Bible Question:
“What sin causes a person to lose his salvation?” Sin, any sin falls short of the perfect holiness of God. Every person, regardless of his maturity or relationship with the Lord, is far from perfect by God’s standard. We all have something in our lives which falls short of God’s glory, i.e., some sin though it may be unknown. 1 John 1:8-10 If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us. Where, then, do we draw the line? Those who believe we can lose our salvation categorize sin as though God overlooks some sins while He judges others. It becomes a matter of degrees and the question arises, how bad must we become before we lose our salvation? Which sin does us in? People often categorize sin into various levels, but their categories are usually out of touch with God’s perspective. Proverbs 6:16-19 There are six things which the LORD hates, Yes, seven which are an abomination to Him: 17 Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood, 18 A heart that devises wicked plans, Feet that run rapidly to evil, 19 A false witness who utters lies, And one who spreads strife among brothers. |
Bible Answer: The Word teaches that there is no sin that Jesus did not die for. Therefore there is no sin that is gone unpaid for by the blood of Christ. You are correct that we all have sin of some sort, and the scripture that you quoted (1John 1:8,10)simply tells us that if we say these things, the Truth is not in us. As v6 tells us that if we say that we have fellowship with Him and have a lifestyle of walking in darkness, we lie and do not the truth. I think that the sin of unbelief will be the sin that will cause you to lose out on salvation. But that would be a person that is not in Christ. For a person who is born again, to sin, will not cause him to lose his salvation because we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the rightous. (1John 2:1-2) Jesus is our rightousness, we do not stand in this grace in which we stand because of or in our own rightousness, but that of Christ's. He is our atonement. This doesn't give us a license to go out and do what we please because Jesus has already paid the price but... "if any man sin"... These are just my thoughts, though small, I think that if you read khuck's answer to 1-heavenbound question "Are you once saved always saved", you would get a good answer to your question, I think. peace to you, g3ills |