Subject: Eternal Security? |
Bible Note: 1 Cor 15:2 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. (KJV) It says "you are saved" not "you are being saved". Where he says "keep in memory", the Greek word here is : 2722 katecho (kat-ekh'-o); from 2596 and 2192; to hold down (fast), in various applications (literally or figuratively): KJV-- have, hold (fast), keep (in memory), let, X make toward, possess, retain, seize on, stay, take, withhold. The word I would use here is "possess". I believe Paul was possibly saying "You are saved if you possess the word that I preached to you unless you didn't get saved". He was not talking about "becoming saved" or "becoming more saved". If you are saved, then the Gospel is impossible to forget. As a child, my mom and dad made me go to church. Every Sunday, the preacher would always mention "Jesus Christ and him crucified" in some way or other. I didn't understand it. My thought was " So what? What does that have to do with me?". Then one day, Jesus spoke to my heart and told me I was lost. I walked the aisle that day and gave my heart to Jesus. When I stood before the church, the preacher asked me if I had anything to say. My mind said no, but my heart said "Jesus died on the cross for my sins and on the third day he rose again". If you have the word in your heart (Jesus died on the cross for my sins and on the third day he rose again) then this is evidence of your salvation. I believe this is the point Paul was trying to make. |