From: user6340@newsgrouper.org.invalid   
      
   JTEM  posted:   
   > On 1/10/26 8:27 PM, Mike wrote:   
   > >   
   > > OVERVIEW   
   > >   
   > > The Bible never explicitly teaches a secret, pre-tribulation rapture.   
   >   
   > This "Rapture" is the exclusive property of the fundamentalist   
   > Protestants.   
      
   No, it's actually right there in the Bible for anyone   
   and everyone to embrace -- or what else would you call   
   being CAUGHT UP and meeting Jesus in the air? Why are   
   you ignoring this question every time I ask it?   
   >   
   > These are people who set themselves above God, appoint themselves   
   > "Saved," they're all going to Heaven -- God has no say in this --   
      
   Not true. Jesus told us how to be saved. It's not   
   difficult, and it's available to everyone. I'm not   
   sure why this is such a difficult concept for you.   
   >   
   > and "Once Saved always Saved."   
      
   That's not what the Bible says. The Book of Hebrews   
   says we can lose our salvation at some point if we   
   keep repeating the same sin after we have repented:   
      
   [quoting] "If we deliberately keep on sinning after   
   we have received the knowledge of the truth, no   
   sacrifice for sins is left." [end quote] Hebrews 10:26   
      
   The sacrifice for sins is what Jesus did for us on   
   the cross, and it's how we are saved -- by accepting   
   Jesus into our hearts, and believing that He is the   
   Son of God who died on the cross and was resurrected.   
   >   
   > Yes, they actually proclaim themselves permanently incapable of   
   > sin.   
      
   I don't know any Christian who thinks that. The Bible   
   says we're all sinners, and we all need to repent and   
   ask for forgiveness on a regular basis. But if we keep   
   committing the SAME sin over and over again after we   
   have repented, at some point we can (as the scripture   
   I quoted above says) lose our salvation.   
      
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