“Once
saved, always saved” is a divided opinion by many Christians. You can argue about this and quote Scripture
all day to try to prove your point. I
have studied and researched this and this is what I’ve come up with, but you
have to decide for yourself.
There
are many Scriptures that tell us we cannot lose our salvation. In my Bible study today these verses got my
attention. “It
is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the
heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, who have tasted the goodness
of the word of God and the powers of the coming age, if they fall way, to be
brought back to repentance, because to their loss they are crucifying the Son
of God all over again and subjecting him to public disgrace.” – Heb. 6:4-6.
These
verses make it sound like Christians can fall away and lose their
salvation. The writer here is talking to
those in the Hebrew church who appear to be saved, but their true colors come
through. He is telling them they had
heard the good news of Jesus and knew of the work of the Holy Spirit and the truth
of the Word of God, but now they are denying it. They turned away from Jesus and cut
themselves off from Him. Their actions
put Jesus to public shame as if they were killing Him all over again. He is saying repentance becomes impossible
when a person has been fully exposed to the blessings of God, but then falls
away through deliberate unbelief and denial.
Many
think this part of the Bible shows a believer can turn from or fall away from
Jesus and lose their salvation. I think
these verses are not talking about a true believer. To truly understand the Bible we need to look
at all it teaches.
A true
believer is a changed person and has a new identity in Christ. It is impossible for a Christian to go back
to what he was before. The Bible says we
are sealed with the Holy Spirit at the moment we are saved and nothing
can separate us from God. “Neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation,
will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our
Lord.” - Rom. 8:39. Christ’s Spirit comes to live in us and will
never depart from us. Our salvation
doesn’t depend on how good we are because we will never be perfect by God’s
standards.
To fall
away to me means you need to really look at the possibility your faith in Jesus
is false. Ask yourself if you truly
repented and accepted Jesus as your Savior.
God uses warnings and threats along with promises to secure us in our
salvation. We are to be alert, stand
firm, and not be deceived. Yes, we do
can doubt and sometimes be enticed by idols of this world, but we are not to be
swayed. We are to hold on to and believe
God’s promises.
Here
are a few verses on Salvation:
“I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one
will snatch them out of my hand. “ – John 10:28 ESV
“For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.” – Rom. 11:29 ESV
“All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to
me I will never cast out.” – John
6:37 ESV
“For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers,
nor things present not things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor
anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.” – Rom. 8:38-39 ESV
“Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” – Heb. 13:5, Deut. 31:6 NIV
“I am the resurrection and the life.
He who believes in me will live even though he dies; and whoever lives
and believes in me will never die.” – John 11:25-26 NIV
“That if you confess with your mouth, Jesus is Lord, and believe in
your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with our heart that you believe and
are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.” – John 10:9-10 NIV
“Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life” – John 3:36a NIV
Have
you received God’s gift of eternal life?
Do you
trust God will never leave you and will do what He says?
At the
very moment you believe in Jesus you are saved.
You are born again. You can’t unborn yourself. God will not unborn your spirit and send you
to hell after you’ve accepted Jesus as your personal Savior. Satan wants us to believe otherwise. I think if you believe you can lose your
salvation, you are being deceived. No
one can take your salvation away! It is
a gift from God and God doesn’t take gifts away. The Bible never teaches you can lose your
salvation. You must believe once you are
saved you are always saved!
We are
to live holy lives not sinful lives. You
will still sin, but sin won’t control you.
If you choose to walk away and start living after the flesh then
you can lose your salvation – that is if you ever had it at all. That’s of your own choosing, but God will
never walk away from you. If you
backslide, you can be restored. Example
of that is the prodigal son.
If you
are responsible for securing your own salvation, then you can be lost,
but God is the one who secures you. He’s
the one who saved you!
Principle: God’s gift of salvation is irrevocable.
Have a
blessed day and thanks for visiting my site.
Hope to see you here again.
-- I encourage you to trust in
Jesus.
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