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Can Eternal Life be Lost?

This is a very controversial subject in the church today, but if we study and discern the Word of God correctly, the answer will be clear. To begin, we must first clarify exactly what it means to be born again. When a person repents of their sin, believes Christ died and rose from the dead, and confesses Him as Lord, they become what the bible calls born again, or born from above. (Romans 10: 9,10) When you are born again, your spirit has been "saved," and forgiven of sin. (Ephesians 4:24) The Holy Spirit actually gives you a new spirit. Your old spirit, which was separated from God since birth because of inherited sin, has now been replaced by your new spirit, one created in righteousness. (Ephesians 4:24) Your body on the other hand, is still subject to sin and death and it will not be given immortality until the resurrection, but for now, it has yet to be redeemed. (1Corinthians 15:52-54) After you are born again, it is still possible for you to sin, but only in your b

Denominations Are Not of God...

I would first like to clarify something. When I speak of denominations, I am  only  referring to the denominational structure itself, ie: Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, etc, not believers  within  the denomination, so don't freak out just yet. God's plan for the church was unity, not division, and it doesn't take a rocket scientist to see how the body of Christ has been divided by the forming of denominations. Let's look at the scripture concerning what God originally intended for His church. "I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment." (1Corinthians 1:10) Could it really be any clearer? God's will for His church is that we all speak the same thing, that there be no divisions among us, and that we be perfectly joined together. If we look at the denominational structure of