Subject: Are you onced saved always saved? |
Bible Note: Hi George, I hope you will not find my response to be reproachful, it sincerely is not my intention. I do believe what the Lord Jesus said, and I am confident that NOTHING can separate me from His love and that He is able to deliver me faultless before the Lord, by the shedding of His blood. Nothing can take me from the Fathers hands. John 10 v.25 Jesus answered, "I did tell you, but you do not believe. The miracles I do in my Father's name speak for me, v.26 but you do not believe because you are not my sheep. v.27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. v.28 I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand. v.29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand. v.30I and the Father are one." I believe that I had no power to save myself... Christ is my savior. Therefore what power do I have to overturn so great a salvation? 1 Cor 1 v.8 He will keep you strong to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. v.9 God, who has called you into fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful. George, In the most simplistic terms, I do believe wholeheartedly, that He that saved me, is more than capable to keep me. We must always pray and be vigilent of course, but not praying for more salvation, or vigilent that we not lose our salvation. Eph v.18 And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints. Remember even our Lord (WHO GIVES ETERNAL LIFE) was watchful and viligent and He is the example of what we (the Believer) aspire to attain in this life, we who believe in the gift of grace and forgiveness wrought by His freely shedding His Own blood for the remission of our sins, continue to move towards the gift of eternal life that is certain. Phil 3 V.12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. v.13 Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, v.14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. IMHO once saved always saved -khuck |