Once saved always saved?

Question

If you get saved and baptized, then a couple years down the road start thinking that God isn't real, are you still saved?

Answer 1

It is normal to have these thoughts. It's just the enemy trying to take you away from God by putting bad thoughts in your head (remember...the devil just wants to steal, kill, and destroy). Once you are saved, you cannot lose your salvation, however, what you do on earth will determine what rewards your receive in heaven and what type of leadership you will have in heaven. Just cast down those thoughts, ask the Lord for forgiveness, and try your best to live a holy life that's acceptable in God's eyes. Good luck!!!.... a fellow believer.

Answer 2

The bible says you cant get saved unless God draws you. If you were convicted about yoursalvation and you said yes to His gospel then you are saved. The only time I would say somone didnt get saved is if there never was a change after salvation. I do not believe that you loose your salvation nor do i see verses in scripture that supports it. People have shown me verses that they say supports it but taken out of context or they add thing in the verse that arent there. Here are some of the verses that support once saved always saved: Lev 26 is a great example of how no matter how bad Israel got, God would always be there for them, JOB 8:20, 13:16-18, Psalms 34:22, Isaiah 51:6, John 6:27,35,37, 8:1,2,30, 11:29, 1Corinthians 1:4, 3:23, 4:4, IICor. 1:22, 3:12-18, 5:1, Galatians 3:13, 5:1, Ephesians 1:13, 4:30, Phillipians 1:6, 3:16, 4:7, Hebrews 2:3, 7:25, 10:26-31, James 5:19-20, 1Peter 1:3-5,23-25, IIPeter 1:9-10, 1John 2:25-27, 3:1-2, 4:4-18, 5:4,10-14

Answer 3

Romans 8:38-39 answers that question. Once truly saved always truly saved.

When I say truly saved, you and I can fool the preacher or the church congregation but we can't fool Jesus who can see our hearts and knows who we are on the inside. I feel like a person can get Baptized until they know every fish in the river by first name but unless they are there for the right reason Jesus knows their heart.

Answer 4

it's natural to have doubts -- faith is defined (in the book of Hebrews) as being certain of things unseen. but God doesn't expect us to just accept everything blindly. that's why he tells us to love him "with all your heart, soul, ***MIND*** , and strength." he wants us to use our brains, to arrive at our conclusions based on our own thoughts and observations, not just accept the Sunday-School mantras that get rammed down our throats.

i think you're still saved as long as you haven't totally rejected Christ. give it some thought, keep searching for answers.

one of my favorite books helped solidify my own faith, when i had questions after more than 10 years of being a Christian. it's called "Know Why You Believe" by Paul Little. this will make my answer really long (sorry!) but here is an excerpt:

"Doubt Strikes Terror

Even committed Christians question their faith and wonder if it’s
true. Doubt can strike terror to the soul and be suppressed in an
unhealthy way. Those who have grown up in Christian homes
and in the Christian church find it easy to doubt the authenticity of
their early experiences.

From their youth they have accepted the facts of Christianity solely on the basis of confidence and trust in parents, friends and pastor. As the educational process develops, there is a reexamination of how much of their early teaching they own for themselves.

Such an experience is healthy and necessary to make our faith
virile and genuine. It’s nothing to fear or to be shocked about.

At times when I travel to new places, I tend to ask myself, looking at unfamiliar streets and people, “Little, how do you know you
haven’t been taken in by a colossal propaganda program? After
all, you can’t see God, touch him, taste him or feel him.” And then
I go on to ask myself how I know the God and Jesus Christ of the
Bible is true. I always come back to two basic factors:

1. the objective, external, historical facts of the resurrection

2. the subjective, internal, personal experience of Jesus Christ
that I have known in my own life through serious surgery and
hard career decisions

When a person, young or old, begins to question and God seems
far away, doubts should be welcomed as a way to grow. A Christian can help by welcoming the honesty and openness, creating a climate where a person feels free to “unload” and express doubts. If not, a person can be driven underground, even turned away by someone with a high shock index, implying that a good Christian would never doubt. The questioner feels judged harshly.

They aren’t stupid. Sadly, I’ve seen some who have met an unloving response, quickly shift gears and mouth the party line. But it doesn’t genuinely come from the heart. When they are out from under pressure to conform, they shed their faith like a raincoat because it has never become their very own.

Doubt and questioning are normal to any thinking person. Rather than express shock, listen to the questioner and, if possible, even sharpen the question further. Then an answer can be suggested.

Unflinchingly we can discuss problems, because Christianity centers on the One who is Truth, and scrutiny is no threat."

Answer 5

Yes, once saved always saved. You need to ask for forgiveness though. You may have stopped believing in God but he never abandoned you. He will always love you no matter what. You just need to get your life back on the right track. Good luck!

Answer 6

My belief is that if a person's surrender to Christ is genuine in the first place, then they won't "conclude" that God isn't real. God won't allow anyone to steal His children. We can count on having some seasons of terrible doubt, because Satan assails us with every earthly argument he can think of why God can't logically be real. But I believe we will ultimately come back to Him, even if we go away for a while and then return, as the prodigal son did. Hope this helps.
Blessings to you!

Answer 7

"Once saved always saved" is a big lie. If you don't believe God exists, then why would you go to heaven? Whats the point of living a Godly and virtuous life? Heck, if you are always saved then I guess I can go rob a bank and never repent for it, whats the point?

Answer 8

Always saved - once you are saved and a part of God's family, you can never be separated from Him again. You would never WANT to. If anyone claims that has happened, s/he was never "saved" to begin with.

Answer 9

Some people who truly repent of their sin and receive Jesus as their Savior and Lord fall into sin and then feel that they must be saved all over again. This is not the case. The Bible says, "My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have one who speaks to the Father in our defense—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One" (1 John 2:1). "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness" (1 John 1:9).
Christian conversion is the transformation which we experience when we are born of God. Since one is not born over and over again, we must think of Christian development in two phases: birth and growth. A child, for example, is born once. True, he falls down many times, but when he falls he doesn't need to be born again. His falls, his bumps and bruises are all part of growing. So it is in the Christian life. Birth is sudden, once and for all, but development is the work of an entire lifetime. We can be converted in a moment: the precise moment that we accept Christ. But it takes a lot of prayer, Bible reading, church-going, and Christian service to make a mature Christian.
The real question, however, is this: Are you—right now—trusting Jesus Christ and what He did on the cross for you for your salvation? In other words, don't focus just on the past and whether or not you truly gave your life to Jesus then. Focus instead on Christ and what He did for you, and be sure your trust is in Him. If you are uncertain, decisively commit your life to Him now.

Then make it your goal to walk with Christ every day. Just as children should grow into adults, so God wants us to grow and mature in our understanding and faith

Answer 10

Yes, but not as much as you were, when you first got baptized. You have to really live out loud for God, and keep your faith up, and do belive that he is there for you no matter what the circumstances are in life.