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Are you saved? Are you sure?
Dr. Brant Pitre of Catholic Productions lays out clearly the Catholic commentary on this passage. [ . . . LINK . . . ]
“Some Christians will argue
that what Paul means by that is, once a person believes and confesses, that
they can’t do anything to lose salvation. There’s an absolute assurance of
salvation or absolute certitude about salvation . . . teaching a kind of
absolute assurance of salvation—that nothing we can do can make us lose it once
we truly believe in Jesus. And many people will point to the reading for today,
Romans 8:35 and following, which says: Who shall separate us from the love of
Christ?”
“And the answer is nothing. So
I’m going to read through the text. I’m putting that idea first, because in my
experience, that’s the most common interpretation of the passage we’re about to
read. But I’m going to argue that it’s totally wrong, and so I want you to have
that in mind as we read through the text itself. So let’s look at Romans 8:35
and following. Paul says this . . . . . .” Brant Pitre.
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