tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287425314081580872.post6124647532525941228..comments2024-02-05T21:44:42.903-08:00Comments on PORRIDGE FOR THE SOUL: THE FRUITLESS BRANCHP A Limhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15785291441400751585noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287425314081580872.post-26900287029268481112020-11-09T19:32:45.183-08:002020-11-09T19:32:45.183-08:00Similarly, in the passage on apostasy found in Heb...Similarly, in the passage on apostasy found in Hebrews 6: 4-8, FIVE characteristics of a GENUINE believer are listed out. Yet Calvinists would insist that they are PROFESSING believers in order that their eternal security doctrine (‘Perseverance of the Saints’) is not violated. <br />P A Limhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15785291441400751585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287425314081580872.post-32019903975914001152020-11-09T19:22:32.698-08:002020-11-09T19:22:32.698-08:00Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He tak...Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away... (John 15:2).<br />P A Limhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15785291441400751585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287425314081580872.post-10963685988381390142020-11-09T19:13:12.685-08:002020-11-09T19:13:12.685-08:00The fruitless branch is an integral part of the Vi...The fruitless branch is an integral part of the Vine (as suggested by ‘in Me’ in John 15:2) and thus refers to genuine believers. John 15:6 refers to genuine believers who fail to abide in the Vine (Christ). This dismisses the incorrect interpretation of Calvinists who say that John 15:6 refers to professing believers. Anyway, to whom was Jesus addressing this allegory of the Vine and the branches? Answer: His disciples ie. genuine believers. P A Limhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15785291441400751585noreply@blogger.com