The topic of "Once Saved Always Saved" or eternal security
I am fairly sure I covered this subject before; but today it seems to be going viral with more and more social media posts claiming you can lose your salvation. Since there are HUNDREDS of verses which appear to relate to this matter (Dake's Bible has something close to 1000 listed); it seems it is something warranting further study (again with character limit a series of studies).
I want to hammer home a concept that I may have touched on but not necessarily relating to this particular topic; and that is of DYING to the old nature. The fear of judgment is of an eternal punishment for an eternal sin nature; for any sins we do in the body now won't be done in the afterlife; at least with any satisfaction. Perhaps the death of my mom recently and seeing others such as my dad and aunt with their time soon coming has brought this concept home to me. On a surface level what is common to man is a desire to survive; to hold onto our lives. When Christ talks about losing our lives there is a literal aspect but more importantly; I think it is losing the appeal of this world and our identity in what WAS our sin nature. This concept of what we formerly were; of course is illustrated in 1 Cor. 6:11. What appeals to us and what unregenerate man tries to hold onto is the comforts of this world; and sadly often the other lost people around them. Some other time I may get more into the subject of how people that cannot accept that their loved ones never showed any evidence of knowing Christ and instead God "chooses their delusions" when they think they sense their departed ones around them ( Isaiah 66:4).
Perhaps a better way to start this subject is to find the proper meaning of 2 Corinthians 13:5. Much confusion comes when we accept a verbal affirmation of our belief in Christ as a foolproof piece of evidence. Otherwise verses such as this wouldn't exist.
I am fairly sure I covered this subject before; but today it seems to be going viral with more and more social media posts claiming you can lose your salvation. Since there are HUNDREDS of verses which appear to relate to this matter (Dake's Bible has something close to 1000 listed); it seems it is something warranting further study (again with character limit a series of studies).
I want to hammer home a concept that I may have touched on but not necessarily relating to this particular topic; and that is of DYING to the old nature. The fear of judgment is of an eternal punishment for an eternal sin nature; for any sins we do in the body now won't be done in the afterlife; at least with any satisfaction. Perhaps the death of my mom recently and seeing others such as my dad and aunt with their time soon coming has brought this concept home to me. On a surface level what is common to man is a desire to survive; to hold onto our lives. When Christ talks about losing our lives there is a literal aspect but more importantly; I think it is losing the appeal of this world and our identity in what WAS our sin nature. This concept of what we formerly were; of course is illustrated in 1 Cor. 6:11. What appeals to us and what unregenerate man tries to hold onto is the comforts of this world; and sadly often the other lost people around them. Some other time I may get more into the subject of how people that cannot accept that their loved ones never showed any evidence of knowing Christ and instead God "chooses their delusions" when they think they sense their departed ones around them ( Isaiah 66:4).
Perhaps a better way to start this subject is to find the proper meaning of 2 Corinthians 13:5. Much confusion comes when we accept a verbal affirmation of our belief in Christ as a foolproof piece of evidence. Otherwise verses such as this wouldn't exist.
More on this in the next posting.
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