What destroys ou soul is an eager, deliberate, willing, persistent, settled pattern of sin.
Christians struggle with sin because we, in this life, are still sinners. The presence of sin in us will not be eradicated until that glorious day when we see Jesus face to face. What a day that will be! But until then, we fight sin by faith, and we can experience assurance inside the fight. But we also believe there are forms of “willful sin” that evidence a heart that has not been saved. Which leads to today’s question from Josh. https://hopecollege.com Let's look at the book of Hebrews — specifically Hebrews 10:26–29 . The writer seems to be speaking about the ability to lose salvation by engaging in ‘willful sin,’ as it has been called. What is the opposite of a ‘willful sin’? Is it an accidental sin? Or something else? Due to the presence of the Holy Spirit ’s conviction, all sin done by the believer is done willfully. Hebrews 10 and Hebrews 6 often give people the impression that a person possesses the fullness of salvation and then loses it. These texts can...