The Welcome back to another mini episode.

Hey, Rod, my mini co-host.

What's going on?

It is the series of the mini micros, and we're back at it.

Let's do it.

We're back at it. And we've tossed around this idea of

perhaps putting an episode eight on the eternal security once saved always saved

rethinking eternal security idea and so here we are we're going to try to do that as sort of a foundation to the foundations of

apostasy series that we have batted around as well. And I think they really lead well from one

into the next because how can you talk about apostasy, that is one leaving one's faith,

and the great apostasy, the great falling away that's warned about in the Bible,

unless we first believe it's possible to fall away.

And so we have to start with that idea that it's

possible. And so I think our Eternal Security series hopefully gives some things for people

to wrestle with and chew on with regard to our personal responsibility to our faith and God not

leaving us alone that we have to do everything ourselves. Right. And if we are faltering, he is most

certainly going to be chasing after us. And I think there's even a verse that that's kind of vaguely coming to mind right now,

Rod, where it says, you know, when you hear his voice, don't harden your heart, right? So we have a choice in the matter,

but we have to believe it's possible to fall away. Otherwise, the Bible wouldn't be replete with all

these warnings, wouldn't you say? Yeah, I mean, the Bible wouldn't be replete with all these warnings,

wouldn't you say? Yeah. I mean, the scripture that comes to mind as I'm listening to you

right now, Pete, is God is saying you work out your salvation with fear and trembling. So this is a

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