tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post8428561109291778187..comments2023-10-07T04:07:56.527-04:00Comments on The End Time: The anchor holds, my ship has come in: raptureElizabeth Pratahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04341086233512507156noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-73315680055705716592013-10-30T18:06:04.454-04:002013-10-30T18:06:04.454-04:00Hey Elizabeth, I know you are scripturally sound o...Hey Elizabeth, I know you are scripturally sound or I wouldn't read and enjoy your blog. Like I said above, I may have misundertood what you were saying. <br />Anyway......<br /><br />pamAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-81750728737352648142013-10-30T17:58:20.669-04:002013-10-30T17:58:20.669-04:00right...nautical language...don't drift away.right...nautical language...don't drift away.Elizabeth Pratahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04341086233512507156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-22929669482542695002013-10-30T17:15:15.578-04:002013-10-30T17:15:15.578-04:00If we are truly born again, no, we cannot lose our...If we are truly born again, no, we cannot lose our salvation. However, speaking of Christians now, we can drift away, and we can make a shipwreck of our faith. Look what this pastor wrote of his friends, it is an essay called "Lives Destroyed." http://www.christwardcollective.org/christward/lives-destroyed#.UnFyxyembqIof<br /><br />"The past two years have been devastating. I have watched the lives of four Christian friends destroyed for want of care. These are men, I have loved and respected. All of them had families, loving wives, and children. Three of them were pastors and another was a nationally recognized professional at the top of his field. And all of them were consumed by their lusts. Everything in their lives destroyed because they chose to play with fire. For each of them it started small. One look at a website or the brush of someone’s hand. And now the three pastors are out of the ministry, one sits in prison, and two of them are separated from their children and wives. The professional’s wife is exploring divorce. All of them have lost their homes, their jobs, their friends, their churches, their reputations, their lives. Sin is deadly."<br /><br />David drifted away, he paid dearly for it, he lost his son. Solomon drifted away and made a shipwreck of most of his adult life. Gideon. Lot. Most times God brings us back after He chastises us. Sometimes He brings us home.<br /><br />That Christians drift away is seen not just in the verses above, but here: Some Christians arrive in heaven with no rewards, barely escaping the fire (1 Cor 3:15). Likely these are the ones who were on the downward spiral and before the time of repentance and reconciliation part of the sanctifying cycle.<br /><br />However, speaking of NON-Christians, many wear sheep's clothing, but are not of us. These, mask their unbelieving hearts for a while but they always drift away. John speaks about these. Their going showed they were not of us. 1 john 2:19<br /><br />So we always pray for each other, not knowing who is going to go and who the Lord will bring back. Either way, when we see someone drifting from the anchor, we plead with them with tears & prayers, night and day.<br /><br />Pam- rest assured, that I agree with you that it is scriptural to a certainty that no Christian loses salvation. If you ever read something like that on this blog you can be positive that is not what I meant. Just let me know and I'll revise the confusing language in an edit.Elizabeth Pratahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04341086233512507156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-40075657771429350422013-10-30T10:30:49.303-04:002013-10-30T10:30:49.303-04:00Just one more thing. The Hebrews passage you menti...Just one more thing. The Hebrews passage you mentioned, in context, was Paul's appeal to those who were being confronted by the Judaizer's not to turn back from what they were learning because if they did there would be no other way of salvation for them. In his hypothetical statement before that, he explained that if it were possible, which it wouldn't be if they were truly trusting in Christ for their salvation, there would be no other way to be saved. Those Hebrews were being told that if they wanted to believe in Jesus they could but they still had to be circumcised etc. <br />It is always good to take Scripture in context to make these kind of points.<br /><br />pamAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-26255991450015881362013-10-30T10:15:22.167-04:002013-10-30T10:15:22.167-04:00I'm still of the persuasion that if you are tr...I'm still of the persuasion that if you are truly born from above and inhabited by the Holy Spirit you cannot drift away. He is the seal of our security for our future hope. He does not come and go. <br />My answer would be that those who profess aren't always those who possess.<br />Otherwise our salvation would be up to us and the Bible doesn't say that.<br />What about the Scripture that says He holds us in his hand and nothing can take us out of it? It's Jesus that is holding fast to us.<br />Anyway, that's just my thoughts. Maybe I read this wrong.<br /><br />pamAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-55922961099302620842013-10-30T07:45:56.058-04:002013-10-30T07:45:56.058-04:00Great post!
I've noticed that sometimes somet...Great post!<br /><br />I've noticed that sometimes something like this seems to go around the family of Christ. This Sunday our pastor (a 31 year coast guard veteran) taught on Philippians 4:1 standing firm to the Lord and used the same verse you did (Hebrews 2:1), I woke up this morning praying about an upcoming post which asks what an atheist moors himself to when determining what is good and what is bad, in the end I came up with not our true anchor, God, but fellow boats tossed in the sea. Now I see your post. <br /><br />I believe that the Holy Spirit sends out 'broadcast messages' like this when there's something God wants us all to understand.Doug Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05318930961031654937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-81898018747390329532013-10-30T05:34:20.096-04:002013-10-30T05:34:20.096-04:00Then he becomes the poster boy for what happens wh...Then he becomes the poster boy for what happens when you drift away and make a shipwreck of your faith. Hold fast to JesusElizabeth Pratahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04341086233512507156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-65344099218324777132013-10-29T23:14:49.857-04:002013-10-29T23:14:49.857-04:00Did you know that Ray Boltz "came out" a...Did you know that Ray Boltz "came out" and left his wife for another man back in 2008? I always loved his songs and was so sad when I heard this.<br /><br />http://www.christianitytoday.com/gleanings/2008/september/ray-boltz-comes-out.html<br /><br />Brad Wisenoreply@blogger.com