Hope of the Gospel

 These verses alone put that false doctrine to bed, however there are many more like it and Paul himself wrote in Romans 8:30, Ephesians 1:13-14, and 1 Corinthians 12:13, finality of one's salvation. Matthew 7:22 NASB95 "Many will say to Me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?' Matthew 7:23 NASB95 "And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS.' OAK HILL BAPTIST CHURCH The Hope of the Gospel Pastor Tyson Bloor - Sunday Morning 8/29/21 Prison Epistles / Colossians 1:21-23 The Prior Condition Colossians 1:21-22 NASB95 And although you were formerly alienated and hostile in mind, engaged in evil deeds, yet He has now reconciled you in His fleshly body through death, in order to present you before Him holy and blameless and beyond reproach- Alienated - ἀπαλλοτριόομαι (apallotrioomai), ἀπαλλοτριόω (apallotrioō): vb.; ≡ Str 526; TDNT 1.265-LN 11.75 be foreigner, be excluded, be alienated, be estranged (Eph 2:12; 4:18; Col 1:21) Hostile - ἐχθρός (echthros), ά (a), όν (on): adj.; ≡ DBLHebr 367, 7640; Str 2190; TDNT 2.811-LN 39.11 be enemy of, pertaining to being at enmity with another, used subst. in some contexts, an enemy (Mt 5:43, 44; 13:28; 1Co 15:26) Evil - πονηρός (ponēros), ά (a), όν (on): adj.; ≡ DBLHebr 8273; Str 4190 & 4191; TDNT 6.546-1. LN 88.110 wicked, evil, bad, morally corrupt (Mt 5:11); 2. LN 65.27 worthless, of serious fault, so as to have no value (Mt 7:17) Ephesians 2:12 NASB95 remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. Genesis 12:3 NASB95 And I will bless those who bless you, And the one who curses you I will curse.bAnd in you all the families of the earth will be blessed." Romans 5:8 NASB95 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:10 NASB95 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. James 4:4 NASB95 You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. Romans 1:21 NASB95 For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Holy - ἅγιος (hagios), ία (ia), ον (on): adj. [see α για (a gia), between 38-39 and α γιον (a gion), between 40-41]; ≡ DBLHebr 5219, 7705, 7731; Str 40 & 39; TDNT 1.88-1. LN 88.24 holy, pure (1Pe 1:15-16); 2. LN 53.46 dedicated, consecrated (Mk 6:20); 3. LN 11.27 οἱ ἅγιοι (hoi hagioi), God's people (1Co 6:2; 2Co 13:12; Php 4:22; Rev 18:20) Blameless - ἄμωμος (amōmos), ον (on): adj.; ≡ DBLHebr 9459; Str 299; TDNT 4.830-1. LN 79.61 without defect, unblemished (Col 1:22; Heb 9:14; 1Pe 1:19+); 2. LN 88.34 blameless, faultless in the sense of being holy or pure (Eph 1:4; 5:27; Php 2:15; Jude 24; Rev 14:5) Beyond reproach - ἀνέγκλητος (anegklētos), ον (on): adj.; ≡ Str 410; TDNT 1.356-LN 33.433 blameless, free from accusation (1Co 1:8; Col 1:22; 1Ti 3:10; Tit 1:6) True Believers Colossians 1:23 NASB95 if indeed you continue in the faith firmly established and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel that you have heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, was made a minister. John 10:27-29 NASB95 "My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand. "My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand.