If salvation can be lost....?

Question

how many times can we be reborn?..(according to the scripture)

Brian
Jesus said that if we overcome He will not blot our name out of the Book of Life to amplify the fact that the thought of this is ludicrous and as a promise so if anyone claimed that He would we would know that they are wrong and in error.

To be sure we are clear about this let's look at the word "overcome". By definition all who believe have overcome this world...present tense. Do the word study. You will find it very interesting.

1John 5:4-5
"For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world-- [fn1] our faith. Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?"

Now let's put the two verses together in context...Whoever believes Jesus is the Son of God will never be blotted out of the Book of Life.

Why complicate something so straightforward?

agapefromnc

Answer 1

You can only be saved (reborn) once. If you are truly saved you will not fall away.

Answer 2

We are constantly being saved by the incarnation, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Why? Because salvation is dynamic, ongoing. It’s a past, present, and future reality.

Salvation is a past reality: We have been saved by the death of Jesus Christ. While we were still sinners, Jesus’ death canceled the bond that stood against us (Col. 2:14). In other words, the guilt of original sin has been wiped away. God pardoned our sins. But being pardoned isn’t the same as being holy. Being pardoned gives us back our freedom to choose the road to holiness, to walk the narrow path. Right now, today, we are being saved. Grace is wooing us down the narrow path. We are becoming holy. Salvation is an ongoing event.

We can easily verify salvation as an ongoing event—just look at the world around us. If salvation was a past event, then Mother Theresa and Pope John Paul II would be a dime a dozen. Instead, they shine like stars in the darkness. The world is a cultural and spiritual battleground—a collision between the culture of life and the culture of death. This, however, is nothing new. St. Paul described man’s predicament in these terms: "What happens is that I do, not the good I will to do, but the evil I do not intend. But if I do what is against my will, it is not I who do it, but sin which dwells in me" (Rom 7:19-20).

Whether you’re St. Paul, Pope John Paul II, or living in St. Paul, the reality is the same: We are being saved because grace has not yet fully transformed every area of our mind, emotions, desires, and will into the mind, emotions, desires, and will of Christ.

Finally, salvation is a future event. After the veil of this life is ripped in two, we shall be fully liberated to become one, but not all at once. In God’s mysterious and progressive plan, our salvation is completed only with the resurrection of the body. It is then that body and soul will return to perfect unity, and in this perfect unity, we will enter into perfect unity with the Trinity. The two will truly and definitively become one—body and soul, God and man, man and neighbor.

Answer 3

We're suppose to repent daily. God's grace Is renewed everyday. God sees Into the heart which Is something we as humans aren't able to do. We can backslide( walk away from God),which Is a very dangerous thing to do.leaving the protection of the Almighty. We strive to serve God daily with excellence. Each day being with more Intent & motivation than the last.

Answer 4

Many times! Just because you've been given the grace of Jesus does not mean it can't be lost.

"(Eph.2) Salvation is a free gift from God, and can not be earned, or improved upon. You become a new creation, your sin is nailed to the cross, and you are forever justified by faith. (Romans 1&6) (Col.3)(Gal. 2:21) “if righteousness could be gained by the law, then Christ died for nothing.” We are his righteousness, outside of him we have no good thing. So does God take away the gift of Salvation? No. It’s a gift given to you, therefore since we are justified by faith, one can lose their salvation by refusing the gift, and turning from the faith. This is where the doctrine of sanctification comes into play. Sanctification simply put is the walking out of ones salvation. Where we are renewed in the image of God, and are enabled more and more to die unto sin, and live unto righteousness. (Phil. 2:12)“work out your salvation with fear and trembling.” Our gift of redemption must be taken seriously. In Matthew 24, Jesus is very clear that in the last day the love of many will grow cold, and many will fall away from the faith. Hebrews 12 warns the church to do away with bitterness least we fall from grace. Jesus in Matthew 6, warns us that if we do not forgive those who have wronged us, our heavenly Father will not forgive us our sin. Revelations 3:5 Jesus promises to those who overcome, that he will not ‘blot out’ their names from the book of life. Hinting that names can be blotted out."

Answer 5

That's why I think salvation cannot be lost. If human efforts can lose salvation, surely our sins would make that be true in every case. But if it's not about human efforts, mistakes, shortcomings, or imperfections, and instead is all about grace, than it cannot be earned and cannot be lost. It's about God's grace through faith.

In fact, I would not be surprised if God's umerited grace and unconditional love and absolute forgiveness extended even to the faithless.

Answer 6

salvation can't be lost, once you accept jesus then you are saved and sealed forever. the bible says that you can't get to heaven by works, and that your works will be judged as a form of reward in heaven, but not as an entry way into heaven, so if your saved and never do anything good, you still go to heaven, just no rewards. god will look at all the good things you have done your entire life and reward you accordingly, even the smallest good deed that you have forgotten about, like giving a child a glass of water, it is counted.

Answer 7

It can't be lost if it is real. God does not save you to take it back and unsave you. When a person is truly saved, he has NO desire to do sinful things. But, ANY Christian who says he doesn't sin sometimes is lying.

Salvation is not a free ticket to sin, although all Christians and all people do sin to a degree. Once you are saved, your desire is to live a Christ-like life. Christians are not perfect.
The sins we committed before we were saved will not be remembered by God.

I believe that sins committed after being saved will be paid for in one way or another- in this life or in the judgment reserved for Christians. Yes, there will be a special judgment for Christians. Just not the same ones as for persons who were never saved. At that judgment, we Christians will be so ashamed of all the bad things we did after Jesus saved us. We may have already paid for part of it in this earthly body. But, we will still have to answer to God.

Jesus said that we are His and no man is able to pluck us out of His hand. So, yes, once you are saved, you remain saved.

Answer 8

The Bible doesn't teach that salvation can be lost and then the lost person can be reborn. This is false doctrine, and there's no need for you to spend time pondering it. Jesus died to save you, and that's that. He doesn't take it away.

Answer 9

If you trust in Jesus Christ as your Savior and Lord, then you cannot "lose" your salvation or be "reborn again" -- you are His. Period. Can you backslide during the process or sanctification/during your Christian walk? Sure. But your salvation is secure.

Answer 10

As many time as it takes. We only need to get baptized one time as adult in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit

Answer 11

How could you believe in a supernatural being that put petty rules around this stuff? So, if you could be "reborn" say 5 times - does that mean on the sixth time you became "lost" that someone says, "oooops"...one too many - you're out!? A load of crap, really...