You ever wonder if it is possible to loose your salvation. That question has not only crossed my mind at times, but it has been presented to me .I will answer that question, but first I must say a few things about this topic. In the past few years I have witnessed so many people, friend’s family and even some of their children become so distant from God that it really begins to bother me. I mean these are people that once were very passionate about God, and now it barley evident that God has even a small place in their life’s .It hurts me even more to see their children become distant with God. When you were saved you turned to God committing you life to Him. John 1:6-7 it says, "If we claim to have fellowship with Him, yet we walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth. But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, then we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son, purifies us from all sin.” This scripture says that if we “ walk in darkness” then we don’t live by the truth, so that goes to say that if our heart is not repentive when we sin ,and we are disobedient to God’s commandments and decide to live a life of sin, and we decide on our own not to live a life worthy unto God, we don’t loose our salvation nor is it taken from us, but we in turn decide to “give it back” and because of our own free will we tell God we don’ want it, we give it up. Ezekiel 3:20, "If the righteous turn from their righteousness and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before them, they shall die”. If you couldn’t give up your salvation voluntarily, then once you became saved you could go ahead and do whatever you wanted. You could steal, murder, cheat, lie, never pray, reject the scriptures, lead others astray, blaspheme God from morning to night, do anything that is sinful, rebellious, and against the laws of God. To believe that "once saved, always saved" is thinking that one has a "license to sin" after the person is born again.”
So here’s my question to you “How do you gain eternal salvation? Ephesians 2:8-9 says this, "By this undeserved kindness, indeed, you have been saved through faith, and this not owing to you, it is God's gift.” and 1Peter 1:5 "Those who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed on the last day. God gave you the free will to make your own choices. If you decide to walk in the darkness then your salvation will not be taken away from you, nor will you lose your salvation. No, what you will do is give up your salvation. You will be telling God that your salvation "is not worth the effort it takes to walk in the light”. God gave us “free will” and in doing that He won’t force us into a relationship with Him. He gives us the choice to either follow Him or walk away from Him. In case you weren’t aware of this fact, God won’t get down on His knees and beg you to love him, believe in him or even trust him, He won’t demand our obedience, If we don’t want any part of Him he accepts that, remember He gave us free will.
John 10:28 "And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of my hand.” So you can't be snatched way, but you sure do have the choice to walk away. .So many Christians today have become so comfortable in their lives because at some point in their lives they came to know Jesus as their savior, but over the years the fire in their heart that they once had has long gone out, or dwindled to just a flicker. Christ no longer plays much of a part in their lives and it just a shame. The bible says this concerning those people. Ezekiel 18:26 "When a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, commits iniquity, and dies because of the iniquity which he has committed, he will die.
You can always stop the process of allowing your eternal salvation from slipping away, it’s not that hard. All you have to do is do what you did when you first came to know the Lord, surrender your life totally once again to the Lord, he is always willing to take you back. He is an ever loving Father, his arms are always wide open and they are always willing to sweep you up and wrap around you. won’t you run to him? He is waiting!!
Matthew 17:20"You didn't have enough faith," Jesus told them. "I assure you, even if you had faith as small as a mustard seed you could say to this mountain, `Move from here to there,' and it would move. Nothing would be impossible."
Blessings!
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