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can a Christian lose their salvation the
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answer may not be what you're expecting
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the Bible isn't quiet on this topic and
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unfortunately it's not as simple as we
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might hope so my friend and I set out to
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find the truth that was 3 months ago and
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in our search we settled on these three
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views of Salvation a large majority of
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you will fall into one of the first two
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but there's a few unusual Bible passages
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that forced us to consider a third view
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one that might change how you think
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about this whole discussion completely
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oh and if you find any of this video
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helpful or enjoyable consider
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subscribing these take a long time to
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make and it really helps
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out the first view is that you cannot
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lose your salvation this is the answer
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we probably hope is correct and there's
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convincing biblical evidence to believe
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it the main pillar supporting this view
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is that God will never lose us for I'm
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convinced that neither death nor life
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will be able to separate us from the
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love of God phrases like he will keep
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you firm to the end whoever comes to me
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I will never drive away and I shall lose
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none of all of those he has given me
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offer strength to this view but this
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first pillar is crowned with this verse
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I give them eternal life no one will
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snatch them out of my hands another
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strong element of this pillar are the
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predestination passages Romans 8 and
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Ephesians 1 are two passages that
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declare that we were chosen before the
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creation of the world to be set apart
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for salvation sounds pretty convincing
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right well we can strengthen this
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argument even more when we consider the
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Holy Spirit acting as a guarantee of our
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Salvation you were marked in him with a
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seal the promised Holy Spirit who is a
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deposit guaranteeing our inheritance he
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put his spirit in our hearts as a
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deposit guaranteeing what is to come the
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holy spirit of God with whom you were
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sealed for the day of redemption who has
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given us his Spirit as a deposit
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guaranteeing what is to come so it seems
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any person who has the Holy Spirit
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cannot perish and will inherit eternal
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life pretty hard to argue against that
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and even if you don't feel confident in
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your own saving Faith there's evidence
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to say that God will protect it
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regardless of where you're at this
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inheritance is kept in heaven for you
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who through faith are shielded by God's
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power until the coming of Salvation this
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verse seems to say that God protects our
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Salvation from being lost or broken
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until it's time we meet with him other
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verses support this idea such as Jude
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24-25
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and Psalm 37 so for our first Theory
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these are the three pillars that uphold
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this view God has committed to our
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Salvation from the beginning of time the
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holy spirit is proof of this commitment
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a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance
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and God protects our Salvation until the
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time has come together they form a
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strong cohesive argument that Christians
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cannot lose their salvation so that's it
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then debate
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settled whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa hang on
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let's not get too far ahead of ourselves
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eles yet the whole reason this is even a
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question is because the Bible has just
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as many verses that seem to argue the
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very opposite this brings us to the
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second and probably less appealing view
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you can lose your salvation view I'm
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about to explain may sound concerning
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but I promise if you stay until the
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final Theory it will make more sense
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many scholars and Christian influences
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have made strong arguments stating that
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Christians can in fact lose their
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salvation one YouTuber said that he
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believes the once sa always saved belief
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is a perversion of the Gospel that leads
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people into Lawless Behavior and the
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biblical case for his position is hard
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to ignore be on your guard so that you
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may not be carried away by the error of
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the Lawless and fall from your secure
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position that security we mentioned
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earlier yeah well lo and behold Peter
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suggests that you can fall from the
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secure place you once were as a Believer
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or what about Jesus command in John 15:
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4-6 if you do not remain in me you're
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like a branch that is thrown away and
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Withers such branches are picked up
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thrown into the fire and burned Jesus
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again says that many will fall away in
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the last days Paul uses this conditional
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phrase if you continue in the faith
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implying an active participation on our
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behalf to prevent falling away or what
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about Paul's deathly declaration in
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Romans 11 where he says consider
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therefore the kindness and sternness of
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God sternness to those who fell but
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kindness to you provided that you
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continue in in his kindness otherwise
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you will also be cut
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off if you've been around Christians for
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a while and you're hearing these verses
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someone might come to mind a friend or
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family member who was once living for
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Christ and then tragically fell away in
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trying to reconcile this you may make
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the Declaration to yourself a Christian
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can't lose their salvation so if they
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fell away they would never a Christian
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to begin
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with this may appear to be a decisive
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blow to the view point but the Bible
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actually seems to disagree it's
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impossible for those who have once been
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enlightened who have tasted the Heavenly
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gift who have shared in the Holy Spirit
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who have tasted the goodness of the word
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of God and the powers of the coming age
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and who have fallen away to be brought
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back to repentance to their loss they
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are crucifying the Son of God all over
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again and subjecting him to Public
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Disgrace what about Paul's warning to
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Timothy saying now the spirit expressly
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says that in later times some will
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depart from the faith both of these
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verses are pretty clear in addressing
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Christians Born Again Spirit dwelt
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redeemed individuals who insist on
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returning to their lives of
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sin Peter's words are the crowning
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column of this opposing Viewpoint if
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they have escaped the corruption of the
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World by knowing our Lord and Savior
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Jesus Christ and are again entangled in
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it and overcome they are worse off at
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the end than they were at the beginning
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it would have been better better for
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them not to have known the way of
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righteousness than to have known it and
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turn their backs on the sacred command
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that was passed on to them it's hard to
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say that it's impossible for a Christian
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to lose their salvation after reading
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these passages not to mention all the
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verses that suggest a conditional
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promise all the verses that imply a
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gradual saving process rather than a
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once forall moment there's enough
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biblical evidence to build a strong
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Foundation here that a Christian can
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lose their
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salvation but as we know there's also
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just as much evidence in support of the
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first view as well so where does that
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leave
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us to me both of these views seem rather
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convincing and if we are to deny one and
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accept the other we have to wrestle with
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all the passages that seem to stand
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against it after thinking a lot about
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this it reminded me of a similar problem
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we wrestle with as Christians do people
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have free will or does God predetermine
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what we can and can't do it seems like
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two things that can't coexist two things
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that couldn't be possible at the same
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time but perhaps it is possible God
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knows exactly what you're going to do
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today but that doesn't mean you haven't
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chosen what you're going to do today two
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concepts that seem exclusive can
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actually coexist at the same time I mean
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we know this it makes sense that an all
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knowing god knows exactly who will be
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saved but it's also apparent that when
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you become a Christian the free will God
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has given you isn't taken away and since
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God is a god of relationship he doesn't
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take you as a prisoner he instead adopts
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you as his child therefore since you're
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not a prisoner are you allowed to leave
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the relationship when you
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want imagine you're married to the
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perfect spouse you make a commitment to
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be married to each other forever lucky
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you you're married to the most perfect
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person to ever exist they will never
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leave you nor forsake you their
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steadfast love never ceases and no
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matter how badly you treat them they
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want to stay married so in this example
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no matter how often you go astray or how
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badly you screw up they will never ask
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for a divorce however is there anything
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stopping you from asking for
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one would you need the consent of your
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spouse to initiate a divorce and if they
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truly loved you would they force you to
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stay or would they let you
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go considering this scenario what do you
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make of these Bible verses see to it
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brothers and sisters that none of you
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has a sinful unbelieving heart that
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turns away from the Living God or what
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about if we endure we will also reign
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with him if we disown him he will also
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disown us but whoever disowns me before
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others I will disown before my Father in
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Heaven these passages all imply a
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choice do we want to be in a
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relationship with God or
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not look I get it this view may seem
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scary but if it's true true we can
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confidently say that it's impossible to
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lose your salvation in the sense that
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you can fail to meet the standards to be
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called God's bride instead think of it
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like this Jesus is the perfect groom no
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matter how Unfaithful you are to him he
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will never file for divorce yet the
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option to end the marriage is in your
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hands a willful decision in your heart
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that you do not want to be in a
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relationship with this man anymore
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consider the parable of the prodical son
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the son had an inheritance secured by
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his father that he would receive in due
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time but he demanded his wealth now and
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willfully squandered it by his decision
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to separate himself from the family he
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wasted it on wild living and blew his
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shot at a safe and secure life however
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at Rock Bottom he remembered how his
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father's servants were treated better
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than this he humbled himself and
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repented and instead of receiving him in
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Anger his father was overjoyed to see
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return of his son now listen closely to
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the father's words his father saw him
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and felt compassion for him he ran and
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embraced him and kissed him and the son
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said to him father I have sinned against
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heaven and in your sight I am no longer
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worthy to be called your son but the
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father said to his slaves let's eat and
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celebrate for this son of mine was dead
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and has come to life again he was lost
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and has been found
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if you clicked on this video there's a
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good chance that you're concerned about
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your salvation and that's okay perhaps
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the prodical son was saved at the start
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of the story forfeited his salvation
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throughout the middle and yet was
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received back by his father with joy in
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the
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end I don't know where you sit on this
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debate and I'd love to start a
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conversation in the comments after this
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video but I want to say one very
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important thing first if you ever feel
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like You' failed God and he's given up
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on you that couldn't be further from the
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truth remember the prodical father no
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matter what you've done God is waiting
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for you to return to him and when that
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day comes all of Heaven Will Rejoice
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that you made the decision to return to
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your father his arms are open
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wide so have I challenged you a bit
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today let's start a discussion in the
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comments present your best arguments for
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your belief and we'll see where it leads
