Originally Posted by Retrotia
For me it's the same, sexybeasty. I thought one could FORFEIT their salvation by denying Christ afterwards but I'm thinking and getting some opinions on that too--that they never were saved in the 1st place. Weren't sealed with the Holy Spirit.
The H.S. convicts the believer about sin. He is much less inclined to sin. Even so, man can repent & renounce the sin(s) before they die. Satan cannot snatch us out of His hand!
I believe in a merciful God even if we didn't say "forgive us our trespasses" the night before we died, if we truly meant to but fel asleep.
Oh btw- that paragraph I asked about had to do with predestination. Too much to grasp at one reading. But what u said was right- but the theologian was way too deep for me & I'm not that interested in predestination interpretations.
Hope you have a good one!