ETERNAL SECURITY

Can Salvation be lost in the future?

Rom 8:1  There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

     There is no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus. Yes “to those who are in Christ Jesus”. But what if we fall away from Christ Jesus? Is this possible? Yes it is possible that is why the Bible, in many instances teaches us to guard ourselves against corruptions and evil desires.

Luk 12:15  And He said to them, Watch and keep yourselves from covetousness. For a man's life is not in the abundance of the things which he possesses.

Can salvation be lost in the future from someone who already accepted Christ as his/her personal savior?

Yes. Salvation can be lost on the following Biblical grounds:

 1.  IF WE HAVE FALLEN AWAY.

Heb 6:4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit,

Heb 6:5 and have tasted the good Word of God and the powers of the world to come,

Heb 6:6 and who have fallen away; it is impossible, I say, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify the Son of God afresh to themselves and put Him to an open shame.

     From the above verses in Hebrews 6:4-6, those are the people who were once enlightened, tasted the heavenly gift, were made partakers of the Holy Spirit, tasted the Word of God and the powers to come — therefore were saved. All those mentioned are proofs that they were saved. In verse 6, but have fallen away and being fallen away is tantamount to lost from the saving grace of God.

 2.  IF WE SIN WILLFULLY

Heb 10:26  For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more sacrifice for sins,

Heb 10:27 but a certain fearful looking for judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.

3.  IF WE WILL NOT ENDURED TO THE END

Mat 24:13  But he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved.

     There are many warnings in the New Testament concerning the possibilities of falling away from the Faith and therefore from salvation, that is why Christians must be vigilant against the evil one (devil).

1Pe 5:8  Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour,

 SEVEN LETTERS TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES – Promises, commendations, warnings, call for repentance to the believers.

     Study the 7 letters of our Lord Jesus to the 7 churches in Revelation Chapter 2 to chapter 3 and notice the following:

     That all these group of people (Christian churches) are called churches, meaning they belong to the body of Christ. And we all know that those who believe in the name of Jesus Christ becomes part or member of the universal and spiritual body of Christ which the Bible calls church. Our Lord Jesus promised to established His Church as He spoke to Peter in Matthew 16:18 saying that “…Upon this rock, I will build my church…” and that church was truly been built since in the first century that’s why Paul (then called Saul) when persecuting the Christians was actually persecuted the church of our Lord (Acts. 8:1-3). How does Paul persecuted the church in Jerusalem? By entering into every house, and dragging men and women committed them to prison. So therefore the church is not an inanimate object such as building made from stones and rocks. The church therefore is a corporate body. An organization composed of people, men and women.

Act 8:3  But Saul laid waste the church, entering into every house, and dragging men and women committed them to prison.

     Who are those men and women whom Saul (Paul) persecuted in Jerusalem that is called the “Church”? Are all men and women grouped together are called church? NO. Those people that were persecuted by Paul in Jerusalem are those who BELIEVED IN JESUS CHRIST. That was the testimony of Apostle Paul when he became a Christian and related his experiences in having a conversation to the Lord Jesus ...   

Act  22:19  And I said, Lord, they know that I was imprisoning and beating those who believed on You throughout the synagogues.

       It is clear that those who are in the church are those who believe in our Lord Jesus Christ. They are saved people and in spite of their condition of being saved they were warned to repent otherwise corresponding punishment of condemnation will follow.

    But one should notice that the 7 letters to the 7 Churches contains warnings and rebuking statements from Our Lord Jesus, with the exemption of the Church in Smyrna (Rev. 2:8-11) and the Church in Philadelphia (Rev. 3:7-11).

WORST THAN THE FIRST

      Through the full knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, a Christian escaped the pollution of the world.  Meaning being in Christ, a person have a new life to live.  We were born again by the Word of God

1 Peter 1:23   having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the living Word of God, and abiding forever.

    

     And being born again, we are surely saved as Christ promises that we are now candidate to enter the Kingdom of God.

John 3:3   Jesus answered and said to him, Truly, truly, I say to you, Unless a man is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

John 3:5   Jesus answered, Truly, truly, I say to you, Unless a man is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

     But still, Christians are being warned not to be entangled again by the pollution of the world for if we do, we are being made worse and it would be better for us not to have fully known the way to righteousness.

2 Peter 2:20  For if they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the full knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and are again entangled, they have been overcome by these, their last things are worse than the first.

2 Peter 2:21  For it would have been better for them not to have fully known the way of righteousness, than fully knowing it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them.

2 Peter 2:22  But the word of the true proverb has happened to them: The dog turning to his own vomit; and, The washed sow to wallowing in the mire.

CONCLUSION OF THE MATTER:

So therefore, Brethren, Let us continue striving to grow in our faith and knowing Christ and continue to desire the Word of God like newborn babes desiring the mother’s milk.

1 Peter 2:2   desire the sincere milk of the Word, as newborn babes, so that you may grow by it; (KJV)

It is by continuously studying, listening and obeying GOD’S WORD , we can be able to stand the “test of time” as Christ says in
Mat 7:24  Every one therefore that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them, shall be likened unto a wise man, who built his house upon the rock:

Mat 7:25 and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and if fell not: for it was founded upon the rock.

Therefore, the person who thinks

he is standing securely

should watch out that he does not fall.

1 Cor. 10:12