i found what i was looking for to that statement in Rays paper below
CAN WE LOSE GOD’S SPIRIT AND EONIAN LIFE?
[Is “once saved always saved” - Scripturally true or false?]
[And what does it matter? Are not all saved ‘anyway’?]
What I’m trying to do here is pull together two or three thoughts. I just marvel at the people that read our site and are confused about what we teach. I can understand people going to all these churches and denominations and all these religions; Mormons, Jehovah Witnesses and Muslims or whatever and how they are confusing. But they will read hundreds of pages on our site and they are confused and I just shake my head in wonderment. So here are just three ideas that people get and some of it from reading our material or they claim that they read it.
1. That the Saints are already in heaven. That is if you were a Saint and you died, then you went to heaven.
2. No you don’t go to heaven when you die, but you are saved in this life. Like right now, if you believe in Christ, you ARE saved now. You will die and you will come up in the resurrection, but you are presently saved.
3. Then we have those who think, well maybe I’m right about all being saved, but this is an enigma to them. Because does this then means that we are either saved now or we’ll be saved when we die or we’ll be saved when we die and are resurrected, then we’ll be in judgment or whatever, He’ll judge everybody and then they will be saved.
So I got this email yesterday, it’s a short email:
‘Ray, if everyone goes to heaven, why did Jesus say in Matt. how hard it would be for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven? Jesus said that after the rich man came to Him and He said that he should sale everything and give to the poor.
I agree with you on the whole homosexual thing (so this would indicate that he read it, right, because you couldn’t agree with the “whole thing” unless you read it). But why do we have to make a stand against it, if they are all going to heaven anyway? What is the point of taking up your cross and following Jesus, which we all know is a very hard thing to do. I’m really not trying to be sarcastic (I believe him, he’s not trying to be nasty, he’s not one of these guys that say, ‘oh Ray, so I guess I can go out and fornicate and do whatever I want.’ No, this one is asking sincerely. He said I‘m not trying to be sarcastic here, he said I really want to know this), but what does it profit me to live a godly life? When in actual fact I could go out and live the life of enjoying as much sex as I want, disobeying His commandments, rejecting the truth that He is, and still enjoy the same everlasting life. Why should I deny myself all that worldly pleasure, if it all leads to God anyway?’
What does all this matter? Why are we even here having a Bible study today, everybody is going to be saved ‘anyway’? No they are not! No one will ever be saved ‘anyway.’
That’s what I wrote back to him and I said, no one ever was or ever will be saved ‘anyway.’ There is only one way and it is not any way, it is through Jesus Christ who is the Life you see, “the Way, the Truth, and the Life” (John 14:6). That’s the ONLY way. But people think like this alright. And I’ve got another email here.
I finally came up with a title ‘Can we lose God’s Spirit and eonian life?’ Can we lose it? Is ‘Once saved always saved’ Scripturally true or false? And what does it mean? Are not all saved ‘anyway’?
I’ve already covered that a little bit. So we need to be careful that we don’t base our salvation and blessed assurance on such, whether it’s faulty translations or just wishful thinking, like these emails I’m getting here.