2006-12-27 17:30:25 · 8 answers · asked by RICK 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes, but that is not what the Apostle Paul said:
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.
2006-12-27 21:41:53 · answer #1 · answered by BJ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I will try to tell you why I believe that once saved, always saved, no matter what.
To understand this biblical truth, you must understand the gift of salvation in the first place.
It is a gift. If you ask for it, you will receive it, just that simple. This does not mean that you are saved!!. There are a whole lot of people out there who ask for the gift in the heat of the moment, and never bother to open the gift , let alone use it.
I can buy a car, but if I never turn it on or drive it, it is simply an ornament in my driveway or garage.
Once a person is saved, the bible states that they are a new person, and they begin to shed the old. If this does not start happening, there was no real salvation.
THis new person feels led or compelled to open up their free gift (Gods word, the bible) and read it. As they read and learn it, they feel the same about obeying Gods word, and their lives are forever changed.
It has been said that many people confuse the actual date of their salvation with the date that they came forward for an alter call and then proceeded to live their lives exactly as they did before. For to continue to live in the same exact way as before is a red flag that salvation has not yet occured for you.
Once you have received the holy spirit and want to know gods word and live by his standards and not your own fleshly nature, you know that you have truely received salvation.
I do believe that you do not understand this process until it actually happens to you. It was 20 years in between me accepting Jesus Christ as my personal savior and my actual walk beginning with him as my master instead of myself.
I am now saved in my heart and my head, and cannot according to the bible lose this wonderful gift that I have opened and used over and over again.
2006-12-28 01:49:23 · answer #2 · answered by cindy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's the Baptists. I am a Christian and no, I do NOT believe that. The Bible is very clear that no sin will enter Heaven. If a person who has been saved dies in sin they will not go to Heaven. The Bible says that God will never leave us or forsake us but we can certainly leave and forsake him and many do.
2006-12-28 01:37:53 · answer #3 · answered by Pamela 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, you can loose your salvation by living like the devil. Mark 13:21-37
2006-12-28 01:34:42 · answer #4 · answered by Stormchaser 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hear this so often on this site that I tried to apply it to some of my own beliefs and it just doesn't hold up for me. Very popular for it's convenience I'm sure.
2006-12-28 01:38:09 · answer #5 · answered by rezany 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I can't say that I've ever met most people, but the ones I've met in 35 years as a pastor don't feel this way.
2006-12-28 01:34:35 · answer #6 · answered by Joe Cool 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
NOT really, it is contradictory to be saved and habitually sin. If you are saved, you won't want to sin.
2006-12-28 01:37:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on your religion...I know Baptists believe this way but Lutherans don't.
2006-12-28 01:38:43 · answer #8 · answered by Scotty K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋