What if Hitler prayed the sinner's prayer and accepted Jesus as his personal Lord and Savior in 1930? Would the Holocaust matter to his eternal destiny? Could he lose his salvation?
2007-04-13 11:36:02 · 3 answers · asked by Mr Wisdom 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
YES!!! One CAN lose their Salvation! The Bible Is VERY Clear! The Holocaust took family of mine and that is not the reason that I believe this - I believe this becuase of Paul's Warning in the New Testement!
2007-04-13 12:45:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
One cannot lose his salvation. But it should be noted that salvation includes not only salvation from the penalty of sin, but also salvation from a life of enslavement to sin (see Romans 6).
I think too often Christians believe that accepting Jesus as Savior is just fire insurance. In doing this, they make the sinner's prayer into a work which, if it is performed, will result in that person's eternal salvation.
But again, the biblical model of salvation includes salvation not only from hell, but also from sin. Before someone comes to faith in Christ, he is enslaved to sin. Such a one rejects God because he has no inclination towards God. Rather, his inclination compels him to find fulfillment in other things. This is sin. But God, in his mercy, opens the blind eyes of a sinner to the truth of the gospel and gives him a heart that desires to live for him. Such a person then comes to trust in Christ and begins to choose to live in ways that reflect God's character. The new Christian, through the power of the Spirit, then continues to grow in holiness and righteousness over the course of his or her life. And while perfection does not come until we are given glorified bodies, the pattern of continual sin is broken and we the grow in the grace and knowledge of Christ.
Thus, if Adolf Hitler prayed the sinner’s prayer in 1930, he would have shown by the atrocious sins of the holocaust that his 1930 conversion was a false conversion since the Christian who is truly converted reflects God's righteousness and holiness in his life.
This is the traditional reformed position.
2007-04-13 21:11:53 · answer #2 · answered by Steve 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL! Awesome.
Of course, all you're going to hear is this: "Oh well, he wasn't REALLY saved"
2007-04-13 18:46:08 · answer #3 · answered by SpiritRoaming 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋