Once saved always saved?

Question

Just kind of curious how many on here believe this. Please don't debate it, just state whether you believe it or not and denomination.

Answer 1

No I don't believe this. Some Christians think they can serve God and then turn their back on him and blasphemy him and even turn to hate him and still go to heaven. I don't think so. I will give you some verses to back this up. Have to look them up first...be right back.
Matthew 13
Exodus 32:33
Rev. 3:5,6
Rev. 22:19
1 Chronicles 28:9
Psalm 51:10,11
Matthew 24:48-51
John 15:6
Jesus said, "If anyone does not abide in Me, HE IS CAST OUT as a branch and is withered (note: in order to be cast out, one must first be "IN Christ")
In order to be taken out of the Book of Life you must first be in it. The only way you can get in it is to be saved in the first place.

Answer 2

There is no "once saved always saved" in the bible. Salvation is an on going process on our part. granted God will never take back the gift of salvation no one can remove us from His hands but we can with our own free will even after accepting Christ reject this gift and turn our back on Him and that gift. salvation is not just a one time thing of saying I accept Christ. We must work daily on our salvtion by following the commandments, seeking forgiveness for sins when we commit them and repenting.

"As the Bible says, I am already saved (Rom. 8:24, Eph. 2:5–8), but I’m also being saved (1 Cor. 1:8, 2 Cor. 2:15, Phil. 2:12), and I have the hope that I will be saved (Rom. 5:9–10, 1 Cor. 3:12–15). Like the apostle Paul I am working out my salvation in fear and trembling (Phil. 2:12), with hopeful confidence in the promises of Christ (Rom. 5:2, 2 Tim. 2:11–13)."


Catholic Christian

Answer 3

Once saved is not always staying saved. Believers can unbelieve and fall right back into bondage and the power of Satan's deception and we are warned of this in the holy Scriptures. Once a vessel has been cleansed, if not guarded, the evil spirits that first left there do return and if they see they have access, that evil spirit will bring seven more and the state of that person is worst than if he had never had known the Lord..

Answer 4

Baptist here
Believers are born again (regenerated) when they believe (John 3:3; Titus 3:5). For a Christian to lose his salvation, he would have to be un-regenerated. The Bible gives no evidence that the new birth can be taken away.

Answer 5

"Once saved always saved" is an excuse used by hypocrites as a justification for loose conduct and immorality.

The Bible says:

"Prove yourself faithful even to death and I will give you the crown of life" -Revelation 2:10

"He who endures to the end is the one that will be saved" -Matthew 24:13

For a person to inherit God's gift of life, he must live in a way that pleases God. "What must I do to inherit everlasting life?" a man asked Jesus. Jesus' reply (in part) was "come be my follower". (Mark 10:17, 21) In order for the man to have everlasting life, he had to follow Jesus continually, not just in a single act of 'letting Jesus into his heart'. (Matthew 16:24) If a person truly love Jesus, he will obey him and follow him always (John 15:10) This is something that is done for the remainder of the person's life.

The Bible makes it clear that it is possible for a person who has come into God's favor to later turn away. Just as it says:

"Beware, brothers, for fear there should ever develop in any one of you a wicked heart lacking faith by drawing away from the living God." -Hebrews 3:1

and

"Though you already know all this, I want to remind you that the Lord delivered his people out of Egypt, but later destroyed those who did not believe." -Jude 5

Why would such warnings be written if all the Christians were already saved once for all time?

Answer 6

yes. Christian.

quoting source ...

P - Preservation of the Saints
The last of the five points of Calvinism teaches that God preserves His people so they can never be lost. To put it simply, it means this: "Once you are saved, you are always saved."

God's Word is full of proof for this beautiful truth. And though many deny it, and tell you that you can be lost and saved many, many times, and therefore can never be sure of your salvation, the Bible says otherwise. Talking about His elect sheep, Jesus said: "And I give them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand" (John 10:28). See John 6:39, 17:2, 11,12; Romans 8:37-39; II Tim. 1:12; 4:18, etc. etc.

Some object to this doctrine because it supposedly makes men "carnally secure" in their salvation. That is, if I know nothing can make me go to hell once God has saved me, I will "live like the devil." There have been some who have used this beautiful truth as an excuse to live like the devil. But they are not Christians. Nor do they understand this truth. Because this truth also implies "PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS." Those who never fall away are saints. They are holy. And they are given power to live holy lives. They "continue in well-doing." Anyone who says he can "live like the devil" has not experienced the saving power of Christ and does not know the meaning of Philippians 1:6, "He that hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ." God will continue working good works in us until Christ returns.

Answer 7

Eze 18:4 Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.


Eze 18:5 ¶ But if a man be just, and do that which is LAWFUL and right,

Eze 18:9 Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he [is] just, he shall surely live, saith Yahweh.

No I don't believe that lie.

In fact, I've heard that somewhere else.......

Gen 3:4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: (no you'll go to heaven because jezus did it all for you)

Answer 8

I believe in that based on the teaching that according to God, salvation is on the Judgment Day, on the second coming of Christ where he will save those who are chosen by God.

As of right now, nobody is saved, and believing that when you join a church or some denomination that you are already saved shows how foolish you are.

Answer 9

I'm not affiliated with a denomination. But I believe the Bible not only teaches once saved, always save, but once saved those born of God are no longer capable of living a lifesytle of sin:

see http://www.bcbsr.com/topics/etsec.html

Answer 10

Certainly yes! Baptist.

But, I believe that "Perserverance of the saints" is more biblical terminology, cause the Bible teaches that:

1) believers must perservere (Matthew 24,13 + Matthew 7,24 ff)
2) God will surely make them perservere (Rom 8:28).

So, I would say: Once truly saved (born again) always saved!

Answer 11

No way! Autocephalous Catholic.

In Christ
Fr. Joseph