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1 | Can a person Fall From Grace? | NT general Archive 1 | Race | 30142 | ||
I think that this is a minor note. But I was looking through some of the letters in the Bible and talking to friends and I was woundering if in the verse Galations 5:4 "You who are trying to be justified by law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace." means that a person can have salvation and then lose it? And if not is it biblical that Salvation can be lost... like though false teachers? | ||||||
2 | Can a person Fall From Grace? | NT general Archive 1 | Jesusman | 30143 | ||
In Galations 5, the topic isn't about the security of the believer, but what the believer adheres to: whether it be the Law or Grace. Paul's point in this passage is that if one chooses to follow the Law, then he must follow every measure of the Law perfectly to be declared justified. As a result, the matters of CHrist are to be useless to him, for he has chosen a different path. So, all in all, Galatians 5 isn't referring to the security of the believer. Now, on to the subject of Security. There are two camps: Conditional Security and Eternal Security. Conditional Security teaches that a person can lose his salvation by either failing to continue in the faith or by willing the salvation to go away. Eternal Security teaches that our salvation is kept by God himself, and that he alone keeps us in Salvation, no matter what happens. I believe in Eternal Security. Here's why. Romans 8:12-17 IN this passage, Paul talks about being adopted as Sons of God. According to the customs of New Testament times, Adoption was such a contract that could not be nullified nor broken in any capacity. It was so binding, that not even the courts could break it. Also, an adopted individual could not be denied his/her inheritance. This is the meaning that can be applied to Romans 8. Another text is 1 Peter 1:3-7. 1 Peter 1:3-7 The idea presented here is that our inheritance is reserved for us in heaven. There is nothing that corrupt it, take it away, or anything. Once it is there, it is permanently placed there for us. It also teaches that this is done through the Power of God. Now, turn to Ephesians 2:8-9. Ephesians 2:8-9 This gives the obvious proof for Eternal Security. It is so obvious that many people overlook it. Conditional Security takes our security out of God's hands and places it into our own. According to Conditional Security, salvation is indeed a gift by God, as Ephesians 2:8 teaches, but we need to work to keep it. This second part goes against Ephesians 2:9 which teaches that it is not through works, lest any man should boast. The idea being taught in the whole epistle to Ephesians is that God alone saves us and keeps us. There is nothing that we have done to achieve eternal life. This includes keeping our salvation. If we were allowed to hold ourselves in salvation, two things would be inevitable. First, no one would ever get to heaven. Second, if someone did get to heaven, he would be able to brag about it, after all he was able to keep his salvation while others lost theirs. You see my point. Conditional Security changes salvation from a faith and grace based salvation, to being works based, which goes against Scripture. Another thing it does, is that it restricts the power of God. Those who hold to Conditional Security are admitting that God cannot be trusted because he is not powerful enough to secure them. This leads to selfishness, which is foundation for which Sin is based upon. Overall, Conditional Security doesn't hold to all of Scripture. Only Eternal Security holds true to all of Scripture. These are only three passages out of numerous ones that I could present. Jesus Loves You! Jesusman |
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