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Jack Cottrell: Die cannot mean die physically, for that will happen regardless. Thus it means die spiritually by reverting to an unsaved condition; or die eternally in hell. Actually these cannot be separated; ... This verse is a strong affirmation of the real possibility that a Christian can fall from grace and lose his salvation....Paul here directs this warning specifically to his brothers (v. 12). He is not speaking of an anonymous anyone (v. 9) who is not a true Christian, but is speaking directly to these brothers in second person plural: If you live according to the flesh, you will die. To say that it cannot really happen in no way mitigates the seriousness of the warning, and to say that the Spirit will infallibly prevent the very thing he warns against, approaches the limits of spiritual confusion.
Posted on: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 14:50:45 +0000

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