However, this verse is going one step further and it is literally telling us that it would be worse for us, after initially getting saved, if we once more return back to the sins that we were operating in before we got saved. If that is worse than never getting saved in the first place, then I believe this verse is another one telling us that it is possible to lose your salvation after initially getting saved. If some of the above verses are possibly implying that you can lose your salvation — then what are some of the specific sins that could cause you to lose your salvation?
These next two verses will give you some of those specific sins. Are these next two verses talking about Christians or nonbelievers? If you match these two verses up with the ones listed above, then I believe that some of these sins, if being committed by Christians on a regular and frequent basis, could get them into major trouble with the Lord and possibly be endangering their salvation with Him.
Here they are:. Notice the sin of adultery is specifically mentioned in both verses. Does this mean any Christian who regularly cheats on their spouse may be in danger of losing their salvation?
Maybe God is thinking that if you cannot stay faithful and loyal to your spouse, then maybe you will not be able to stay faithful and loyal to Him for all of eternity once you enter into heaven.
Look at what happened to Satan and one third of all the angels. They could not stay faithful and loyal to the Lord for the long run, and as a result, they tried to rebel against Him and were eventually thrown right out of heaven!
There is no doubt that the above two verses are talking about nonbelievers. But is it also talking about Christians? I guess we will all find out once we cross over into heaven and we see who has made it and who has not. But I would not want to be taking any chances with the Lord by wallowing in any of the above sins on any type of regular and frequent basis. This next powerful verse is coming direct from Jesus Himself. What is the will of God the Father? I personally believe that He may be referring to Christians.
If Jesus is specifically referring to Christians with this phrase, then this is another verse that is showing that a Christian could possibly lose their salvation. I believe this verse is also telling us that God will not be mocked! You cannot accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior, and then turn around and start to enter into some of these heavier sin areas — and then think you can get away with it and that God will just look the other way. The sins of adultery and homosexuality are two very scary sins for any Christian to want to engage in with the way some of the above verses are worded.
I would not want to be tempting my eternal fate with God the Father by engaging in these two sins, or any of the other sins mentioned in the above two verses.
Notice that Jesus is specifically talking about people who have prophesied and cast out demons in His name. Is Jesus referring direct to Christians? I believe that He is, especially on the second act that these people had been doing — casting demons out of people in His name. An unbeliever cannot cast demons out of someone because they do not have the legal authority to be able to do so. Demons are cast out of people by the power of the Holy Spirit. You have to have the Holy Spirit living and operating on the inside of you before you can cast demons out of someone.
Only born-again Christians have the Holy Spirit living and operating on the inside of them — unbelievers do not! As a result, unbelievers do not have the power of the Holy Spirit or the legal authority from God the Father to cast demons out of anyone, including themselves if they have been caught in their death grip. Two Scripture verses will back this up. In Acts , several Jewish exorcists took it upon themselves to call on the name of Jesus to try and cast demons out of several people.
When they tried to cast these demons out in the name of Jesus, one of the evil spirits replied back to him stating that they knew who Jesus and Paul were, but they did not know who he was.
And not only were they not able to cast the demons out, but the demons were allowed to physically attack them and were able to drive them right out of the house without a stitch of clothing left on them! And these men were Jewish men, not total unbelievers. Then the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
Notice in the first verse listed above that Jesus is not contesting that these people really were casting demons out of people in His name.
I believe Jesus is directly acknowledging that these people really were casting demons out in His name. And if Jesus is acknowledging this fact — then these people have to be born-again Christians, because only born-again Christians have the power of the Holy Spirit operating on the inside of them to be able to cast demons out of anyone.
I have heard some scholars argue that the people Jesus is referring to in this verse were unbelievers, not saved Christians. These unbelievers were then casting demons out of people and prophesying in His name as a direct result of operating under some kind of demonic influence or possession.
In other words, they were all doing this operating under the power of a demonic spirit rather than the power of the Holy Spirit. Salvation is a permission, not to gratify the desires of the flesh, but to satisfy the desires of the Spirit Galatians God is good in that His redemptive plan has been made clear salvation by grace through faith in Christ alone. God is faithful in that His promise of salvation has been made secure nothing can revoke the gift of eternal life in Christ Jesus.
From start to end, the Triune God has worked in all things for the good of those who love Him and who have been called according to His purpose Romans This truth should lead us to worship and adoration to Him alone. All glory, majesty, power, and authority are His before all time, and in the present, and beyond all time! Philip Wijaya, Ph. His interest in science and faith in God has motivated him to actively write in his personal blog philipwijaya.
In his leisure time, he enjoys sports, football games, music, and traveling with family. Recently Popular Media x. Once a person trusts Christ as their Savior can they lose this salvation? Is it possible for someone to fall from grace? The issue is simple: the salvation that Jesus Christ offers is either conditional or unconditional.
If is unconditional, then there is nothing we can do to lose it. If it is conditional, then there is some thing or some things that we can do to lose it. The real issue is, What does the Scripture say? What Does The Bible Say? As the Scripture is carefully studied we find that a true believer in Jesus is safe and secure eternally. The following relevant passages make this clear. And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand John , These verses could not be stronger.
Those who trust Jesus will never perish. Jesus said nobody will take believers out of His hand. This is because believers are securely held in the arms of God the Father. Eternal Life The Bible promises eternal life to all who believe in Christ.
The most famous verse in the Bible says: For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life John The promise of eternal life is not true if it can be lost. There is, however, nothing conditional stated in this promise.
If a person believes in Jesus they shall have everlasting life. Everlasting means forever. I tell you the truth, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life John Salvation, therefore, is not something that is far off in the future-it is a present possession of the believer.
Salvation is not looked upon as a day-to-day thing. We do not keep ourselves saved day after day. Scripture treats our salvation as something that is secure forever. Eternal Life Defined Thus eternal life has already begun for the believer.
The Bible defines eternal life as knowing Christ. Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent John Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril or sword. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord Romans , 38 , This passage makes it clear that nothing shall separate Christ from those who have trusted Him.
This includes the believer separating themselves from Christ. Yet I am not ashamed, because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him for that day 2 Timothy The Apostle Paul stresses the fact that Christ is able to keep that which we have committed.
He Keeps Us From Falling To Him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before His glorious presence without fault and with great joy - Jude The idea here is that He is the one who keeps us from falling, we are not keeping ourselves. A gift, once given, is not usually taken away.
Is it then possible to lose your salvation as a Christian? When a person is converted and becomes a Christian they get a new mind.
The old mind was to serve themselves and their lusts —the new mind is to serve God and do what pleases Him. This is where their salvation starts. This is what makes it possible for us to live a new life Romans For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame—who set their mind on earthly things.
They may have once been converted and received a new mind but, sadly, they had turned back to the old mind and begun to love this world again.
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