The incident of King Saul's sin and the subsequent removal of the Holy Spirit can seem quite out of place to the modern New Testament believer. We often fail to understand that the Holy Spirit works in a variety of ways. The New Testament sense of the indwelling work...
Do we choose God or does he choose us? There is a sense in which both ideas are true. God definitely chooses us, but we also choose him. Let me explain. Within Christian theology, there are different perspectives that deal with the issue of election, predestination,...
No, a saved person can never go to hell. The reason is that a person who is truly saved cannot lose his salvation. Now, I know that a lot of people will disagree with the opening statement because many Christians believe that it is possible to lose one's salvation and...
When answering this question "must we first turn from sin in order to be saved," we have to understand that there are different senses in which we can answer the question. First of all, we must affirm that we must turn from sin. We cannot live in a relationship with...
Salvation is by faith alone in Christ alone because all of our righteous deeds are tainted by sin (Isaiah 64:6) and are not good enough for us to merit salvation. Therefore, because there is nothing we can do to obtain it, there's only one thing left for us to do,...
To be saved means to be delivered from the righteous judgment of God. So when someone asks "How can I be saved?" the person is asking how to have his/her sins forgiven, to not go to hell, and to go to heaven. Furthermore, it means the person recognizes that he/she has...
CARM's position is that a Christian cannot lose his/her salvation. Let's take a look at scripture to see why. Jesus said in John 8:29, "And He who sent Me is with Me; He has not left Me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to Him." John 6:39, "And this...
No, you are not good enough to go to heaven. No one is good enough to go to heaven except Jesus because He never sinned (1 Peter 2:22). We, on the other hand, have all sinned. Romans 3:23 says, "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." Have you ever...
Galatians 5:4 does not teach that a person could lose his salvation for two reasons. First, it would contradict what Jesus said in John 6:39 (See Scriptural proof Christians cannot lose their salvation). Second, the verse is talking about those who are seeking to be...
If we maintain our salvation with God by being faithful, then it would follow that our willful, continuous act of believing is what keeps us saved. This would mean that we maintain our salvation by our continued belief. Or, on the other hand, is it our salvation...