Tithing and OSAS

[NTOT]

How does the protestant notion of Once Saved Always Saved fit in with the contradictory notion that they are required to perform the “good work” of tithing 10% of their income? Do protestants open the doctrine of OSAS to certain exceptions, such as tithing, saying grace before meals, going to spiritual gathering on Sundays, among other fundamentalist requirements. Does rejecting any of these things cancel out OSAS (i.e. makes one not really ever saved to begin with)?

 

[Robbinson]

How does the protestant notion of Once Saved Always Saved fit in with the contradictory notion that they are required to perform the “good work” of tithing 10% of their income? Do protestants open the doctrine of OSAS to certain exceptions, such as tithing, saying grace before meals, going to spiritual gathering on Sundays, among other fundamentalist requirements. Does rejecting any of these things cancel out OSAS (i.e. makes one not really ever saved to begin with)?

The thinking is that it is relevant to sanctification, rather than justification. In otherwords, obeying Christ’s commandments (and for those denominations that believe Tithing remains a biblical commandment, Thithing) affects our rewards in heaven, but has no bearing on salvation which is based upon faith alone.

(I’m not professing that view - just explaining a Protestant viewpoint on the issue).

Blessings,

Brian