Originally Posted by Pilgrim
Isn't that a bit of a silly question? rolleyes2 It is obviously not a matter of denying what Peter wrote, but rather a matter of interpretation of what Peter wrote. In my previous reply to you, I explained how I believe this phrase is to be understood, referencing the "Parable of the Sower".
Silly me, I know. hairout Ok, help me out then. Maybe this is just semantics (maybe we agree but just speak differently) because I don't see how the parable of the sower proves that the people Peter is talking about were never saved. confused If those people are like the seed that fell on thorny ground...well...that seed actually became a plant with roots. True, it was eventually choked out by the thorns (ie. the pollution of the world) but we don't say that it was never a plant. It surely was.

Likewise, when Peter is talking about people who "escaped the pollution of the world" it seems that we shouldn't speak as if they had never escaped the pollution of the world. They had. Peter said so. And when people escape the pollution of the world, we call them "saved." Right?

You and others here have escaped the pollutions of the world, I would assume, and as a result call yourselves "saved."

Last edited by Newman; Mon Aug 01, 2011 11:05 AM.