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1 | if you are saved are you always saved? | Bible general Archive 3 | scoop715 | 162896 | ||
There is no such thing as once saved always saved. If that were the case there would have been no reason for Jesus to die on the Christ and rise again as a sacrifice and savior of the world. When you accept Jesus Christ as your personal savior ...you are saved...but you can lose your salvation if you do not cultivate it. It is the same as any other gift. When God gives you the gift of salvation, you could compare it to someone giving you a plot of land as a garden. The garden is yours, but if you do not cultivate the garden and pull the weeds and do what YOU need to do to keep it in good condition, it can fall into disrepair and look like a patch of weeds. It is still a garden, but who would know it. Your "fruits" would not be evident. No, I am not a fruit picker, but I am a fruit inspector and people know you by your fruits. There is nothing you can do to become saved except accept Jesus as your personal savior, but you have to walk the walk of faith, once you receive that gift. There is a judgement day for all of us and many who we think will be in heaven will not be there. We will all have to give an account. We have to maintain and be strong until the day of Jesus Christ. To make sure Our names are written in the Book of Life. Choose Life. There is no such thing as once saved always saved. Anyone can backslide. Make your election sure. Study to show thyself approved. Watch and pray. Always be ready. Salvation is free, but it ain't cheap. | ||||||
2 | if you are saved are you always saved? | Bible general Archive 3 | BradK | 162904 | ||
Hi scoop, 1. Could you answer where in scripture do we find someone being saved again? 2. What verse tells us, "you can lose your salvation if you do not cultivate it?" 3. If "There is no such thing as once saved always saved", is the opposite true? The garden analogy doesn't work because the land was given to us, it didn't get taken back! Unless I'm mistaken, the "upkeep" of the land is unrelated to possession or ownership of it. We're agreed that salvation is of the Lord, i.e. There is nothing you can do to become saved except accept Jesus as your personal savior. So, it would appear to me that if we can do nothing to save ourselves, then logically, what can WE do to loose it? Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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3 | if you are saved are you always saved? | Bible general Archive 3 | winningside | 162913 | ||
Hi Brad, Heb 5:9 - eternal salvation unto all them that OBEY him. Mark 13:12-13 He that shall endure UNTO THE END, John 5:38-42, Search the scriptures: for in them ye think ye have eternal life. Rom 6:1 shall we continue in grace that sin may abound? Heb 10:38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him, Heb 12:14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord, 2 peter 4 for if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment etc etc. | ||||||
4 | if you are saved are you always saved? | Bible general Archive 3 | BradK | 162914 | ||
Hi winningside, Thank you for your response. I respect you as a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, and I trust you would likewise! OBEY equals "the obedience of Faith"! Rom. 1:5 - "through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles for His name's sake" Heb. 11:8- "By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed by going out to a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing where he was going." The context of Mark 13:12-13 is not dealing with salvation! Rom. 6:1 is answered by verse 2! If I might add, the purpose of the Christian life is not to see how close we can get to the edge, but, rather, how close we can get to the Savior! Heb. 10:38 is answered by verse 39, "But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the preserving of the soul." It is also within the scope of the entire section dealing with... Faith- Hebrews 11! The "Therefore" of Hebrews 12:1-2 would be important in the context of understanding 12:14 would it not? 2 Peter 2:4 is dealing with the destruction of false teachers, not believers! If I might add as an observation, we need to be very careful about proof-texting! That is, finding specific verses to back up our views while ignoring any context! God bless and have a wonderful Thanksgiving! Ps 92:1- "It is good to give thanks to the LORD And to sing praises to Your name, O Most High!" Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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5 | if you are saved are you always saved? | Bible general Archive 3 | winningside | 162917 | ||
You should also consider taking your own advice below: "If I might add as an observation, we need to be very careful about proof-texting! That is, finding specific verses to back up our views while ignoring any context!" - winningside |
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6 | if you are saved are you always saved? | Bible general Archive 3 | BradK | 162920 | ||
Hello winningside, I certainly included myself by saying, "we". Where have I been proof-texting and where have I ignored context? Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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