(August 20, 2013 at 3:21 pm)genkaus Wrote:(August 20, 2013 at 3:12 pm)Drich Wrote: I've never been a fan of the whole "You never were a real Christian" arguement. Not because there is a lack of love issue, but because I believe it to be a copout answer.
Then I was reminded of the story of the prodigal son. The Prodigal leaves and is free to return at anypoint in his life. It's not that the Father said you are no longer my son, (Lost salvation) or the Fact that the boy was never his Father's son (was never truly saved to begin with.) It's that the son wants nothing to do with the father, so he leaves.
Which means the son leaves salvation to live a life apart from the umbrella the father provides. Again he did not loose it as the story shows the son is free to return to the father's house at anytime. The boy just refuses to accept to live under his father so he is free to go and do as he pleases. As such he is also no longer under the father's protection, meaning he will be subject and held to account as the rest of the world will be.
Talk about being condescending and insincere.....
Do you even realize that in this analogy, the son doesn't refuse to live under his father's protective umbrella, instead he comes to the realization that the father doesn't exist and the protection is an illusion?
How is this insincere or condecending? God did not kick you out you left. Just like in the parable the son told the Father 'He' was dead to him. (He no longer existed.) This is exactly what you have done here.
