Christians - Do you believe once saved, always saved.?

Answer 1

No, if you turn your life around to evil you are not saved unless you turn it around again and that is before the deathbed. You can't wait until you are dying to say OK I am going to die now so I will start doing what is right from this moment on. God wants a lifelong commitment from you not just a now and then one.

Answer 2

I do believe that once a person is saved then God gives the Holy Spirit to dwell within that believer as proof of their salvation. To lose your salvation you or Satan would have to overpower the Holy Spirit and cast the Holy Spirit out of your body. Being saved though does not provide you a license to sin and gain rewards in heaven but it is possible to grieve the Holy Spirit that you are sealed with and therefore suffer from not realizing the gifts of the Spirit. Christ blood is sufficient to cover sins past, present, and future. If one can lose your salvation then what good is the Holy Spirit in your life? Also at what point do you lose that salvation? One sin, two or four after your saved? Can you get angry but not lie? We all have desires and temptations to sin but if a person that is saved lives a life of constant sinfulness then I believe the Holy spirit will convict that person and they will be more than just miserable however I don't feel that God goes back upon His promises and I do believe that Christ Blood is sufficient to forgive and justify any sin.

Answer 3

No. The proof is in the Bible:

Jude 5: “I desire to remind you, though you were once for all fully informed, that he who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.”

Matt. 24:13: “He who endures to the end will be saved.” (So a person’s final salvation is not determined at the moment that he begins to put faith in Jesus.)

Phil. 2:12: “As you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.” (This was addressed to “the saints,” or holy ones, at Philippi, as stated in Philippians 1:1. Paul urged them not to be overly confident but to realize that their final salvation was not yet assured.)

Heb. 10:26, 27: “If we sin deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a fearful prospect of judgment, and a fury of fire which will consume the adversaries.” (Thus the Bible does not go along with the idea that no matter what sins a person may commit after he is “saved” he will not lose his salvation. It encourages faithfulness. See also Hebrews 6:4-6, where it is shown that even a person anointed with holy spirit can lose his hope of salvation.)

Answer 4

I believe once TRULY saved, always saved. Some people say they are saved, but go on living their lives sinning without worry or regret. Matthew 7:21 tells us we must not only accept Jesus, but live a life that is pleasing to the Lord. We have to change our hearts and minds forever when we accept Christ as our Savior.

Answer 5

Time and again Paul likens the Christian’s course to a “race” that must be run to the finish. “Let us run with patience the race that is set before us,” he urged the Hebrews. (12:1, AV) To enter the race, sinners must take the steps necessary for salvation: hearing and accepting the Word of God, believing in Jesus Christ and his ransom sacrifice, repenting of their sins and being baptized. In this way, they get saved “from this crooked generation,” as Peter exhorted those gathered at Pentecost. Unbelievers are outside the race, having failed to enter by getting “saved.”Acts 2:37-40.

Once entered in the race by being “saved,” a Christian takes “hold of the life which is life indeed.” But is it possible to lose that grip on life? Paul answers with this question: “Do you not know that in a race all the runners compete, but only one receives the prize?” In the Christian race, Paul indicates the “one” who receives the prize is anyone who finishes the race. Therefore, Paul urges, “So run that you may obtain it.” Then, using himself as an example to make the point of his illustration, he continues: “I pommel my body and subdue it, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.” 1 Tim. 6:19.

Evidently the apostle, who surely was a “saved” Christian, believed that even he could be “disqualified” from the race. Yet as long as he continued to ‘run that he might obtain’ the prize, thus remaining in the race, salvation was assured. This is why Christians who remain in the race can be said to ‘have everlasting life.’ But if they should ever quit the race, they are “disqualified,” losing their hold on everlasting life.

Answer 6

No! If we were always saved why did Jesus give counsel to the congregations in the book of Revelation? Why did Paul have to remind the congregation in Thessolonica to "flee from fornication?" Why did Luke record in the book of Acts the apostle and older mens decree to obstain from blood, fornication, and things sacrificed to idols?

and...Why did the nation of Israel lose God's favor?

Answer 7

No, I believe u can be saved, like me. And then u stray. Does that mean u r still saved? Are r u lost again???

Answer 8

Absolutely NO. Heaven is not easy like some people make it sound. In order to be saved you have to follow Jesus all the way until u die.

Answer 9

yes i do, im 16 years old and i attend church sunday mornings nights and wednesday nights. once jesus has cleansed you from your sins and has entered your heart he never leaves although you have to be the most sincere in the prayer and you HAVE to mean what you say. so yes once saved always saved but you will most likely still sin but you can get forgiveness from that by asking for it (forgiveness).you should still attend church and obey the laws.

Answer 10

Nope. Nowhere do you find it in the bible but only that you can be lost even after you are first saved. You can go back just as the dog goes to its vomit.