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Originally Posted by bearbear
Hebrews 11:1 defines faith as the assurance of things hoped for (God performed the ten plagues and parted the red sea, so he should be a trustworthy Guy we can base on assurance in) and the conviction of the unseen things (We have conviction in God's integrity so we don't have to trust in what we see).
Say a person believes Jesus is the son of God and died for his sins and has gone to church all their life by attending Tuesday night prayer meeting, Friday night small group and Lord's Day meetings. One day the beast government prophesied by Daniel has taken over his country and he is forced to renounce his faith or his children will be killed. He renounces his faith due to wanting to preserve the lives of his children and he lives out his life with his family in retirement conforming to the pagan culture that he lives in and dies. He figures that he is saved after all, because eternal life is not something that can be lost due to his earlier "faith". Is such a person going to heaven?
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Hi Sam:
How do interpret Matthew 16? Peter confessed with his mouth (essentially)that Jesus Christ is Lord. Jesus said that it was upon this revelation of who Christ is - this belief - that He would build his church. Would you contend that, at that point, Peter was "saved"?
If so, how do you reconcile Peter's denial of Jesus 3 times when fearing persecution?
If not, when
did Peter get saved?
Thoughts?
Peter