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NASB | Luke 23:43 And He said to him, "Truly I say to you, today you shall be with Me in Paradise." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 23:43 Jesus said to him, "I assure you and most solemnly say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise." [2 Cor 12:4; Rev 2:7] |
Subject: Do you believe once save, always saved. |
Bible Note: Just to clarify, Tuggy, here is my stance on the subject... "V. THE SECURITY OF THE BELIEVER "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." (1) "Security "We teach 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)." "We teach 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)." (2) Blessings to you, Makarios (1) Ryrie Study Bible, Expanded Edition, 1995, The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago, Charles C. Ryrie, pg. 2073 (2) The MacArthur Study Bible, 1997, Word Publishing, John MacArthur, pg. 2195 |