Pat, or that Jesus guy

Half of us so-called believers who think we're in the wedding, will still not get there. That's from The Parable of The Wise and Foolish Virgins waiting for the bridegroom in Matthew 25:1-12. 5 virgins were wise and 5 were foolish. You see as a believer in Jesus Christ, you are His bride. The marriage hasn't happened yet, so spiritually we are considered virgins. But half of us so-called believers won't be ready and prepared to meet Christ at the last day, when He comes to take us to the wedding. That's because half of us so-called believers don't have the Holy Spirit (the Helper) inside our spirit. The foolish half extinguish, quench, or suppress the Holy Spirit of His divine influence (lamps are going out) (Matthew 25:8). After God shuts the door to eternal life, the foolish ones without the Holy Spirit, who won't be ready, will say, "Lord, Lord, open to us." But He's going to answer and say, "Assuredly, I say to you, I do not know you." (Matt. 25:11,12)

I met Slash of Guns-N-Roses. The band that sings that song "Welcome to the Jungle." He use to visit and party with a girl named Gabby who lived in the apartment building next to my apartment when I lived in Hollywood in 1987. Our windows were right accross from each others, like 10 to 15 feet away. The homeless girls that I had staying with me knew Gabby and would talk to her through the window. Gabby was a stripper who worked at the 7th Vail (?). The girls with me invited them over to come party with us. Gabby and Slash came over to my apartment. Slash was super loud when he talked. I never heard anyone in my life talk as loud as he did. He was like yelling when he talked. He was so loud that my landlord came and knocked on my door and asked me who I got in there and told us to keep it down.

Yeah, I was in the jungle, baby, but I didn't die. I got eternal life that year when I turned my thoughts to the Lord Jesus Christ to save my soul and He set me free from the bondage of sin. How about you? Do you know Jesus or are you still worldly like I was?

My answer was going to be: It's funny they say He was speaking to a church and not an individual. But a church is made up of a bunch of individuals. God is still speaking to us. Yes, you are correct. It shows the free will to get saved AGAIN, and that God did not predestine people to hell. We have a choice on the matter. Calvinists cannot handle me. I give this from that chapter:

Revelation 3:1-5 - ..."I know your works, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead. Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die, for I have not found your works perfect before My God. Remember therefore how you have received and heard; hold fast and repent. Therefore if you will not watch, I will come upon you as a thief, and you will not know what hour I will come upon you. Nevertheless you have a few names in Sardis who have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with Me in white, for they are worthy. He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the Book of Life; but I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels." ~ Note: These people had the name of being a Christian thinking they had eternal life, but they had become spiritually dead. Some had the chance to live because He says they were only ready to die. The term "ready to die" is of eternal death. They are subject to eternal misery in hell. They were not living the life of how they first received the word. They had defiled their garments (by sin) and needed to overcome this to be worthy enough to eventually walk with Christ in white garments; or else He will blot out their name from the Book of Life. The word "defiled" is used in the NT of those who have not kept themselves pure from the defilement of sin, who have soiled themselves by fornication and adultery. You must overcome and conquer sin if you fell back into the bondage of it. Repent and turn back to God for help.

BTW, Revelation 13:8 proves that not everyone's name gets started in the Book of Life. Some people say everyone starts in the Book of Life to make it look like this Scripture above doesn't mean a loss of salvation from someone who was saved. But only saved people get their names written in the Book of Life. So this does mean saved people can get their names blotted out by God from the Book of Life. Then they would no longer be saved.

Revelation 3:16 - "So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will vomit you out of My mouth." ~ Note: Christ wants to vomit these believers out of His mouth. Then they would not be in Christ anymore. In very vivid terms, the Lord rejects the half-hearted efforts of self-satisfied Christians. If someone has become wealthy and thinks they have need of nothing (Rev.3:17), they just might get vomitted out. The word "lukewarm" is of the condition of the soul wretchedly fluctuating between a torpor (a state of being inactive, sluggishness) and a fervour (great warmth of emotion, zeal) of love. If we really love God, we will obey and keep His word (John 14:21,23).

"Once Saved, Always Saved" IS WRONG.