Bible Question: In Rev. 2:5 it speaks of removing thy candlestick out of his place except thou repent and in Rev. 3:5 it says He that overcometh I will not blot out his name out of the book of life. If I am a Christian and have been saved, do these passages mean that it is possible for me not to make it to Heaven? I'm really having a problem with "once saved always saved" Please help. God Bless, Barry |
Bible Answer: If you look at the last few verses of the book of James then you can clearly see with proper hermaneutics that the epistle which is directed to the church addresses that very subject and instructs us on what must be done to "Reconvert" the "Brother" back from a death sentance and the title "sinner" and saving his soul from a spiritual death which one who is saved shall not suffer as promised in John chpt.3. If we sin there is an unction with God, the man Christ Jesus who is the prepitiation for sin but this does not address that type of "sin" this is dealing with a convert that has "erred from the truth". In full context Judas Iscariot would be the model of a backslidden doomed soul. Judas was the very first backslider but not the only one in the New Testament. Throughout the new testament Paul speaks of many ministers that fell by the way of sin and erred from the faith and some he turned over to the devil. |