I have, and still am, a "once saved, always saved" guy. But lemme tell ya, I just had a grueling 90min personal Bible study time going through Hebrews 6. Verses 4 through 6 really had me diving deep, trying to understand humanity's relationship with salvation. Amazing study time.
One funny thing about the Bible, there are days you read it and half the most profound realization and other days you read a passage that you've read countless times and finally understand the super simplistic meaning behind it. Then you wonder how you missed that 🤣 😂 🤣
God chooses the humble, the lowly, the meek, and the weak so that there's never any question about the source of power when their lives change the world. It's not the man; it's the truth of God and the power of God in the man.
-John MacArthur "12 Ordinary Men"
Currently reading "12 Ordinary Men" by John MacArthur and I ran into this quote.
"A dozen men under the power of the Holy Spirit are a more potent force than the teeming masses whose initial enthusiasm for Jesus was apparently provoked by little more than sheer curiosity."
I'm not much of a reader and I'm definitely NOT an intellectual, but I will say that there is one work of fiction that every Christian should read and that is "The Pilgrim's Progress." At the very least, watch the movie.