Bible Question: COULD A BELIEVER LOSE THEIR SALVATION? |
Bible Answer: ONCE LOST, ALWAYS LOST. If you can't see to agree on the following, then you're either ignoring Heb. 6:4 entirely or you simply don't understand English. Save the standard allegation that we're taking it out of context -- an allegation that's made every time someone cites a clear verse of Scripture without adding "what if" questions or questions that begin with "Well, if that's true, then . . ." Save all that stuff for the blind and their blind guides. . . . Once salvation is lost, it's always lost Note Heb 6:4 JVH0212 Tue 02/27/01, 2:24pm " . . . logically v. 4 implies that if salvation were to be lost, it would be impossible for that person to be born again, lose it, and then be born again again. This much is clear: whoever openly and consciously rejects Jesus Christ is unregenerate even if he seemed to have been saved ealier." Whether he had lost his salvation or never had it to begin with, "either way, the result is identical." (note at Heb. 6:4ff, NRSV Harper Study Bible) |