Deut. 12:29-13:5
Today, we often spend so much of our attention on getting people to “obey the gospel”—but after a person comes up out of the waters, what’s next? We encourage them to keep coming—twice on Sundays and once on Wednesdays. We call on them to continue their study of God’s Word and to apply it to their lives—becoming a new person in Christ. If we’re doing well, we urge them to bring their friends and family along—to evangelize! And we encourage them to “remain faithful”— Therefore let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall. (1 Cor. 10:12) In that, we raise a frightening concept: the idea that the Christian can fall away—the saved can be lost. But how?
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