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1 | "Once Saved Always Saved" | NT general Archive 1 | Makarios | 24300 | ||
Greetings all! "A. The Issue. Can a true believer ever lose his salvation by sinning, ceasing to believe, or in any other way? B. The Proof of Security. The doctrine of eternal security rests on a proper concept of what God actually does when He saves a soul. 1) He loves to the uttermost (John 13:1). 2) He purposes to keep in spite of everything (John 10:28-30). 3) He intends to present us faultless before Himself (Jude 24). 4) His Son ever lives to make intercession to keep us saved (Heb. 7:25; 1 John 2:1). 5) His Spirit has placed us into the Body of Christ (1 Cor. 12:13). 6) His Spirit has sealed us until the day of redemption (Eph. 4:30). 7) His Word guarantees that nothing (including ourselves) can separate us from Christ (Rom. 8:28-39). In order to lose one's salvation all of these works of God would have to be undone, and the Bible nowhere even hints that this is possible. C. The Problem Passages. 1. Hebrews 6:4-6. If this teaches that one can lose his salvation, it also teaches that one can never be saved a second time. 2. John 15:6. Probably refers to the judgment seat of Christ. 3. James 2:14-26. Nonworking faith is not a faith that saves in the first place. 4. 2 Peter 2 and Jude are referring to false teachers, who in Jude's estimation were not true believers (Jude 19; cf. Rom. 8:9). 5. Matthew 24:13. End of what? The Great Tribulation." [Taken from the Ryrie Expanded Edition NASB Study Bible, pg. 2073, 1995, The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago] Here is my view of eternal security: I believe that all the redeemed once saved are kept by God's power and are thus secure in Christ forever (John 5:24; 6:37-40; 10:27-30; Rom. 5:9,10; 8:1,31-39; 1 Cor. 1:4-9; Eph. 4:30; Heb. 7:25; 13:5; 1 Pet. 1:4,5; Jude 24). I believe that it is the privilege of believers to rejoice in the assurance of their salvation through the testimony of God's Word, which however, clearly forbids the use of Christian liberty as an excuse for sinful living and carnality (Rom. 6:15-22; 13:13,14; Gal. 5:13,16,17,25,26; Titus 2:11-14). [Paraphrased from the MacArthur NKJV Study Bible, pg. 2195, 1997, Word Publishing] - Nolan |
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2 | "Once Saved Always Saved" | NT general Archive 1 | Hank | 24301 | ||
Nolan! Good friend and brother, with your views on the eternal security of the believer, along with abundant other fine attributes, I do believe you'd make a right good Baptist! Blessings! --Hank | ||||||
3 | "Once Saved Always Saved" | NT general Archive 1 | Makarios | 24302 | ||
Why thank you, Hank, my dear friend! Its always good to know that if one church doesn't like me, then I'd be able to "fit in well" with another bunch! :-) Thank you my brother! Nolan |
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