Frequently Asked Questions on Salvation
Hello there. This week, I will love to answer some frequently asked questions about salvation, It is important that a believer know what he/She believes in exactly and can "defend" by explaining it someone else.
Apostle Peter said in 2 Peter 3:18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen
Apostle Peter took his time to still remind/tell the saints to grow in grace, i.e. The knowledge of our Lord as saviour! You can't afford not to grow, a Christian spiritual growth is by growing in grace. Grace does not focus on man but on what God-as-seen-in-Christ has done. And again, it is the knowledge of God as the saviour, not as the angry one, nor the one that condemns.
Therefore, God himself is perfectly explained in Christ. As you see Christ, that's how God is!
Disclaimer: All answers are what my Mentor & Pastor (Rev'd Kcwilliams GraceMan) gave either in a service or in a random discussion. Glory to God.
Can a Christian lose salvation?
This is a very crucially important question. (See all those adjectives?) Perhaps the best way to answer this question is to examine what the Bible says occurs at salvation and to study what losing salvation would entail.
A Christian is a new creation.
2 Corinthians 5:17
[17]Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
A Christian is not simply an “improved” version of a person; a Christian is an entirely new creature. He is “in Christ.” For a Christian to lose salvation, the new creation would have to be destroyed.
A Christian is redeemed.
1 Peter 1:18-19
[18]Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
[19]But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
The word redeemed refers to a purchase being made, a price being paid. We were purchased at the cost of Christ’s death.
For a Christian to lose salvation, God Himself would have to revoke His purchase of the individual for whom He paid with the precious blood of Christ.
A Christian is justified.
Romans 5:1
[1]Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
To justify is to declare righteous. All those who receive Jesus as Savior are declared righteous by God.
For a Christian to lose salvation, God would have to go back on His Word and “un-declare” what He had previously declared. Those absolved of guilt would have to be tried again and found guilty. God would have to reverse the sentence handed down from the divine bench.
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A Christian is promised eternal life.
John 3:16
[16]For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Eternal life is the promise of spending forever in heaven with God. God promises, “Believe and you will have eternal life.” Clear? See the next paragraph,
For a Christian to lose salvation, eternal life would have to be redefined. The Christian is promised to live forever. Does eternal not mean “eternal”?
Let's press the pause button for now, till next time. Thank you Rev'd Kcwilliams for the opportunity to use this piece. I celebrate you My Pastor. You can connect with my Mentor via the links below;
Till we meet again, we keep winning.
PB
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