our enemies even though they believe that God hates them. How can God expect us to do something that He Himself doesn't even have the ability to do?? Jesus did tell us to follow his example. Does it really seem compatible to not believe in divorce and remarriage when you believe in a God that can so easily divorce us? Doesn't it make more sense to believe in a God that doesn't not believe in divorce as He will never be divorced from us?
Friday, June 13, 2008
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Bro. Dave! What a refreshing breatth of theological vfresh air to meet you! Thank you brother for being so transparent & faithful to our wonderful faithful Christ! One of these days I look forward to interacting with you some more my brother at this blog. My blog ain't near as good as yours, but I invite you to come on over sometime! You're always welcome! I look forward to sharing some evidently common struggles reading your profile. I know our wonderful Savior pointed me to your blog at a time I certainly needed it! Praise His Name! God Bless.
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