Can the Elect be cut out?

I don't see "elect" in either passage.

 

the elect

He that endures to the end shall be saved!

All of the elect will endure to the end.
There are many that appear to us to be true christians that are not.
We have no way, other that observing their fruit over a period of time of feeling they are true christians. We can all be mistaken about others. Our big responsibility is be certain we are for real! The elect have no identifying mark and are known for sure only to God. We are to work out our salvation with fear and trembling. All those who think if they 'believe' that Christ is God's Son, are christian can very well be mistaken. The devil also believes.
Those who will endure to the end and be in heaven with Christ not only believe with their intellect but with their heart, soul and mind and do everything in their power to honor Him with their life and never take being a christian lightly!
The false 'christian' is referred to in the parable as 'darnel' or a fake or make believe wheat, not the real thing and therefore what they sow isnt the real thing either.
Today there is almost a famine of the Word. People want someone to tell them what to believe but dont want to dig it out and read the scripture until they come to an understanding of it.
Also there are preachers that are skimming over the top to keep folks happy. They're kept happy on their way to destruction!

 

You (gentile believers) do not support the root (God), the root supports you branches. God is the root. He can cut off whom he will, and graft in whom he will. Therefore, boast not against the branches. The gentiles were grafted in by grace, and are born by the root, the will of God, and God is fully capable of withdrawing his favor from the gentiles and returning it to the jews. I believe that during the tribulation God will in fact do just that. However, it does not mean that God will cut off the elect individuals whom he foreknew.

 

huh?

Are you thus saying you have no assurance?

 

2B, Hello - was that question addressed to me? You might have read my post before I edited it. I believe in absolute assurance, eternal security, and preserverence.

 

Assurance

Yes, thanks for that confirmation!

 

Hello Psalm109 - How is it arrogant to believe that God saved me by His grace alone through no merit of my own? I should think just the opposite, that there's nothing more humbling than knowing that God sovereignly chose to save me according to his purpose, and for no other reason.

The Jews were an elect nation. But not all Isreal is Isreal. God reserved to himself a faithful remnant among the nation. God cast aside the Jewish nation but not the jewish believers. The jewish believers were gathered into a new body - the church. True believers (there are false believers) are those that hear the voice of their sheppard and follow Him. He shall never cast them out. They will not follow the voice of a stranger.

 

Prestonwood?

Well, if thats what is being taught at Prestonwood perhaps it would be helpful to either get deep into study of the word or to meet with the pastor for clarification of what is being taught there!
Read Christ's affirmation of what He will do according to preserving His own in John 17. In fact also read the gospel of John for a clear picture.
We are chosen and then place faith in Christ's word, His cross, His shed blood. This faith and salvation is given to us by Christ, Eph 2:8 and in no way relieves us of responsibility and accountability for our actions! We seek Him and love Him because He first loved us!

 

God did not respect you. Why is it that people who do not believe in election try to say that election makes God a respector of persons? It does not the elect were chosen before the foundation of the world, not because they were a nice person etc. but because God wanted to choose them. To be a RESPECTOR of person you have to RESPECT something about that person. God did not.