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1 | "ONCE SAVED ALWAYS SAVED"!!! | Matt 22:37 | bygraceyearesaved | 30058 | ||
Why do Christians believe there is no such thing as "Once saved always saved? | ||||||
2 | "ONCE SAVED ALWAYS SAVED"!!! | Matt 22:37 | roviear | 30059 | ||
Perhaps because we, as humans, really cannot grasp the concept of eternity and feel that we must continue to earn salvation. In the OT, especially Exodus, God laid the law down to Moses as to how Jews (believers) could get into heaven. However, in the NT, the law was summarized into one commandment (see also Rom 13:9-10). Is eternal salvation really as simple as repenting and accepting the gift of Jesus Christ? Yes, and once you do, you cannot give the gift back. Now, you can fall off the path and end up still going to Hell. But that is another discussion. | ||||||
3 | "ONCE SAVED ALWAYS SAVED"!!! | Matt 22:37 | Hank | 30066 | ||
Roviear, I was following your thesis with alacrity and nodding in rapt agreement until I ran into an "oops" at the end of it. Here's the oops: You, in speaking of the gift of salvation from Jesus Christ, conclude with these words: "...you cannot give the gift back. Now, you can fall off the path and end up still going to Hell."...... Now, my dear sir or madam, how can one possess a gift that is unreturnable and still manage to lose it, and having lost it, end up in hell? If indeed you can't give it back to Him who gave it to you, what do you do with it when you "lose" it? Can you explain that in any way, (preferably by citing Scripture)? --Hank | ||||||
4 | "ONCE SAVED ALWAYS SAVED"!!! | Matt 22:37 | roviear | 30275 | ||
John 3:16: People lose gifts all the time. Unfortunately, I "lost" God's gift for about 2 years by living my life the way I thought it should be lived (boy did I have a wake-up call!). Walk with me, if you will, on my thought path: you are a believer (I will use 'believer' for a true believer of Christ as described in Acts and 'Christian' for a person who was raised in Christianity but did not accept Jesus as personal savior, etc.), but do not repent of your new sins, does this mean you still go to heaven? If so, then what's the point of being obedient? Try this one, if you (by the way, 'you' is meant strictly in a general sense) are a believer, but refuse to repent of, say, an adulterous affair ("I'm guilty but it feels too good to leave" type of thing), does this mean you stop being a believer? I personally don't think so, I think it means you've lost your way, or "fallen off the path," and need to get right with the Lord. Basically, I'm saying that repenting of past sins when you become a bliever doesn't cover the new sins after you've accepted Christ. It means that you now acknowledge that sin is, well, sin, and needs to be repented. You don't stop being a believer because you've sinned, but you do keep yourself from God by not repenting of your ways. A final way of looking at it: by saying a person will always go to heaven once they become a believer means lukewarm people also go. But doesn't God despise these (Rev 3:16)? Note, I avoid the word 'forgiveness' because it doesn't necessarily mean that you've adjusted your ways. 'Repent,' however, does. | ||||||