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Once Saved ... Always Saved?
Can a Christian ever lose his
salvation?
Can someone who has
truly been saved ever be lost?
How can one say
that we cannot be saved by good works yet insist that we can
lose our salvation from bad works??
What saith the
scriptures?
Salvation is BELIEVING in Jesus
Christ!
Salvation is trusting or
believing in, by faith, that Jesus Christ paid for your sins
with His blood on the cross of Calvary.
"He that BELIEVETH on the Son hath everlasting
life:. . ." John 3:36
"For God so
loved the world, that he gave his only begotten
Son, that whosoever BELIEVETH in him should not perish, but
have everlasting life." John 3:16
We are NOT saved by WORKS!
The Bible
makes it clear that OUR WORKS has nothing whatsoever
to do with our salvation.
We don't
receive it by our works - and we don't keep it by
our works!
" NOT BY WORKS of
righteousness which we have done, but according to his
mercy he saved us,. . ." Titus 3:5
"For by grace are ye saved through faith; and
that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: NOT OF WORKS,
lest any man should boast." Ephesians 2:8,9
Salvation is a FREE GIFT!
Salvation is the
free gift of God. If we had to work
to keep it - it would not be a free gift - and God would be a
liar!
". . . the GIFT of
God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Romans
6:23
". . .by the righteousness
of one THE FREE GIFT came upon all men unto justification of
life." Romans 5:18
Salvation is a NEW BIRTH!
Salvation is not enduring or a process, but an event in time.
Salvation is a NEW BIRTH. Just
as your first birth happened on a certain time and
day, so does the second birth.
"(For he saith, I have heard thee in a TIME accepted, and in
THE DAY OF SALVATION have I succoured thee: behold, now
is the accepted TIME; behold, now is THE DAY OF
SALVATION.)" 2 Corinthians 6:2
"Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto
thee, Except a man be BORN AGAIN, he cannot see the kingdom
of God." John 3:3
"Being BORN AGAIN,
not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible,
by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever."1 Peter 1:23
You become a CHILD OF GOD!
Once you are born again SPIRITUALLY - you become a child of
God.
"Beloved, NOW are we the SONS OF GOD, . . ." 1 John 3:2
"For ye have not received
the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the
Spirit of ADOPTION, whereby we cry, Abba, FATHER."Romans 8:15
Nothing can SEPARATE us from our
Father!
Just as nothing can "negate"
your physical birth, nothing can "negate" your spiritual
birth.
My children will
always be my children. We may have troubled times. Our
fellowship may be broken, but our relationship can never
be broken. They will always be my children. Nothing or nobody
can change that! And once you are born again spiritually
- God becomes your Father - nothing or nobody can change that!
Your fellowship may be broken, but your relationship can never
be broken!
"For I am persuaded, that
neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities,
nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, SHALL BE ABLE
TO SEPARATE US from the love of God, which is in Christ
Jesus our Lord." Romans 8:38
"My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man
is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand."John 10:29
Jesus will NEVER leave us!
Jesus promised He will never leave us.
Jesus could not say this if there was even a chance of losing
our salvation.
". . .for
he hath said, I WILL NEVER LEAVE THEE, nor forsake thee."Hebrews 13:5
". . . and,
lo, I am with you ALWAY, even unto the end of the world.
Amen." Matthew 28:20
We already HAVE eternal
life!
When the Bible speaks of
possessing eternal life, it speaks in the present tense (hath,
have, etc.) - SOMETHING WE ALREADY HAVE! If we had to
work or endure to keep our salvation, this could not be true.
"He that believeth on the Son HATH EVERLASTING LIFE:..
." John 3:36
"These things have I written unto you that
believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that
YE HAVE ETERNAL LIFE,. . ." 1 John 5:13
"Verily, verily, I say unto you,
He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me,
HATH EVERLASTING LIFE,. . ." John 5:24
Jesus will NOT cast you out!
". . .
him that cometh to me I WILL IN NO WISE CAST OUT." John 6:37
We are COMPLETE in Jesus Christ!
"And ye are COMPLETE IN HIM,
which is the head of all principality and power:" Colossians
2:10
We are PERFECTED FOR EVER!
We are "perfected for ever" by Jesus Christ. How
could the Lord say such a bold statement if we
had to earn or keep our salvation?
"By the which will we are sanctified through the offering
of the body of Jesus Christ ONCE FOR ALL. . . For by one
offering he hath PERFECTED FOR EVER them that are sanctified."Hebrews 10:10,14
We are PRESERVED in Christ
Jesus!
"Jude, the servant
of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are
sanctified by God the Father, and PRESERVED IN JESUS CHRIST,
and called:" Jude 1
"And THE LORD. .
. WILL PRESERVE ME unto his heavenly kingdom:.
. ." 2 Timothy 4:18
We are KEPT by the POWER of
God!
"Who are KEPT
BY THE POWER OF GOD through faith unto salvation ready to be
revealed in the last time." 1 Peter 1:5
"Now unto him that is able TO KEEP YOU from
falling, and to present you faultless before the presence
of his glory with exceeding joy," Jude 24
We are saved to the UTTERMOST!
"Wherefore he is able also to save them to the UTTERMOST that
come unto God by him,. . ." Hebrews 7:25
We are SEALED until the day of redemption!
"And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby
YE ARE SEALED unto the day of redemption." Ephesians 4:30
". . .after that ye believed,
YE WERE SEALED with that holy Spirit of promise," Ephesians
1:13
What about the BACKSLIDER?
What about the "backslider"? No such thing! One has to slide forward first. The churches are full of FALSE PROFESSING CHRISTIANS!
They have been fooled by the wolves in Easy Prayerism from emotional moments yet they practice sin and the wolves tell them it's OK, Jesus understands!
"If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: But
if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one
with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from
all sin."
1John 2:4
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
For the Christian whose works are not of God but of man's ways that make him feel good instead of saving souls...
"For other foundation can no
man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if any
man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious
stones, wood, hay, stubble; Every man's work shall be made
manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it
shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's
work of what sort it is. If any man's work abide which
he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. If
any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss:
BUT HE HIMSELF SHALL BE SAVED; yet so as by fire." 1
Corinthians 3:11-15
We become the BODY OF
CHRIST!
"For we are MEMBERS OF HIS
BODY, of his flesh, and of his bones." Ephesians
5:30
"Now ye are the BODY OF CHRIST,
and members in particular." 1 Corinthians 12:18
What if
we later - BELIEVE NOT?
Our salvation is so
secure - even if we BELIEVE
NOT after we're saved, because we become part of Him (the body
of Christ), ". . .yet he abideth faithful:
HE CANNOT DENY HIMSELF."
"If we
believe not, yet he abideth faithful: HE CANNOT DENY
HIMSELF." 2 Timothy 2:13
But what if I sin an
awful sin?
1 Corinthians
5 reports of an awful sin in the church. And even though Paul
commands ". . . To deliver such an one unto Satan
for the destruction of the flesh" - Paul still speaks of that
person being saved - ". . .that the spirit MAY BE
SAVED. . ."
"It is reported commonly
that there is fornication among you, and such
fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles,
that one should have his father's wife. . .To deliver
such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that
the spirit MAY BE SAVED in the day of the Lord Jesus."
1 Corinthians 5:1,5
To lose your
salvation - makes God a LIAR!
With all the PROMISES from God to KEEP you, to SAVE you, to
PRESERVE you - to even suggest you could lose your salvation
- is to call God a LIAR!
". . .he that
BELIEVETH NOT GOD hath made him a LIAR; . . ." 1
John 5:10
Why do people doubt their
salvation?
* They trust
in feelings rather than the word of God.
"He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool:.
. ." Proverbs 28:26
* They are
confused by the simplicity of salvation.
"But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent
beguiled Eve through his subtlety, so your minds should
be corrupted from THE SIMPLICITY that is in Christ." 2
Corinthians 11:3
*
They trust in tradition or church teachings rather than the
word of God.
"Making
the word of God of none effect through your TRADITION,. . ."
Mark 7:13
* They trust
in their own righteousness.
". . . and all OUR RIGHTEOUSNESSES are as filthy
rags;. . ." Isaiah 64:6
* They
have NEVER been saved.
"Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter
into the kingdom of heaven;. . ."
Matthew 7:21
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN SAVED?
Is there a time and place in your life, when you
trusted in the blood of Jesus Christ? Not joined a church, not
kept the sacraments, not baptism, not good works
- but simply, by faith, prayed and asked Jesus Christ to save
you?
To die without Jesus Christ
will be the worst thing you could ever do.
"And whosoever was not found written in the
book of life was cast into the LAKE OF FIRE." Revelation 20:15
YOU CAN BE SAVED THIS
VERY MINUTE!
It's simple to be saved
...
1. Know you're
a sinner.
"As it is
written, There is none righteous, no, not one:" Romans
3:10
"... for there is no
difference. For all have sinned, and come short of
the glory of God;" Romans 3:23
2.
That Jesus Christ died on the cross to pay for your
sins.
"Who his own self
bare our sins in his own body on the tree, ..."1 Peter 2:24
"... Unto him
that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his
own blood," Revelation 1:5
3. And
the best way you know how, simply trust Him, and
Him alone as your personal Savior.
"For God so loved the world, that he gave
his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should
not perish, but have everlasting life." John
3:16
"For whosoever shall
call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved."
Romans 10:13
WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE
SAVED?
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