Subject: Can you loose your salvation? |
Bible Note: EdB, Thanks for the input and verses to reference. Give me a couple days and I'll respond in depth. You may very well be right to conclude that MAYBE one can be or is fooling themselves into thinking they're saved when they're not! Tim Moran has interestingly alluded to the fact that he believes one can "reject" God's salvation- and there may be some merit in that too. My quick take is this: there are numerous verses that CLEARLY tell us how we are saved and on what basis (Eph. 2:8-9, Titus 3:5, 1 John 5:13ff). However, there are no direct verses saying "this you can do to lose your salvation", etc., so I conclude that we must interpret what is less clear ( Heb. 6 and 10) by what is clear. Interestingly, I see a much stronger emphasis in Hebrews of the perseverance of the saints ( Heb. 7:25, 9:12,15). The plaguing question in my mind is "eternal life" by it's very definition is just that. Something eternal cannot be temporal (John 3:16). I believe we need to carefully define and understand what salvation encompasses and entails to fully understand the impact of this doctrine. It is certainly not a license to sin or live and ungodly life- Romans 6 answers that question without doubt. "I've personally found Titus 2:11-12 to be one of the most overlooked, if not neglected truths that deals with our MOTIVATION to live godly! I'm not denying that there are some (at least) seeming ambiguities whereby good people of God have and do disagree. I do side very strongly with the completed work of Christ on the cross and His all-sufficient saving grace ( Heb. 7:25). But again, I seriously think with reference to my question we need to limit our discussion to terms that are found within scripture- regardless of what side we take in matters of Eternal Security! Let's not say something scripture doesn't say:-) We'll be in touch. Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |