Refuting "Once Saved Always Saved"
Confessing Jesus or Denying the Lord Jesus Christ is the
"saved / not saved" main issue. It is something THAT WE DO, based on our beliefs. People who argue for OSAS will
often say,
"There's nothing you can DO to become saved, or it
will be works. Therefore, there is nothing you can DO to become unsaved,
you can't GAIN or LOSE salvation based on what you do."
Well, the first premise is wrong, because to be saved,
one has to DO quite a lot; first be willing to hear the message, second,
believe it in faith, third, repent of your sins, and fourth, confess that you
believe God rose Jesus from the dead, and fifth, continue in the faith.
And the act a person takes that leads to salvation is the opposite act one
takes as a result of falling away from the faith. Confession or Denial of
Jesus!
The other common thing people who belive
OSAS often say in the debate is,
"How much or which sin would actually cause one to
be unsaved? If we can lose salvation, where do we draw the line? or How much sin can I get away with?"
Again, it seems they forget the key issue, belief in
Jesus and confession of Him.
2 Timothy 2:12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with
him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:
2 Timothy 2:13 If we believe not, yet he abideth
faithful: he cannot deny himself.
Matthew 10:32 Whosoever
therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father
which is in heaven.
Matthew 10:33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also
deny before my Father which is in heaven.
Luke 12:8 Also I say unto you, Whosoever
shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the
angels of God:
Luke 12:9 But he that denieth me before men
shall be denied before the angels of God.
Revelation 3:5 He
that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in
white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life,
but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
Exodus 32:33 And the Lord said unto Moses, Whosoever hath
sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.
Psalm 69:28, Deuteronomy 29:20
Jude 1:4 For there are
certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this
condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into
lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus
Christ.
Matthew 12:36 But I say
unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall
give account thereof in the day of judgment.
The ACT of confessing Jesus is not only important to
salvation, but also for determining who goes to heaven in the rapture.
Rom 10:6 But the righteousness
which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is,
to bring Christ down from above:)
Rom 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy
mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Rom 10:10 For with the heart man believeth unto
righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Rev 3:8 I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee
an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast
kept my
word, and hast not denied my name.
Rev 3:10 Because you have kept my word of patient
endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial which is coming on the
whole world, to try those who dwell upon the earth.
Some scholars have tried to deny that Matthew 10:32
applies to them, saying it's for the Jews, or people of a different
dispensation. However, this same theme is found, as quoted above, in the
Epistles: Timothy, Romans, Jude. It's found in Revelation. It's
found in the Old Testament. It's a theme of the entire Bible!
The process of falling away, and changing one's beliefs, which eventually can
lead a person to deny Jesus, is described in many verses.
Given all of the ways to fall away from the faith, the
Bible tells us to examine ourselves, and work out our salvation with
fear. Sometimes religious people who may believe OSAS become very
offended if you preach to them anything that might question their
salvation. They say, "How dare you!".
Well, I dare because scripture commands us to question our salvation.
2 Cor 13:5 Examine
yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves.
Philippians 2:12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always
obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work
out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
1 Peter 1:10 Wherefore the
rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure:
for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
Next is a list of the things lead to falling away from
the faith and belief in Jesus.
Falling away & being rejected by God, can be the
result of (each verse quoted in full below):
- for
lack of knowledge & rejected knowledge Hosea 4:6
- that
heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them
not Matt 7:24-27
- hearers
only, deceiving your own selves James 1:22
- beareth not fruit & abide
not in me John 15:2,6
- not
a doer & forgetteth what manner of man he
was James 1:22-24
- faith
without works is dead Jam 2:17-26
- he
that lacketh & hath forgotten that he was
purged from his old sins 2 Peter 1:9
- unlearned
and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures 2 Peter
3:16
- err
from the truth James 5:19-20
- lust,
and enticed James 1:13-16
- the
love of money 1 Timothy 6:10
- be
a friend of the world James 4:4
- the
pollutions of the world & again entangled therein & turned to his
own vomit again 2 Peter 2:20-22
- the
care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word
Matt 13:22
- have
no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall
away Luke 8:13
- tribulation
or persecution ariseth because of the word, by
and by he is offended Matt 13:21
- be
without chastisement Hebrews 12:6-8
- servants
ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death Romans 6:16
- being
led away with the error of the wicked 2 Peter 3:17
- seducing
spirits, and doctrines of devils 1 Timothy 4:1
- an evil heart of
unbelief, in departing from the living God. Hebrews 3:12-15
- sin
wilfully after that we have received the
knowledge of the truth Hebrews 10:26
- having
put away concerning faith & blaspheme 1 Timothy 1:18-20:
- counted
the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy
thing Hebrews 10:29
Hosea 4:6 My
people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast
rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the
law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
Matt 7:
24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine,
and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house
upon a rock:
25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and
the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded
upon a rock.
26 And every one that heareth these sayings of
mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which
built his house upon the sand:
27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat
upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
James 1:22-24
22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers
only, deceiving your own selves.
23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like
unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
24 For he beholdeth
himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
John 15:2 Every branch in me
that beareth not fruit he
taketh away: and every [branch] thatbeareth fruit, he purgeth it,
that it may bring forth more fruit.
John 15:6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is
withered; and men gather them, and cast [them] into the fire, and they are
burned.
Jam 2:17 Even so faith, if it
hath not works, is dead, being alone.
Jam 2:18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.
Jam 2:19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou
doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
Jam 2:20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith
without works is dead?
Jam 2:21 Was not Abraham our father justified by
works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
Jam 2:22 Seest thou
how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?
Jam 2:23 And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him
for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
Jam 2:24 Ye see then how that by works a man
is justified, and not by faith only.
Jam 2:25 Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received
the messengers, and had sent [them] out another way?
James 2:26 "For as the body without the spirit is dead,
so faith without works is dead also."
2 Peter 1:1-10
1 Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have
obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:
2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of
Jesus our Lord,
3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto
life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory
and virtue:
4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by
these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption
that is in the world through lust.
5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith
virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance
patience; and to patience godliness;
7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that
ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus
Christ.
9 But he that lacketh these things is
blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged
from his old sins.
10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and
election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
2 Peter 3:
14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such
things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and
blameless.
15 And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our
beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written
unto you;
16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are
some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and
unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own
destruction.
James 5:
19 Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth,
and one convert him;
20 Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner
from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a
multitude of sins.
James 1:13-16
13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be
tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and
enticed.
15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth
forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth
forth death.
16 Do not err, my beloved brethren.
1 Timothy 6:10 For the
love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they
have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many
sorrows.
James 4:4 Ye adulterers
and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with
God? whosoever therefore will be a friend
of the world is the enemy of God.
2 Peter 2:
20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions
of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour
Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter
end is worse with them than the beginning.
21 For it had been better for them not to have known
the way of righteousness, than, after they have
known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and
the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
Matt 13:
22 He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth
the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches,
choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
23 But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth
it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth
forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
Luke 8:13 They
on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and
these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall
away.
Matt 13:
19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he
which received seed by the way side.
20 But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth
it;
21 Yet hath he not root in
himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation
or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by
he is offended.
Hebrews 12
6 For whom the Lord loveth
he chasteneth, and scourgeth
every son whom he receiveth.
7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as
with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth
not?
8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then
are ye bastards, and not sons.
Romans 6:16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield
yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of
sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
2 Peter 3:17 Ye therefore,
beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being
led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.
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.
1 Timothy 4:1 Now the Spirit speaketh
expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith,
giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils.
Hebrews 3:12-15
12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in
any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the
deceitfulness of sin.
14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our
confidence stedfast unto the end;
15 While it is said, To day
if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the
provocation.
1 Timothy 1:18-20:
18 This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies
which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest
war a good warfare;
19 Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put
away concerning faith have made shipwreck:
20 Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I
have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.
Hebrews 10:
26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have
received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth
no more sacrifice for sins,
27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery
indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
28 He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
29 Of how much sorer punishment,
suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under
foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant,
wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the
Spirit of grace?
The person who believes OSAS often will look at all the
evidence above and conclude that if a person "falls away" he was
never really saved to begin with. I'm sorry, the Bible never says, "he who falls away was never really saved to begin
with". All the messages and exhortations and warnings about falling
away are written to believers.
The need to CONTINUE & ENDURE
Matthew 10:22 And ye shall be
hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth
to the end shall be saved.
Acts 14:21,22
21 And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and had taught many,
they returned again to Lystra, and to Iconium, and Antioch,
22 Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue
in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the
kingdom of God.
1 Timothy 4:
15 Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting
may appear to all.
16 Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them:
for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and
them that hear thee.
Romans 11:
13 For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the
apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:
14 If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and
might save some of them.
19 Thou wilt say then, The
branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in.
20 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest
by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
21 For if God spared not the natural branches, take
heed lest he also spare not thee.
22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell,
severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise
thou also shalt be cut off.
23 And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff
them in again.
24 For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert
graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree:
how much more shall these, which be the natural
branches, be graffed into their own olive tree?
25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest
ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to
Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
Colossians 1:
21 And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked
works, yet now hath he reconciled
22 In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in
his sight:
23 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not
moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was
preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a
minister;
Paul Preached He, Himself, might not be
saved!
1 Corinthians 9:24-27
24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is
temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I,
not as one that beateth the air:
27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by
any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
Philippians 3
8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency
of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of
all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,
9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law,
but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of
God by faith:
10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship
of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
11 If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
12 Not as though I had already attained, either were already
perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am
apprehended of Christ Jesus.
13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one
thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto
those things which are before,
14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ
Jesus.
Six words that KILL OSAS. "I go, sir: and went not"
vs. "he repented, and went"
There is a story of a man who makes a verbal declaration
of obedience, but ends up disobeying.
Matt 21:
28 But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and
said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.
29 He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he
repented, and went.
30 And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I
go, sir: and went not.
31 Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto
them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and
the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
Thus, a single one-time declaration of obdeince does not guarantee salvation!
If a person falls away from his rightousness then he shall die
Ezekiel 18
20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the
iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear
the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him,
and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
21 But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and
keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely
live, he shall not die.
22 All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned
unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.
23 Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: and not that he should return
from his ways, and live?
24 But when the righteous turneth away from his
righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth
according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All
his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass
that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall
he die.
25 Yet ye say, The way of the LORD is not equal.
Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?
26 When a righteous man turneth away from his
righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he
die.
27 Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his
wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he
shall save his soul alive.
28 Because he considereth, and turneth
away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live,
he shall not die.
29 Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the LORD
is not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are
not your ways unequal?
30 Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his
ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves
from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
31 Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed;
and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die,
O house of Israel?
32 For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth,
saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and
live ye.
Jhn 3:18 He that
believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is
condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only
begotten Son of God.
Mar 16:16 He that
believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be
damned.
Hebrews 6
1 Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto
perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and
of faith toward God,
2 Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection
of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
3 And this will we do, if God permit.
4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted
of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to
come *1,
6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they
crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
7 For the earth which drinketh in the rain that
cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for
them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from
God:
8 But that which beareth thorns and briers is
rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.
9 But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that
accompany salvation, though we thus speak.
10 For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour
of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in
that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
11 And we desire that every one of you do shew the
same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:
12 That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who
through faith and patience inherit the promises.
(*1) Does "the world to come" refer to the post
millennium rebellion?
Rev 20:
8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the
earth, Gog, and Magog, to gather them together to
battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the
saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven,
and devoured them.
Matthew 12
24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This
fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.
25 And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided
against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided
against itself shall not stand:
26 And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then
his kingdom stand?
27 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them
out? therefore they shall be your judges.
28 But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is
come unto you.
29 Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods,
except he first bind the strong man? and then he will
spoil his house.
30 He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth
not with me scattereth abroad.
31 Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and
blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy
Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.
32 And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of
man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh
against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world,
neither in the world to come.
1 John 5:16 If any man see his
brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him
life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do
not say that he shall pray for it.
Mat 25:29 For unto every one
that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath
not shall be taken away even that which he hath.
1 Kings 8:39 Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling
place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose
heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)
Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is
deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
1 John 1
8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not
in us.
9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and
to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is
not in us.
Luk 15:7 I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven
over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety
and nine just persons, which need no repentance.
Heb 3:14 - "We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly till the END
the confidence we had at first.
John 12:36 - "Put your trust in the light while you have it, so that you
may BECOME sons of light."
1 CO 9:24 - "Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only
one gets the prize? RUN in such a way as to get the prize."
2 Titus 4:7 - "I have fought the good fight, I have FINISHED THE RACE, I have kept the faith."
Heb 12:1 - "Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of
witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily
entangles, and LET US RUN with perseverance the race marked out for us."
Phil 3:14 - "I PRESS ON toward the goal to win the prize"
REV 2:26 - "To him who overcomes and does my will to the end, I will give
authority over the nations
REV 3:21 - "To him who overcomes, I will give the right to sit with me on
my throne".
Jeremiah 8:20 The harvest is past, the summer is
ended, and we are not saved.
Scriptures used to try and support OSAS &
Eternal Security, yet do not refute, in any way the truths presented above.
Rom 6:22 But now being made free from sin, and become
servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting
life.
Rom 6:23 For the wages of sin [is] death; but
the gift of God [is] eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Proverbs 14:14 The
backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be
satisfied from himself.
1 John 3:
5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away
our sins; and in him is no sin.
9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born
of God.
1 John 1:8 If we say
that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
2 Timothy 2:11 It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead
with him, we shall also live with him:
2 Timothy 2:12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he
also will deny us:
2 Timothy 2:13 "If we believe not, yet he abideth
faithful: he cannot deny himself."
1 Corinthians 10:13 There hath no temptation taken you
but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to
be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way
to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
John 3:16 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.
John 5:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath
everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from
death unto life.
John 6:37 All that the Father giveth
me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
39 And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath
given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.
40 And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting
life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man
eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and
the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the
world.
John 10:27 My sheep hear my
voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither
shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to
pluck them out of my Father's hand.
John 14:16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give
you another Comforter, that he may abide with you FOREVER.
John 17:2 "As thou hast given him power over all
flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given
him."
Ephesians 2:
4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by
grace ye are saved;)
6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places
in Christ Jesus:
7 That in the ages to come he might shew the
exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is
the gift of God:
9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Ephesians 4:30 And grieve not
the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
Jude 24 "Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence
of His glory with exceeding joy"
2 Timothy 1:12 For the which
cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know
whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I
have committed unto him against that day.
1 Peter 1:5 Who are kept by the
power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Rom 5:19 For as by one man's
disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be
made righteous.
Romans 8
28And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to
them who are the called according to [his] purpose.
29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the
image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called,
them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against
us?
32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall
he not with him also freely give us all things?
33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's
elect? It is God that justifieth.
34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died,
yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the
right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall
tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or
sword?
36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all
the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the
slaughter.
37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved
us.
38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor
principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature,
shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our
Lord.
Philippians 1:6 Being confident
of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it
until the day of Jesus Christ.
2 Thessalonians 3
3 But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you,
and keep you from evil.
4 And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that
ye both do and will do the things which we command you.
Hebrews 11:6 But without faith
it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he
is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently
seek him.
Heb 13:
20 Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that
great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the EVERLASTING COVENANT,
21 MAKE you perfect in every good work to do his will, WORKING in you that
which is wellpleasing in his sight, THROUGH Jesus
Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.Let's remember to humble
ourselves knowing it is only God's Grace who saves man.
Hebrews 10:14 For by one
offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
Gen 15:5 And he brought
him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou
be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. Gen 15:6 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for
righteousness.
Rom 3:22 Even the righteousness of God [which is] by
faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is
no difference:
Rom 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the
glory of God
Gal 3:1 O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that
ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been
evidently set forth, crucified among you?
Gal 3:2 This only would I learn of you, Received ye
the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
Gal 3:3 Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit,
are ye now made perfect by the flesh?
Gal 3:4 Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if [it be] yet in vain.
Gal 3:5 He therefore that ministereth
to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you,
[doeth he it] by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
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