Can You Lose your salvation?
Some teach that you can. And often feel like they have. But what does the Word of God promise regarding eternal security of those who have truly trusted Christ as their Savior?
1. Salvation is God’s Work, Not our Work.
If our eternal destiny relied on us, Nothing about our future would be secure. Thankfully, God designed salvation to depend on Himself alone. He offers us salvation by grace through our faith. (Ephesians 2:8-9). Jesus finished the work of our salvation on the cross. He rose from the dead leaving nothing for helpless sinners to do but believe on Him (Acts 4:12). God not only can save us, but He keeps us saved (1 Peter 1:5).
Moreover, each person of the Trinity protects your eternal security.
The Father, the Son, And the Holy Spirit
- The Father: “My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of my hand.” -John 10:29
- The Son: “And I give them eternal life, and the shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of my hand.” – John 10:28
- The Holy Spirit: “And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.” -Ephesians 4:30
If God guarantees your salvation, who will be able to overcome Him and wrestle it away from you? Satan cannot pry you out of God’s grasp. Not even you could slip through God’s fingers.
2. Eternal Life Begins The Moment You Choose To Believe
John 3:16 promises, “Whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” The moment you choose to believe in Jesus alone for salvation you will have everlasting life. This life starts immediately and continues beyond physical death into eternity. If it could be lost, this Life could not be called “everlasting life.” It could certainly be potential life, or conditional life. But it would certainly not be “everlasting life.
3. Eternal Life is a Relationship, Not A Possession
In Jesus’ prayer the night before the crucifixion, He described eternal life as more than length of existence. “And this eternal life, that they may know You, The only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.” – John 17:3 (KJV). Eternal life is a relationship with the eternal God. The moment you choose to believe, He becomes your Father. – John 1:12-13), you are born again and experience irreversible regeneration. -John 3:3; 15-16. You become a member of God)# family forever, He will not abandon you. – Hebrews 13:5-6
4. You Are “In Christ” and Can Never Be Condemned.
If you choose to believe Jesus died and rose again, then you are ‘in Christ.’ What Jesus did radically changes your standing before God. Jesus endured the condemnation we deserve as a guilty sinners. Since the price was paid, we can never be condemned. -Romans 8:1, 33-34. Jesus satisfied God’s wrath and justice on our behalf 1 John 2:2;4:10.
5. In Christ we Can Never be Separated from Him
In Romans 8 in describes those things that separate people from people-death, time, distance, and powerful beings to name a few. Yet, these dividers cannot isolate us from our Savior.
Who shall separate us from the love of Messiah? Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? Even as it is written,”For your sake we are killed all day long. We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter. No, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from God’s love with is in Messiah Yeshua our Lord.” Romans 8:34-39 (Messianic Bible).
6. In God’s Eyes, You are already Glorified
God is not subject to time. He knows the end from the beginning. -Isaiah 46:10. What is a future to you is finished to Him.
If you are truly saved, your destiny is secure. Romans 8:30 tells us, “Whom He predestined, those He also called. Whom He called, those He justified. Whom He justified, those He also glorified.”
So, Can You Lose Your Salvatiom?
That’s the wrong question. Have you trusted Jesus alone to save you from your sin? When you do, the eternal security of your salvation lies with God alone.
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