Concerning “Once Saved – Always Saved”
Anyone truly “born again” (John 3) by the Spirit will NOT walk away from their Lord. Yes, those born again possess “free will” but that will has been redirected-redeemed by faith through the Spirit’s anointing to desire the things of God, NOT the things of the World (2 Corinthians 5:17).
It is the one who endures to the end that has been truly saved. The steadfastness of the faithful is their testimony of true deliverance from Satan’s grasp. The one who is truly born again WILL ENDURE and no one will snatch the truly redeemed out of the hands of Jesus or the hands of the Father (John 10:28-30).
Those people who falsely believe that one can lose their salvation don’t understand the power and strength of the Gospel and the Spirit’s work in renewing a life by faith in those who truly believe nor do they differentiate between true redemption of the Saints and deceit of simply walking an isle or entering baptismal waters with a heart that is NOT truly repentant or believing.
You don’t understand the truism that anyone who lives in willful sin and rebellion “claiming” to have been redeemed is a liar and the Spirit does NOT indwell them. If one can live in willful sin void an all powerful self-condemnation and desire to repent and return, these were NEVER redeemed in the first place though they may have tasted of the Spirit’s goodness in a moment of elation, felt the flame of spiritual renewal through experiential relevance, they NEVER truly trusted in Jesus as Messiah by faith and they therefore NEVER experienced the New Birth by the Spirit’s indwelling!
I ask you this, seeing that we’re all sinners before and subsequent salvation; this, due the Adamic nature (Romans 3:23; Romans 5:12), how much sin must one who is “born again” commit in order to lose their salvation and nullify the promises of God? At what point does the blood of Messiah Jesus fail to forgive sin (Hebrews 8:12; 10:17)? How does one find peace in Jesus while walking in fear of never truly knowing their eternal destination (1 John 5:13).
