Does getting saved and praying the prayer automatically guarantee our salvation no matter what? What about apostasy? What about when Jesus says that in the last days many "will fall from the faith?"
What about the verses in Hebrews and 2 Peter?
Hebrews 6:4-6
"It is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Hol...y Spirit, and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come, and then have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance, since they are crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding him up to contempt."
2 Peter 2:20-22
"If, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first. For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than after knowing it to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them. What the true proverb says has happened to them: “The dog returns to its own vomit, and the sow, after washing herself, returns to wallow in the mire.”
My take on salvation: us being saved is conditional on our persevering to the end. If we do not persevere to the end, if we do not do our part and do the best we can in our walk with God with God's help, God will not save us. "Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling."
"He that overcomes, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life." Rev. 3:5
"Hold fast what you have, that no one may take your crown." Rev. 3:11
Only if we persevere to the end will we be saved. The Christian walk is not about how you begin, but about how you end.
What about the verses in Hebrews and 2 Peter?
Hebrews 6:4-6
"It is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Hol...y Spirit, and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come, and then have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance, since they are crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding him up to contempt."
2 Peter 2:20-22
"If, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first. For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than after knowing it to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them. What the true proverb says has happened to them: “The dog returns to its own vomit, and the sow, after washing herself, returns to wallow in the mire.”
My take on salvation: us being saved is conditional on our persevering to the end. If we do not persevere to the end, if we do not do our part and do the best we can in our walk with God with God's help, God will not save us. "Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling."
"He that overcomes, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life." Rev. 3:5
"Hold fast what you have, that no one may take your crown." Rev. 3:11
Only if we persevere to the end will we be saved. The Christian walk is not about how you begin, but about how you end.
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