Here is an essay on OSAS

[Sweet One]

Actually, it's an afterward to the story I wrote. It is already
available on Amazon.com. I am going to do a revamped version with the
following afterward:

Afterward
This novel attacks the doctrine of Eternal Security, also known as
Once Saved Always Saved (OSAS) and Perseverance of the Saints as false
and dangerous. However, the point is not that all believers in the
doctrine of Eternal Security therefore evil or corrupt. The story is
about one particular minister who became tragically corrupted, along
with his immediate followers. It is not intended to tar any and all
believers, or even promoters, of OSAS with the same moral brush. Most
of them are, I do not doubt, good Christians who sincerely believe the
doctrine is Biblical. The most common reason people are drawn to
OSAS, is, I believe, NOT because of a desire to continue sinning, but
merely the need for an assurance that they are saved.
It is also important to remember that there are both “soft” and
“hard” forms of OSAS. The “soft” form holds that that there are no
truly “carnal Christians,” i. e., Christians who wallow in sin,
because from the moment one is saved, one loses the desire rebel
against God. Therefore, anyone who sins repeatedly was never saved to
begin with. The “hard” form of OSAS, however, asserts that no matter
how much one sins, and no matter how heinous and depraved the acts
committed, salvation is nevertheless guaranteed. Both are false
doctrines. But it is the latter which is tragically the most common,
the most popular, and the most commonly preached, not to mention by
far the most dangerous. When those outside Christianity observe the
behavior of many of today’s professing Christians, they are often
turned away by what seems like, and often is, brash hypocrisy. I very
strongly suspect OSAS lies at the core of this. And there are,
unsurprisingly, more than a few OSAS believers who indeed use it as a
license to sin, as some OSAS preachers have noted and glossed over.
Those who criticize the anti-OSAS position typically argue that to
oppose Eternal Security is to advocate a “works salvation.” However,
faith and works cannot be separated: a true, saving faith in Christ
will inevitably lead to obedience. One simply cannot serve Christ and
continue serving oneself; salvation simply does not work that way. The
following passages from James (which deals most strongly with the
importance of works ) put to rest the false notion that works are
merely “extra credit,” with no bearing on one’s salvation:
“What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and
have not works? can faith save him?” –James 2:14
“Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy
faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.” –
James 2:18
Here are only a few select Scriptural passages (out of a great many
additional ones) that clearly refute OSAS:
Rev 2:5 Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent,
and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and
will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
Eze 18:24 But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness,
and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations
that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that
he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath
trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.
2Peter 2:20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world
through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are
again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with
them than the beginning.
21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of
righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy
commandment delivered unto them.
It is most important to note here that these passages are talking
about those who have known true righteousness, and then turned away.
For the true believer in Eternal Security, this would be impossible.
Then there is this problematic passage:
1st Cor 6:9-10 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the
kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters,
nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with
mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor
extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
This goes directly against the claims of Eternal Security preachers
who assert shockingly, that both heaven and hell will be full of
sinners who have committed every imaginable evil, the only difference
being their one-time answer to Christ. This is a mere “club
membership” salvation which cares nothing at all about one’s spiritual
state. All one needs to do, according to this, is to trust in Christ’s
finished work on the cross at one time in order to purchase one’s
salvation ticket. But this, too, would count as a “work”, as,
according to OSAS, not even renouncing Christ will cause one to lose
one’s salvation once it is purchased. To say otherwise would mean
subscribing to universalism, and I have yet to encounter a
universalist OSAS believer.
And what about “working one’s way to heaven”? This sort of salvation
depends on a credit system. Attempting to earn credits to be saved is
essentially self-serving, and therefore is also spiritually dead.
Again, it just doesn’t work that way. Only when one is filled with
Christ, is one truly compelled to do good works for His sake. This is
what being “saved by grace” truly means. For the believer who worries
about salvation, the answer depends on whether or not one’s spirit is
filled with Christ. It is also a question that each individual
believer should be able to realize.

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