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Article: “Can a Christian lose salvation?”

Summary Note:  A “true” born-again Christian cannot loose their salvation. If  you  futuristically reject God, then you were never truly a born-again Christian because a “true” Christian would NOT do so. 

The below article covers the topic well.  You can go their website for more information on the topic.

https://www.gotquestions.org/QOTW.htm

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Question: “Can a Christian lose salvation?”

Answer: First, the term Christian must be defined. A “Christian” is not a person who has said a prayer or walked down an aisle or been raised in a Christian family. While each of these things can be a part of the Christian experience, they are not what makes a Christian. A Christian is a person who has fully trusted in Jesus Christ as the only Savior and therefore possesses the Holy Spirit (John 3:16; Acts 16:31; Ephesians 2:8–9).

So, with this definition in mind, can a Christian lose salvation? It’s a crucially important question. Perhaps the best way to answer it is to examine what the Bible says occurs at salvation and to study what losing salvation would entail:

A Christian is a new creation. “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!” (2 Corinthians 5:17, NKJV). A Christian is not simply an “improved” version of a person; a Christian is an entirely new creature. He is “in Christ.” For a Christian to lose salvation, the new creation would have to be destroyed.

A Christian is redeemed. “For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect” (1 Peter 1:18–19). The word redeemed refers to a purchase being made, a price being paid. We were purchased at the cost of Christ’s death. For a Christian to lose salvation, God Himself would have to revoke His purchase of the individual for whom He paid with the precious blood of Christ.

A Christian is justified. “Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ” (Romans 5:1). To justify is to declare righteous. All those who receive Jesus as Savior are “declared righteous” by God. For a Christian to lose salvation, God would have to go back on His Word and “un-declare” what He had previously declared. Those absolved of guilt would have to be tried again and found guilty. God would have to reverse the sentence handed down from the divine bench.

A Christian is promised eternal life. “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16). Eternal life is the promise of spending forever in heaven with God. God promises that if you believe, you will have eternal life. For a Christian to lose salvation, eternal life would have to be redefined. The Christian is promised to live forever. Does eternal not mean “eternal”?

A Christian is marked by God and sealed by the Spirit. “You also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession—to the praise of his glory” (Ephesians 1:13–14). At the moment of faith, the new Christian is marked and sealed with the Spirit, who was promised to act as a deposit to guarantee the heavenly inheritance. The end result is that God’s glory is praised. For a Christian to lose salvation, God would have to erase the mark, withdraw the Spirit, cancel the deposit, break His promise, revoke the guarantee, keep the inheritance, forego the praise, and lessen His glory.

A Christian is guaranteed glorification. “Those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified” (Romans 8:30). According to Romans 5:1, justification is ours at the moment of faith. According to Romans 8:30, glorification comes with justification. All those whom God justifies are promised to be glorified. This promise will be fulfilled when Christians receive their perfect resurrection bodies in heaven. If a Christian can lose salvation, then Romans 8:30 is in error, because God could not guarantee glorification for all those whom He predestines, calls, and justifies.

A Christian cannot lose salvation. Most, if not all, of what the Bible says happens to us when we receive Christ would be invalidated if salvation could be lost. Salvation is the gift of God, and God’s gifts are “irrevocable” (Romans 11:29). A Christian cannot be un-newly created. The redeemed cannot be unpurchased. Eternal life cannot be temporary. God cannot renege on His Word. Scripture says that God cannot lie (Titus 1:2).

Two common objections to the belief that a Christian cannot lose salvation concern these experiential issues: 1) What about Christians who live in a sinful, unrepentant lifestyle? 2) What about Christians who reject the faith and deny Christ?

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The problem with these objections is the assumption that everyone who calls himself a “Christian” has actually been born again. The Bible declares that a true Christian will not live a state of continual, unrepentant sin (1 John 3:6). The Bible also says that anyone who departs the faith is demonstrating that he was never truly a Christian (1 John 2:19). He may have been religious, he may have put on a good show, but he was never born again by the power of God. “By their fruit you will recognize them” (Matthew 7:16). The redeemed of God belong “to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God” (Romans 7:4).

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Nothing can separate a child of God from the Father’s love (Romans 8:38–39). Nothing can remove a Christian from God’s hand (John 10:28–29). God guarantees eternal life and maintains the salvation He has given us. The Good Shepherd searches for the lost sheep, and, “when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders and goes home” (Luke 15:5–6). The lamb is found, and the Shepherd gladly bears the burden; our Lord takes full responsibility for bringing the lost one safely home.

Jude 1:24–25 further emphasizes the goodness and faithfulness of our Savior: To him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy—to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen.”

Books — davidjeremiah.org/store

https://www.davidjeremiah.org/store

This site has many helpful books, Bible presentation, and etc.

Book — The Great Disappearance

The Great Disappearance Book

on DavidJeremiah.org

topic:  Rapture [When Jesus comes to gather his saved [alive and saved at that time period] and take them to Heaven.  The saved receive their “glorified bodies and immortality”.  Note — people will be saved during tribulation and 1000 rule of Christ on Earth.

Topic: It does not matter if people leave a Church. It does matter if people leave God.

A person should be “in Christ” not — “in Church” or “in Church Group” or “in Church Doctrine”.  It should not be that you are a member of a denomination, church, or doctrine, but that you are a member of God’s Kingdom now and eternally using Holy Spirit guidance of the Scriptures. Jesus is the “Head of the Church” and it is God’s Way! and God’s Plan that is important!

It does not matter if people leave a Church.  It does matter if people leave God. Even if you leave a Church do not leave God or lose your belief and faith in God!

Don’t confuse leaving a Church with leaving God!  Disappointment with Church members or Christian people should not mean disappointment with God.  Always keep your belief, trust, and faith in God through Jesus with the help of the Holy Spirit via scriptures.  Jesus is our example NOT people.

Remember, we were made by God FOR God
[God does not exist to do our biding.  We are made for God.]

Category: -- Bibles Online

Book: Animals Go to Heaven

There IS Eternal Life for Animals
This book is about the afterlife of animals  from a Christian perspective. 
According to the Bible, all animals go to Heaven!
This well-researched book is a comfort for those who have lost a pet.

Book: Mystery of the Ages by Herbert Armstrong

A book worth reading:  Mystery of the Ages by Herbert Armstrong  can be obtained from — https://www.thetrumpet.com

The book includes chapters on the following:

  • Did you ever ask yourself:
  • “Who am I?
  • What am I?
  • Why am I?”
  • You are a mystery. The world about you is a mystery.
  • Now, you can understand!
Category: -- Books

Bible Gateway — Bible Searches

Bible Gateway

https://www.biblegateway.com

Many Sources:  Many Bibles, Concordence, Articles, References available for searches.

Category: -- Bibles Online

Topic: Pets go to Heaven

Yes, pets go to Heaven.  I don’t know if all animals that ever existed go to Heaven, but then Heaven is Huge.  God has a lot of planets for even the animals who were not pets, if he so desired to provide for them too.

I have several books, which I’ll look up in my closed and list here instead of this line of text.  They give scriptures.  I have looked up each scripture in context and have studied this issue a lot.  Scripture leads me to believe we will see our pets there.

My pets were my children.  I had no actual human children.  My husband is in Heaven already and he had a favorite couple of cats and a favorite dog.  I am sure they are together presently.

I look forward to joining my beloved pets in Heaven as a perk.  I am planning on Heaven because I want to be with God in His Kingdom for eternity, but it is a nice perk to be able to see my husband and pets once again.  I know that Jesus understood the concept of pets so I know God the Father does too.


Source:  Bible Scriptures.  There are many articles listing references on the Internet and Articles by Ministers on this topic.

There are many books on the topic.  Two are: Biblical Proof Animals Do Go To Heaven by Steven H. Woodward  and  Heaven by Randy Alcorn

Category: -- Pets in Heaven

Topic: Pets go to Heaven

Do Animals or Pets Go To Heaven? A Biblical Analysis

Webpage about pets going to Heaven.

Category: -- Pets in Heaven

Timeline: 4000BC thru now

Timeline from 4000BC to now

Text chart format, nicely done  though. Worth a download.

Timeline: Old Testament vs Secular History

http://www.millingtonumconthefox.org/oldtest_files/oldtestrev7.html

Old Testament vs Secular History Timeline

Very nicely presented and easy to understand.

Timeline: Bible

Timeline

4000BC -70AD time period in an easily viewed image.

Timeline: Poster $$ and Free

Amazing Bible Timeline  from 4000BC to 1000AD

They offer  a hard copy poster for your wall  at a reasonable price. [includes more time]

You can also download pdf of what is online 4000BC to 1000AD

Ministries: Jimmy Swaggart Ministries

Jimmy Swaggart Ministries

Bibles, books, music, magazine, sermons, etc available for purchase.

Books: What is Heaven Like

Book you should read by Randy Alcorn:
http://store.epm.org/product/heaven

In the most comprehensive and definitive book on Heaven to date, Randy invites you to picture Heaven the way Scripture describes it—a bright, vibrant, and physical New Earth, free from sin, suffering, and death, and brimming with Christ’s presence, wondrous natural beauty, and the richness of human culture as God intended it.

Category: -- Books