Hebrews: Excursus Into Exodus, Part 2

Once saved, always saved. The people remained delivered from their bondage and suffering. But God would bring them back to their beginnings, and for the rest of their lives they would have only the hope of the Promised Land for their children

Hebrews: Excursus Into Exodus, Part 1

This third directive is so important, the remainder of the chapter rests on it. At the very end of the passage, though, the writer made some startling conclusions which we may find unsettling.

1 John 2: Those Who Leave

John claimed proof of salvation lay in Living by faith in holding onto the teaching of the apostles. Those who left had never been of them in the first place.

Gospel of John: Election

From the human standpoint, we become Jesusโ€™ sheep by believing, BUT from Godโ€™s standpoint, we believe because we are Jesusโ€™ sheep.