Can I lose my salvation?

“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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