User talk:Uaautry

Apostasy
I will only talk about my personal experiences or knowledge through reading, listening, and meditating about issues that have been crystallized in my mind and heart.

Apostasy- I do not ever remember hearing a sermon preached from a pulpit about apostasy. As a Christian, I was always concerned with the definition of Salvation as it applies to one losing their salvation. I grew up in a Protestant church that followed the "Pentecostal Doctrine". I have attended many other Protestant churches through the years and a couple of Catholic services as well.

After my Salvation, the issue that always concerned me most was the ability to lose that Salvation which I desperately did not want to do. My concern came in part from the church I grew up in, "The Pentecostal Church" and the Doctrine of other churches such as the "Baptist Church". I listened to weekly sermons beginning at a very young age about the dangers of "sinning" and therefore giving up your "Salvation". I was always instructed through those sermons to place myself at the alter and repent of my sins every week to assure my Salvation and not find myself as a "back-slider". I began to have a heavy heart, I felt that I could never be good enough to earn my Salvation where one day I would be with God in Heaven. I had always known about the Baptist doctrine of "once saved, always saved" and had read scriptures that lent support to this belief, however, I believed in my heart that it was possible to, I'll say - "Give Up My Salvation". I began to study, pray and meditate about this "fine line" issue between 2 doctrines that could possibly "send you to hell" or secure "your Salvation forever". This is when I first read about apostasy in the Bible.

While the sermons I listened to from both denominations had scriptual support for each of their doctrines, I have come to believe that neither are correct. The revelation God gave to my heart has brought more "peace" to my life than any other single event in my life. Please keep in mind, I am only sharing what I have come to believe, while I am certainly not a Biblical Scohlar by any stretch of the imagination, I do love God with all my heart and want to spend eternity with Him. I believe God gave me a full understanding of how "secure my salvation is" and the "only way I can give it up".

God created man to commune with, to bestow blessings on, to love, and most of all to "LOVE HIM BACK BECAUSE WE LOVE HIM" not because we are forced to love and worship him. God already had the Angels at his disposal if he simply wanted "company" - thank God that was not the case with His creation of us.

Therefore; Creating the act of apostasy as applied to my Christian Faith, is to have "once known my Lord" (the only way to know Jesus is to believe in Jesus and Who He Is)  The only way to become an Apostate is to "no longer believe in your heart that Jesus Is who is says He Is". Because of the freedom to choose that God gave each of us, you can choose to not believe in our Savior anymore and therefore forfeit your "once held Salvation". For this reason, Jesus warned us throughout the scripture about "false prophets" - "to rightly divide the word of God" - "As the light is opened unto you, walk in that light".

God will hold you, love you, protect you, and will do every good thing in this world or the next for you, but "He will not make you love him".

Like I said, this knowledge of the security of my Salvation and the teaching by God to never be deceived into believing that GOD is not GOD and JESUS is not JESUS.

If you have ever struggled with the security of knowing that you know, that you know, that you know you are saved and you have the knowledge to remain that way,. I invite you to begin studying about this issue as I have and allow God speak to your heart in a way that makes sense to you.