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The false dilemma—often termed the bifurcation fallacy or the either/or fallacy—occurs when an argument presents two mutually exclusive options while deliberately or naively ignoring viable alternatives. In theological debate, this error reduces rich biblical tension to an unyielding, artificial choice: either a professing believer lives in sustained, visible victory, or they were never truly born again at all.
Mixing what God gives for free with what He commands us to earn does not produce a more dedicated believer; it simply destroys the clarity of the Gospel and replaces the security of grace with the bondage of fear.
When Jesus promises eternal life, He does not offer temporary life, probationary life, or life that depends on our ability to hold on. In John’s Gospel, eternal life is permanent because it rests on Christ Himself.
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