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But, we don’t lose our free will once we surrender to the preaching of the Gospel and to the Holy Spirit who leads us to repent and turn to Christ. It’s evident in the words: “whoever believes” found in John 3:16. God gives us the choice to accept Him or reject Him. There is plenty of evidence that suggests that it’s possible for believers to willfully turn away from their faith in Jesus Christ. The evidence of salvation is a changed life, but the assurance of salvation is the unchanging Word of God.ģ. 1 John 5:11-13įor 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. I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.
Believing in Jesus guarantees us eternal life.Īnd this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. We shouldn’t live in fear and doubt about the certainty of our salvation! We see in 1 John 5, that those who have the Son have eternal life. We are confident that we are saved based on the promises of God, not on our subjective experience, feelings, or moods at any given time. The new birth produces a new nature which results in a new lifestyle. The evidence of salvation is manifested through changes in a person’s conduct and character. Having an assurance of salvation is different from having evidence of salvation. Born-again believers have an assurance of their salvation. Paul, the grace teacher, writes that while we are not saved by good works we are saved to do good works.įor we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. The grace of God saves but it also teaches us to deny sin.įor the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. God’s divine grace saves and sustains us. We are not saved by doing good works and we don’t maintain our salvation by doing good works. The Bible teaches that salvation is by grace, not by works.įor it is by grace you have been saved, through faith-and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God. I also have dear friends who differ from me on this topic. There are well-respected theologians and pastors on both sides of this issue. This theological stance is very controversial amongst Christians. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us but their going showed that none of them belonged to us. They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us. The basis for that teaching is found in 1 John 2, which states that those who left the church were never really a part of it. Therefore, if anyone chooses to walk away from the Lord, it signifies they were never truly saved. This belief also affirms the emphasis on the perseverance of the saints, which means that any true believer will not choose to turn away from the Lord. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand. And those he predestined, he also called those he called, he also justified those he justified, he also glorified…neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. This view is based on Romans 8 and John 10 which in summary state that nothing can separate us from the love of God, and that Jesus’ sheep have eternal life and no one can pluck them out of His hand.įor those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.
This doctrine teaches that salvation can never be lost, despite the lifestyle you lead or the actions you take–even if it means denying Jesus and turning your back on Him.
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