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1 | Do you believe once save, always saved. | Luke 23:43 | Makarios | 95885 | ||
Greetings Tuggy, So what do you have to say about the topic of eternal security? All of the Scriptures that you have cited would be excellent to use in a debate about persevering for Christ, but you haven't really said one word about the possibility that a believer in Christ could lose his/her salvation. Actually, to champion such an idea (that a Christian could lose their salvation) may not be a very worthy cause to champion in the first place, since it only encourages doubt in those who are otherwise secure in their walk with Christ. Do you honestly believe that losing your salvation is as simple as losing the keys to your car? I would surely hope not. Blessings to you, Makarios |
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2 | Do you believe once save, always saved. | Luke 23:43 | Hank | 95895 | ||
The idea that we can "lose" our salvation is predicated on the assumption that we "did something" to "find" it in the first place, and must continue to "do something" to keep it. The Bible doesn't support any such assumption as this. No one is saved unless he has been saved by the grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ. Salvation is of God and the only Person who has power to "lose" it for us would be God Himself. But Scripture, however, has no record of a single case where God reneged on any of His promises. John 3:16 says that whoever believes on the Son has eternal life. Period. No if's, no conditions, no list of works that man must perform to hang on to the gift of salvation God gives. And nowhere does Scripture teach that God has delegated the authority to man to "lose" the eternal life that, by His grace, He gives freely and unconditionally to whomever will take the water of life freely (cf.Rev.22:17). Eternal life is life eternal. It is a gift of God to the sinner who has been regenerated, and this regeneration is made possible by the shed blood of the Lamb on Golgotha's tree. Man's works neither save him nor keep him saved. He can no more "lose" his salvation by works than he can "find" it or maintain it by works. From Alpha to Omega, salvation is of God through faith in His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Any other view constitutes a salvation by works theology that takes salvation out of God's hands and puts it in man's hands. Scripture lends no support to such a theology. --Hank | ||||||
3 | Do you believe once save, always saved. | Luke 23:43 | DarcyA | 95898 | ||
AMEN!!! AMEN!!! | ||||||