Can we lose Salvation?

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(01-01-2011 03:29 PM)Vic Wrote:   [color=#1E90FF][b]I think those who are in religion, and not serving Christ are in bondage. Yes, many believers struggle, fall, get temporarily deceived possibly, but those who love Christ are merely learning to follow Him no matter what. That is all part of maturing in Christ.

Yes,great statement. It is all part of being perfected in love and being conformed to His image. Hebrew 12 talks about not despising His chastening. We received it because we are His children. God will perfect us in love and will conform us to the image of Christ (love) and chastening is a big part of the process. It is all part of the process of maturing in Christ. There is no substitute for the Cross of Christ in our lives.

We are told not to faint, not to draw back.

Heb 10:38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.


I think there's a difference in what is called the Christian church and those living for Jesus Christ, if that makes sense. Scripture tells us there will be a great falling away, and if your above post is true on the Scriptures you mention, that falling away has to do with those who knew the truth.

I believe we are living in the Great Falling Away, Today. Yes, those who fall away are not the world. They are those who knew the Lord and tasted of His mercy.

May the Lord help us all to remain faithful and to endure to the end.

Rick

P.S. We should not be in bondage, but many are.

Jud 1:20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
Jud 1:21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
Jud 1:22 And of some have compassion, making a difference:
Jud 1:23 And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
Jud 1:24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,