Is it fair for a bad person to go to heaven and a good person to go to hell for believing in Jesus or not? Is it fair for someone to live a really bad life and then get saved at the last minute while someone who was really good his whole life but doesn’t get converted...
The ordo salutis is Latin for "order of salvation." It deals with what God has revealed to us about how he saves sinners regarding the order of his work upon them. Though the scriptures do not list a direct order of the events ordained by God that bring us...
When we look at Hebrews 10:26 and whether or not we can lose our salvation, we must examine its context. The book of Hebrews was written to Jewish Christians since it begins by referring to "the fathers and the prophets" (v. 1) and then it jumps into quoting Psalm 2....
If a person maintains his salvation with God by his voluntary, continuous act of believing, then we must conclude that he can lose his salvation by voluntarily not believing. Is this even possible? Can a Christian who is regenerate actually stop believing in God? ...
Yes, a person can really be saved if he commits sin, asks for forgiveness from that sin, and then commits the same sin again. Our salvation is not dependent upon how little we sin or how good we are. It is dependent upon the grace of God. Now, please let me make it...
Are those who teach that they can lose their salvation but keep it by continuing to believe in God really teaching salvation by a form of works? Some would say yes and others no, but this question is not answered so simply. After all, we are commanded by God to...
No, salvation by works is not true. It is false teaching. Not only that, salvation by faith and works is also a false doctrine. The Bible teaches that we are saved by faith alone in Christ alone. Salvation is being delivered from the righteous judgment of God that...
Judas was never a true Christian. Therefore, he never lost his salvation. But, some believe since he was a disciple and chosen by Jesus, then he had to have been a true believer. However, we find that is not the case. Let's take a look at what Jesus said. John...
"Once saved always saved" is the position that when a person becomes a Christian he can never lose his salvation. The debate on this teaching has been raging within Christian circles for centuries. Many believe it is possible to lose one's salvation, while others...
"Easy believism" is a derogatory label used by some people to describe one or two different "ways" of becoming a Christian. First is the notion that nothing more is necessary for salvation than an intellectual acknowledgment of God's work on the cross, accompanied by...