{"id":763,"date":"2024-03-03T08:52:53","date_gmt":"2024-03-03T13:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ameighs-christian-blog.info\/b2blog\/?p=763"},"modified":"2024-03-03T08:52:53","modified_gmt":"2024-03-03T13:52:53","slug":"article-can-a-christian-lose-salvation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ameighs-christian-blog.info\/b2blog\/index.php\/2024\/03\/03\/article-can-a-christian-lose-salvation\/","title":{"rendered":"Article: \u201cCan a Christian lose salvation?\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summary Note:\u00a0 A \u201ctrue\u201d born-again Christian cannot loose their salvation. If\u00a0 you\u00a0 futuristically reject God, then you were never truly a born-again Christian because a \u201ctrue\u201d Christian would NOT do so.\u00a0<\/span> <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

The below article covers the topic well.\u00a0 You can go their website for more information on the topic.<\/strong><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.gotquestions.org\/QOTW.htm<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Question: \u201cCan a Christian lose salvation?\u201d<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Answer: <\/strong>First, the term Christian<\/em> must be defined. A \u201cChristian\u201d 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\u20139).<\/p>\n

So, with this definition in mind, can a Christian lose salvation? It\u2019s 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:<\/p>\n

A Christian is a new creation. \u201cTherefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!\u201d (2 Corinthians 5:17, NKJV). A Christian is not simply an \u201cimproved\u201d version of a person; a Christian is an entirely new creature. He is \u201cin Christ.\u201d For a Christian to lose salvation, the new creation would have to be destroyed.<\/p>\n

A Christian is redeemed. \u201cFor 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\u201d (1 Peter 1:18\u201319). The word redeemed<\/em> refers to a purchase being made, a price being paid. We were purchased at the cost of Christ\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

A Christian is justified. \u201cTherefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ\u201d (Romans 5:1). To justify is to declare righteous. All those who receive Jesus as Savior are \u201cdeclared righteous\u201d by God. For a Christian to lose salvation, God would have to go back on His Word and \u201cun-declare\u201d 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.<\/p>\n

A Christian is promised eternal life. \u201cFor 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\u201d (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<\/em> would have to be redefined. The Christian is promised to live forever. Does eternal<\/em> not mean \u201ceternal\u201d?<\/p>\n

A Christian is marked by God and sealed by the Spirit. \u201cYou 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\u2019s possession\u2014to the praise of his glory\u201d (Ephesians 1:13\u201314). 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<\/em> the heavenly inheritance. The end result is that God\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

A Christian is guaranteed glorification. \u201cThose he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified\u201d (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.<\/p>\n

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\u2019s gifts are \u201cirrevocable\u201d (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).<\/p>\n

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?<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The problem with these objections is the assumption that everyone who calls himself a \u201cChristian\u201d has actually been born again. The Bible declares that a true Christian will not<\/em> 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).<\/u> He may have been religious, he may have put on a good show, but he was never born again by the power of God. \u201cBy their fruit you will recognize them\u201d (Matthew 7:16).<\/strong> The redeemed of God belong \u201cto him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God\u201d (Romans 7:4).<\/p>\n

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Nothing can separate a child of God from the Father\u2019s love (Romans 8:38\u201339). Nothing can remove a Christian from God\u2019s hand (John 10:28\u201329). God guarantees eternal life and maintains the salvation He has given us. The Good Shepherd searches for the lost sheep, and, \u201cwhen he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders and goes home\u201d (Luke 15:5\u20136). The lamb is found, and the Shepherd gladly bears the burden; our Lord takes full responsibility for bringing the lost one safely home.<\/p>\n

Jude 1:24\u201325 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\u2014to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Summary Note:\u00a0 A \u201ctrue\u201d born-again Christian cannot loose their salvation. If\u00a0 you\u00a0 futuristically reject God, then you were never truly a born-again Christian because a \u201ctrue\u201d Christian would NOT do so.\u00a0 The below article covers the topic well.\u00a0 You can go their website for more information on the topic. https:\/\/www.gotquestions.org\/QOTW.htm ————————————————————————————————————– Question: \u201cCan a Christian […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ministries","category-topics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ameighs-christian-blog.info\/b2blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ameighs-christian-blog.info\/b2blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ameighs-christian-blog.info\/b2blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ameighs-christian-blog.info\/b2blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ameighs-christian-blog.info\/b2blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=763"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/ameighs-christian-blog.info\/b2blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":764,"href":"http:\/\/ameighs-christian-blog.info\/b2blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763\/revisions\/764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ameighs-christian-blog.info\/b2blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ameighs-christian-blog.info\/b2blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ameighs-christian-blog.info\/b2blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}