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Originally Posted by sotzo Is it possible for a person to want/desire to know Christ as his/her Savior and not be among the elect? | Yes. The parable of the soils speaks of this. They do not endure to the end. There are many of people as this. THe wheat and the tares also... | So how is assurance possible if we could simply be self-deceived our entire lives?
If one truly wants to know Christ as Saviour, does not the Saviour save? |
Scripture does not record many instances of spurious faith examples individually. Those in Matt 7, Simon Magus could be the only 2 that I can think of in the NT.
John 6:66
And my fav in 1 john
They went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, so that it would be shown that they all are not of us.
I also believe certain elect will never reach full assurance of salvation.
ASSURANCE --J C Ryle
I like the above article with footnotes
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"Faith and Assurance" by J.C. Ryle