Hebrews 7:25 tells us that "Jesus is able to save completely those
who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for
them." "God is not wishing that any should perish" (2 Peter 3:9).
So not
only is He able He is also willing. Thus how can you not be saved
completely if God is willing and able to save you completely?
"Nothing can separate us from the love of God" (Romans 8:39).
God is love, if we can't be separated from His love how can we be
separated from Him?
If somehow a Christian can become "unborn" based on their
behavior after being born again that would mean sin is more powerful
than God which is utterly false. Believing sin is more powerful than God
really misses the point of the cross. We've already been totally forgiven at the cross. God does not count anything against us because of it (2 Corinthians 5:19).
Christ
is the one who causes perseverance (see Hebrews 7:25 above). We abstain
from bad behavior because God loves us not because we are afraid of Him casting
us off.
If salvation is dependent upon human behavior
Christ died for nothing. Why would there be a sacrifice for us if we
could have saved ourselves? If you think you can lose your salvation
based on behavior you, knowingly or not, believe the cross has no power
and it is all our righteousness that saves us. That is not the gospel
at all.
A Christian losing salvation essentially would be God aborting His own child.
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Monday, August 13, 2012
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Trust Never Discarded
It is true that once saved always saved but often our idea of salvation is that it is a one time past event. Trust in God is continual. Even in John 3:16 where it says "whosoever believes in Him" the actual tense of the verb (believes/trusts) in the Greek signifies not a one time past belief but a continual, present trust that doesn't end. There is no such thing as "once believed, now lost," or "I used to believe in God."
True continual trust in Christ will produce good works and God is the one who causes you to trust and causes you to produce good works.
Jesus said in John 15:5 "Apart from me you can do nothing."
"Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come." -2 Corinthians 1:21
"It is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose." -Philippians 2:13
Jesus said "All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out." -John 6:37
True continual trust in Christ will produce good works and God is the one who causes you to trust and causes you to produce good works.
Jesus said in John 15:5 "Apart from me you can do nothing."
"Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come." -2 Corinthians 1:21
"It is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose." -Philippians 2:13
Jesus said "All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out." -John 6:37
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