How is "Once saved, always saved" supported or unsupported by the bible?

Answer 1

Heb. 9:12 - Christ's sacrifice secured our redemption, but redemption is not the same thing as salvation. We participate in and hope for salvation. Our hope in salvation is a guarantee if we are faithful to Christ to the end. But if we lose hope and fail to persevere, we can lose our salvation. Thus, by our own choosing (not by God's doing), salvation is not a certainty. While many Protestant churches believe in the theology of "once saved, always saved," such a novel theory is not found in Scripture and has never been taught by the Church.

Answer 2

Wow, good question! I wish I had more time to answer it...

I have studied the subject intently and tried to be as open-minded as I could and here is my conclusion:

We can't say we are "saved" until we actually are - which is when we pass from this world to Heaven. So to say we are "once saved, always saved" is true in the sense that I am not saved until that day!

Today, however, I am a believer, but have not been "saved" yet. So I can still fall away if I decide that I'd rather not be in heaven. And what that would really mean is that I'm not one of the chosen and was never actually in a saving relationship anyway.

So both sides of the statement are true! Meaning, those who are "saved" will stay saved while there are many who "think" they are saved that will fall away.

I know this may be a different answer than you thought you might get and I wish I had more time to quote verses but I have to go. If you'd like, message me and I can give you more then. I also encourage you to read as much as possible in the Bible about this and other topics!

Thank you for your time. God bless you!

Answer 3

Unsupported, as in several parables that illustrate the saved being lost. You can find these in the New Testament.

Let me illustrate it: say there is a line drawn in chalk. On one end, being saved. On the other, being lost. You can turn around at any time, from either direction. It doesn't matter where you are on the line: it matters where you're going.

Answer 4

A true Christian will be under the conviction of the Holy Spirit which makes it very difficult to continue to live as one did before Salvation. Also God doesn't let us backslide into oblivion. Jesus said, I will never leave you nor forsake you. Even if we leave Him or forsake Him, He will continue to be faithful to us. The only way to loose ones salvation would be to totally and publicly denounce Him, turn ones back on Him and ignore Him completely and go back to ones old way which would be telling God that His Word and Power are all lies and which would be blasphemy after having had a true an intimate relationship with God..

Answer 5

If it weren't true...then the sacrifice of Christ would be null and void. I am a Calvinist.....and I believe in TULIP:

T. Total Depravity: People are completely sinful and depraved and can do no good on their own

U. Unconditional election: Since people cannot choose for themselves, before the beginning of time, without any goodness on their part, God has chosen for Himself a select number of people to be counted as righteous.

L. Limited Atonement: The effects of God's atonement on sinful humanity is limited only to those he has chosen

I. Irresistible Grace: The grace God extends to the chosen cannot be refused since it has been decreed by God.

P. Perserverence of the Saints: (Once saved always saved): Since God has decreed the salvation of the elect, it cannot be changed.

Edit:

I thought we're only allowed 1000 words in our answers....how on earth did the person below me fit that much in your answer??

Answer 6

God is so mercifull that he remember the good deeds of someone up to thousands generations, as it japens now, that we still asking in merit of people like abraham who lived like 4000 years ago.

So, once saved always saved means that God mayforever, save us even if we only deserved once.

Answer 7

I do not believe that the child baptism saves the soul. It is really also about keeping His Word and asking forgiveness in continuous basis.

Answer 8

And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. (Ephesians 4:30)

God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3:16)

And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.(John 10:28)

We're given EVERLASTNG life, ETERNAL life (HOW LONG IS THAT????) PLUS we're SEALED by the Holy Spirit once we're saved...there's NO "undoing" the new birth! That's just a couple of examples......

EDIT:

There's another good one in Corinthians... talking about the Judgment Seat of Christ, (otherwise known as the Bema Seat Judgment).....here, it talks about rewards we shall receive for serving the Lord AFTER we have been saved......our works shall be tried by fire....read on....

"If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but HE HIMSELF SHALL BE SAVED; yet so as by fire." (1 Cor. 3:15)

Answer 9

That's Calvism versus Armianism.

Answer 10

John 6:36
All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.


That says it all.... Jim