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once saved always saved? (no athiests please)?
when you accept Jesus are you always saved? I think that we are! Jesus died on the cross ONE time, John 3:16 and John 10:27-30, im just interested in your opinion
35 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
once saved unless a person rejects it ...
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Yep, here's more verses: John 10:28, John 6:40. John 5:24,
John 3:15, John 3:36, John 6-47-48, John 6:58, Rom. 11:30,
Eph. 1:13, Eph. 4:30. That's a few. But what if really funny
some of the so called atheist on YA that once called themselves
Christian, are still saved. That cracks me up cause our GOD
is so gracious. He shines His light on their back, even when
they quit believing. We are saved by His righteousness not ours.
Eph. 2:8-9. Even if we are not faithful, He is, because He cannot deny Himself. What Great God we have!!!!!
Daniel a Christian cannot blasphemy the Holy Spirit, that
is only the non-believer. They keep rejecting the prompting
of the Holy Spirit, when He convicts them of who Christ is.
When you say you can lose it, you are calling God a liar.
ETERNAL salvation, not "if I do something wrong salvation"
a Christian who takes communion unworthily can commit
the "sin unto death", removed from this life, saved with
no rewards, it's happening all the time in today's society.
- 1 decade ago
Many people believe that, when a person becomes a child of God, afterward it is impossible for him to sin as to fall from grace and be eternally lost. John 15:1-6 - We must bear fruit or be cast off.
Romans 8:12-17 - We must live according to the Spirit, not the flesh.
Galatians 6:7-9 - We must sow to the Spirit, not the flesh.
1 Corinthians 9:27 & 10:12 - We must control our bodies and avoid sinning like Israel did.
- 1 decade ago
The once saved, always saved doctrine is a lie of the devil and will claim many souls in the name of hell.
Only sins from a truly repenting heart is forgiven. Many today were saved, but have been taught that all sins past, present and future are forgiven already on the cross. Yet, this is sins that come from a truly repenting heart.
There have been many who were saved and get caught up in false teachings where thing that are sin are not regarded as sin. Such as homosexuality.
So here is a man who was saved, but ends up believing that it alright to be homosexual and he lives this lifestyle, this life of sin. Yet, he has convinced himself that this is not sin. So he does not ask for forgiveness.
Will this man remain saved? Will this man enter the kingdom of God? It is written no sin can enter the kingdom of God. So if this man has unforgiven sin before he suffers physical death, then he is dying in sin and will be cast into hell.
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- Anonymous1 decade ago
Yes I do believe in once saved always saved. The only exception would be to turn away from Christianity and deny Christ as the Son of God or to deny God's existence. Unfortunately some Christians use this as a personal excuse to sin and continue doing so. I do believe our rewards in Heaven will be based upon the kind of Christian we are.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
We are all saved if we so choose to be. That doesn't mean you have the rights to knowingly sin and not have to repent. If you think you can go and say shoot someone and have no regrets and don't ask god or jesus for his forgiveness, before you can get through the pearly gates you will have to answer to your actions. So yes you always have the CHANCE of being saved.
- 1 decade ago
I don't know, this is a pretty hard question, because there are some people that, once they get saved, slip back into their old habits and forget to love God. But I think that truly, they still are saved, they just need a little more guidance, so i'm gonna say yes, once saved, always saved
- Anonymous1 decade ago
that's wrong. once you accept Jesus Christ your going one step towards the kingdom of god, remember that's just one step. the rest is based on what you do in your everyday life, which includes staying away from evil, helping those who need help, communicating with god, preaching the good news about god, running away from ungodliness. those are the next step you have to take. if you are saying you're saved and continue the things that you're doing(sin) then you're not of god. you're the same as the world( sinners). and god said their will be a lake of fire burning with brimstone waiting for them.
hope that helps. P.S
- delux_versionLv 71 decade ago
Grew up with this teaching pounded in my head. Then one little old man asked me, what if you were wrong and didn't know it till after you died? Love is an action. I always knew this with my relationship with my wife, but, it's different when we talk about out relationship with God. Then we get all existential, and religiously start throwing out different interpretations. So many assumptions, so many different interpretations. What if we are wrong? I think that we better start getting busy, or somebody is going to get surprised about 3 seconds after death!
- Anonymous1 decade ago
So, if you are baptized when you are young and taught all the "Jesus loves me this I know" songs and such, but when you are older you decide that Christianity is a load of BS and you devote your life to convincing people to be atheists. You succeed massively, making hundreds decide to give up Christianity. Are you saved?
- AugustineLv 61 decade ago
No. Paul says we are to persevere to the end. We must actively live as Christ taught daily. Salvation can be lost.
See Matt 7:21; Matt 24:13 (those who persevere to the end will be saved); Romans 11:22(remain in His kindness or you will be cut off); Phil 2:12(work out your salvation in fear and trembling); 1 Corinthians 10:11-12(those thinking they are secure may fall); 2 Timothy 2:11-13(must hold out to the end to reign with Christ)
And especially read the Book of Hebrews. Hebrews 6 tells what becomes of those who share in the Holy Spirit who then fall away.
""HEB 6:4 "It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit,
5 who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age,
6 if they fall away, to be brought back to repentance, because to their loss they are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting him to public disgrace."
Again, salvation can be lost....