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NASB | John 6:37 "All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 6:37 "All that My Father gives Me will come to Me; and the one who comes to Me I will most certainly not cast out [I will never, never reject anyone who follows Me]. |
Bible Question:
Once Saved; always Saved. I've believed in this since I am Saved. I believe that Christ will take you home before you fall into oblivion. Isn't there scripture to depict this? I allude to where I believe Paul writes that "...neither death nor principalities. . .shall take you from my hand." So, based on this premise, I believe in total Salvation; not saying that we can now go out and commit murder/adultery and etc... Can you please elucidate and edify? Much appreciate bothering you with my issue - just have the burning/hunger for Christ. Very Respectfully, J.D. |
Bible Answer: Dear J.D., Here is my two cents. If we really understand what salvation is, we will come to understand that we can't lose it. The plan of salvation is encapsulated in Romans 6:23 - For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. The wages (what sin earns) is death (separation from God). But, in Christ, we have the cure for death - LIFE. And it is a free gift. Paul makes it clear that we were born 'dead' to God - in trespasses and sin. What is the remedy for death? Not forgiveness. A forgiven dead person is still a dead person. The only remedy for death is LIFE. And that is exactly what Christ came to give us - "I come so that you might have LIFE and life to the full". We are saved by Christ's life, not His death. So, if Christ gives us His life - the Holy Spirit, what is the only thing that can make that Spirit depart from us? Sin, right? So, why doesn't He depart when we sin? Because the sacrificial death of Christ 'takes away' the sin issue between God and man - "Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world." Christ's blood has washed away our sins so that the only thing which could make His Holy Spirit depart, sin, can no longer do so. He became sin for us and took our death, so that we become His righteousness and have His life. Remember the 'dead man' analog? Suppose cancer killed him. If you wanted to really 'save' this man from death, you would have to do 2 things: 1. Cure his death, by giving him life and 2. Cure what killed him - the cancer. If you just resurrected him without curing his cancer, he would soon die again. If you cured his cancer but didn't resurrect him, you'd just have a 'healed' dead man. You must cure his cancer AND restore his life. This is what Christ has done for us, my friend. He 'cured' what killed us, sin, and restored His life to us, resurrected us spiritually. How can you lose that? For eternal life to be eternal, by definition, you can't lose it. If you can lose the life of Christ in you, then it is only 'temporal life', not eternal. So Christ has 'saved' us from the wages of sin - death - by giving us His divine LIFE as a free gift. But, He IS the life. He does not despense it like a gumball machine. Eternal life is found only IN HIM. See 1 John 5:11,12,13. He is our life. And He has dealt eternally with what caused our death, sins, at the cross. That is why He can say, "I will NEVER leave you or forsake you." That is why eternal life is ETERNAL LIFE. What do you think? In Christ, Bill Mc |