Originally Posted by Romeyo07
Youre only half right.
I am sure you can quote Scripture but your picture is incomplete. Theres more!
Youre primarily looking at one side of the picture...justfication...."just if I had never sinned".
Also, you have completely left out "sanctifcation", that being the daily walk and SUBMITTAL of ONEs OWN WILL to Christ.
I will point you to one example to begin with.....King Saul.
If you study carefully you will see that Saul "got saved"...then walked with God and even prophesied under Gods influence, but at the end Saul lost his faith in God, consulted witches/necromancers, had a coversation with Satan who impersonated Samuel the prophet....then Saul, in despair, showing NO faith in God, being fearful, disobeyed God and murdered himself on his own sword.
My friend, the notion that once "saved" you can never be lost is NOT Biblical....its commonly taught in MANY churches, using a one sided, incomplete view of Scripture, similar to what you have posted here.
The baptist church is famous for this non Biblical doctrine.
Fact is NO ONE is truly "saved" until Christ returns. Until then you/we are BEING SAVED. Can we have confidence? Yes. BUT that confidence must be in Christ.
Its like this...if you went overboard from a ship in the middle of the sea wearing only your clothes, you would die in a matter of time, no question.
If a boat came by & threw you a rope would you then be saved??? No.
Not until you were back on the shore would you be completely saved. But as long as you held on to the rope you would be "safe" from death and BEING saved.
The only safety for a Christian is the daily death to ones self. Paul said "I die daily.." meaning setting aside his own will will to follow the will of Christ. Its not a matter of "worry" as you put it, its a matter of choice...daily choice.
If anyone is truly submitted to Christ and has given their will over to Him, they will not sin against God.Its ONLY when mankind follows his own will that he commits sin that will condemn him.
Living a life with Christ is a "war"...the Bible indicates this clearly. Paul said near the end of his life, "I have fought a good fight...."
War against what? Fought against whom?
The Bible says...Fight the good fight of faith!
Put on the whole armour of God - Eph 6:11
Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God - Eph 6:13
The Bible identifies that "armour", each piece. Study that.
Jesus said "Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation." Matthew 26:41
Why watch or pray or "worry" about temptation if it can't hurt you??
Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. - 1 Thessalonians 5:6
Heres why.....
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour. 1 Peter 5:8.
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might." Ephesians 6:10
Jesus said, "Without me ye can do nothing. John 15:5
Was he lying??? I think not!
Fact is, the Bible says we can have "the mind of Christ"...anyone with the mind of Christ, that is to say that is doing HIS will will NOT be found to be murdering, fearful, etc etc Those that continue in those things will be rewarded with death, not eternal life.
There shall in no wise enter into it (heaven) any thing that defileth." Revelation 21:27
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, . . . nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards . . . shall inherit the kingdom of God. 1 Corinthians 6:9, 10.
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God." Matthew 5:8
He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life." 1 John 5:12.
Jesus put it this way....
I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
One must abide in Christ which involves more then accepting Him but ACTING upon that acceptance...."Faith without works is dead", and the "works" in question here is the daily death to self.
Can you be a believer and be "saved" for while, then lost? Jesus said so....
Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved. They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away." Luke 8:12, 13
When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it
When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby."
"Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey?"
"He that doeth righteousness is righteous . . . He that committeth sin is of the devil." 1 John 3:7, 8.
"If after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire" 2 Peter 2:20-22
The fact is one can be "saved" and then become "lost" again.
One can, like King Saul, let go of the rope (Christ) any time one chooses to do so. If we hold on to Christ, he hold on to us...but he doesnt, and will not hold us against our will.
The fact is that if one is truly "abiding in Christ", connected TO Him like a branch to a vine as He said, has the "mind of Christ" and is putting aside his own will to allow the will of God to reign in his life, he will not commit a sin that ends his own life. Period.
The sinless life of Jesus and sacrifice upon the cross did more then pay the penalty, it showed us how we can live, Christ provided a way out of living in sin....by the POWER of God.
Theres alot more...my advice to you is put aside the incomplete view you've been taught & keep studying!![]()





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