Andrew's Double-Edged Sword

³³𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐞, 𝐎 𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐃, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬; 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐢𝐭 [𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨] 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝.
³⁴𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐰; 𝐲𝐞𝐚, 𝐈 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 [𝐦𝐲] 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭.
³⁵𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐨 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬; 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐨 𝐈 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭.
³⁶𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬.
³⁷𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲; [𝐚𝐧𝐝] 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐲.
³⁸𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 [𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐝] 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫.
³⁹𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐦𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐈 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫: 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 [𝐚𝐫𝐞] 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝.
⁴⁰𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝, 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐬: 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬.
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¹‹‹𝐀 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝.›› 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭: 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐞, 𝐎 𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐃, 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐈 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠.
²𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐲. 𝐎 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞? 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭.
³𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐧𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬: 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞; [𝐢𝐭] 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞.
⁴𝐀 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐞: 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 [𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧].
⁵𝐖𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫, 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐈 𝐜𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟𝐟: 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐈 𝐬𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫.
⁶𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 [𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞] 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐝𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐞: 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐲, 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐞.
⁷𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐝𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞: 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭.
⁸𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝; 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐜𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐃.
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𝗔 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗕𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆

OTD in 1651 Baptist preacher Obadiah Holmes was given 30 lashes at the public whipping post in Boston. His crime? Preaching the gospel and holding an illegal Baptist worship service in Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony.

On Sunday, July 20, 1651, Baptists John Clarke, John Crandall, and Obadiah Holmes traveled from the Baptist Church at Newport, Rhode Island to Lynn, Massachusetts where they held a small Baptist service in the home of William Witter. In the middle of their service, the authorities bust in and arrested them for "seducing and drawing aside others after their erroneous judgment and practices. Under the Puritan law it was illegal for Baptists to preach or hold church services.

Of these Baptists it was said, “𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘳𝘦-𝘣𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺, 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘣𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘮, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘯𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺; 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘸𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴.”

The three men were fined and if their fines were not paid, they were to be publicly whipped. Someone paid Clarke and Crandall’s fine, but Holmes refused to allow this. He viewed payment of the fine as admission of guilt. So, on September 5, 1651, he was given 30 lashes with a three-corded whipped.

Afterwards, Holmes famously said to the magistrates, “Ye have beaten me as with roses.” Two men, John Hazel and John Spur rushed to help Holmes. Both were arrested and fined for offering the Baptist preacher assistance! Obadiah Holmes was beaten so badly that for weeks he was forced to sleep on his elbows and knees. He would bear the scars of religious persecution for the rest of his life.

John Clarke would record this story in his book “Ill News from New England.” Clarke sailed to England where he was eventually able to convince King Charles II to allow religious liberty in the fledgling colony of Rhode Island.

Obadiah Holmes went on to serve as the second pastor of the Newport Baptist Church for 30 years. Obadiah and his wife Catherine later had ten children. Among their descents is Abraham Lincoln.

After years of faithful service, Obadiah Holmes died on October 15, 1682. May his forgotten story be rediscovered by a new generation of Baptists. “𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘺, 𝘪𝘧 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘧, 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺.” 1 𝘗𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳 2:19

A quick Free Grace exegesis: In my reading today I got to this verse...

¹¹𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞; 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐞.
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Ruckmanites and Conditionalists believe that salvation from hell can be lost in the Old Testament because of disobedience. They use this verse as one of their proofs. But eternal life is not synonymous with receiving the Holy Spirit.

During Jesus' time on earth the Holy Spirit was not yet indwelt into every saved person...

³⁹(𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞: 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐲 𝐆𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐭 [𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧]; 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐭 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝.)
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...yet eternal life was still given...

⁴⁷𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐲, 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐲, 𝐈 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞.
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Receiving the Holy Spirit as a permanent indwelling in us is a new covenant blessing that those in the old covenant did not partake in. Eternal salvation however, is and has always been irreversible.

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How to Have 100% Assurance That Heaven is Your Home When You Die — The Clear Gospel in 4 Minutes

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
— John 3:16

YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh1VU-_OF98

lol oh no...wait a minute...

¹³𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐬𝐚𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐬 [𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞] 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐭.
¹⁴𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐬, 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬, [𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡] 𝐠𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝, 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐀𝐥𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐲.
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Types of OSAS [Update 11/29/2025]
(Once Saved Always Saved)

Unrestricted OSAS [AKA: Free Grace, Pure OSAS]
—>A saved person is eternally secure but is able to both live in sin and stop believing the gospel entirely. If you believe that a saved person has the capability to fall into Islam or Catholicism or hate Jesus Christ and still go to heaven even if unrepentant, then you are the purest form of OSAS.

OBAB [Once a Believer Always a Believer] (Corrupted OSAS)
—>It is impossible for a saved person to stop believing the gospel.
—>If a saved person appears to have stopped believing, then they never believed to begin with.
Note: This is the diet-version of Perseverance of The Saints

Perseverance of The Saints (Corrupted Eternal Security)
—>A saved person is never going to stop living a holy life in obedience to God nor stop believing the gospel.
—>If a person lives in "unrepentant sin", then they never believed to begin with.

[LINK] — See the most up-to-date chart
[LINK] — Sub-Types of OBAB
[LINK] — Sub-Types of Perseverance of The Saints
[LINK] — OSAS Salvation Exclusion Scale (AKA: Who is saved outside of my OSAS position?)

[LINK] — 7 Essays Disproving OBAB and Perseverance of The Saints

Fearing for No Reason — IV

¹𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐧’𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐛 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 [𝐰𝐚𝐬] 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫’𝐬; 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 [𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭] 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 [𝐰𝐚𝐬] 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐲.
²𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐛 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝, 𝐢𝐭 [𝐰𝐚𝐬] 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞.
³𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐃 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐛, 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐝; 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐞.
⁴𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐛 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐑𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤,
⁵𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦, 𝐈 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭 [𝐢𝐬] 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞; 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐞.
⁶𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐲 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫.
⁷𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬; 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐦𝐞.
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The above issues with Laban might cause some distrust or contention between the family, but does the chapter say that he was going to take Jacob's wives and kids away from him? No. Jacob made it up in his head. And that worry caused him to leave Laban's house secretly in the middle of the night.

²⁰𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐛 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧, 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐝.
²¹𝐒𝐨 𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝; 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐮𝐩, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 [𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝] 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐆𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝.
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God told Jacob to leave, but he did NOT tell him to flee without Laban's knowledge.

¹³𝐈 [𝐚𝐦] 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐥, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫, [𝐚𝐧𝐝] 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮 𝐯𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐯𝐨𝐰 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞: 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞, 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐝.
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This caused problems in the family.

²⁶𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐛, 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐦𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 [𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧] 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝?
²⁷𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐞 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐥𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐞; 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐞 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐩?
²⁸𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬? 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧 [𝐬𝐨] 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠.
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All this because Jacob feared for no reason.

³¹𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐛 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐧, 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐝: 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐈 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝, 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐞.
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My bride's sandwich joke today:

Do you know what your wife says when she's cooking you macaroni?  Good bye water, you will be mist!

After 36 years together, there is still no other person on earth I would rather spend time with and live life with than that dear lady!

ᴹᵉᵈᶦᵃ ˢᵘᵇᵐᶦᵗᵗᵉᵈ ᵗᵒ ᴬᵘᵗᵒᵖᵒˢᵗᵉʳ ᵃᵗ ²⁰²³-¹⁰-²⁵ ²³-¹⁶-⁵⁴
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