so is it possible to lose your salvation
or is it true that if you get saved at
some point in your life you're always
saved this question can cause a lot of
stress because what if we really mess up
can we sin so badly that we lose our
Salvation there seems to be a lot of
disagreement on this question so I'd
like to add to the discussion by sharing
seven thoughts thought number one
someone is saved because of their faith
not their good works Ephesians 2: 8 and9
for by Grace you have been been saved
through faith and that not of yourselves
it is the gift of God not of Works lest
anyone should boast In this passage Paul
talks to the Church of Ephesus and he
tells them that they are saved through
faith not their works or Good Deeds so I
need to make this clear what determines
someone's salvation is the fact of
whether or not they have faith in Jesus
and his death for their sins and like
Paul said earlier a person cannot earn
their salvation by filling their life
with a bunch of works or good Deeds
otherwise people could be capable of
boasting thought number two saving Faith
must have Works James 2: 26 for as the
body without the spirit is dead so faith
without works is dead also In this
passage James tells Christians that in
the same way a body without the spirit
is dead faith is also dead if it does
not have Works James earlier in the
passage explains how belief in God isn't
enough because even demons believe in
God but are doomed for hell and then
James wraps up the thought by explaining
that Faith must have good works
otherwise faith is dead now well this
thought may seem contradictory to
thought number one it's not some people
may think that faith and works equal
salvation but in actuality it's faith
alone that saves people and this faith
is proved true or Made Real by works
according to the Bible there is a
difference between belief and faith and
we're saved through Faith as seen in
Ephesians 2:8 and at the same time if
there's no works but only belief faith
is dead because demons also believe
thankfully though we have Hebrews 11:1
that gives us the definition of faith
and it reads faith is the confidence
that what we hope for will actually
happen it gives us Assurance about
things we cannot see and the definition
for faith that I've come up with from
this passage is this faith is firm
belief that results in confident action
because if you continue to read Hebrews
11 you'll find that people's belief
always LED them to do something so let
me try to bridge The Divide between
faith alone saves and faith without
works is dead and here it is a saving
Faith Works and that's it are we saved
by The Works that come out of our life
no but when a person understands that
Jesus loves them that person will want
to love love him back and that love
looks like obeying his Commandments as
seen in John 14:15 which reads if you
love me obey my Commandments thought
number three grace should not be abused
Romans 6: 1-2 what shall we say then
shall we continue in sin that Grace May
abound certainly not how shall we who
died to sin live any longer in It In
this passage Paul essentially is asking
should we just sin because if we're
saved by grace then does it matter what
we do and he responds to that thought by
saying no if we're dead to sin why
should we continue sinning so here's the
issue some people in the past have
abused God's grace and this is what it
looks like take Billy here for example
and he thinks hm I'm not saved based on
works I'm saved based on my faith in God
so I can sin right now and ask for
forgiveness later because at the end of
the day no one's perfect and my
salvation isn't based on what I do so
who cares now while many of us may not
have verbalized these exact thoughts
some of us can live like we believe it's
true and this thinking would put us in
dangerous territory because I would
argue that if someone were to truly
think about Jesus about his beatings his
lashings his piercings his Agony his
suffering his cries and his death I
would argue that someone who truly
understands what Jesus did for them
would always try to get up despite their
many failures and try to fight against
sin as opposed to someone looking at
Jesus's sacrifice and saying hey Jesus
will forgive me and then Dive Right into
sin for this person who is abusing God's
precious Grace I would probably make the
assertion that they do not have saving
Faith thought number four someone can
know they're saved 1 John 5:3 these
things I have written to you who believe
in the name of the son of God that you
may know that you have eternal life and
that you may continue to believe in the
name of the son of God In this passage
John tells the church that the reason
why he writes to them is so that they
would believe in Jesus and that they may
know that they have eternal life and so
that they would continue to believe and
the key word here is know and the
observation I'll make is that someone
can know for sure whether or not they
have eternal life so for Christians it
shouldn't be a guessing game of whether
or not they're saved through their
person personal relationship with God
Christians can know for sure if they are
saved and this will lead to a Godly
peace that can look death in the eyes
and smile because they know where
they're going once they breathe their
last breath thought number five nothing
can separate God's children from God's
love Romans 8: 38-39 and I'm convinced
that nothing can ever separate us from
God's love neither death nor life
neither angels nor demons neither our
fears for today nor our worries about
tomorrow not even the powers of hell can
separate us from God's love no power in
the sky above or in the earth below
indeed nothing in all creation will ever
be able to separate us from the love of
God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our
lord In this passage Paul tells fellow
Christians that nothing can ever
separate them from God's love and this
would include their own shortcomings and
failures when it comes to sin because if
their sin could separate them from God
then this passage would be inaccurate
it's important to note though that the
book of Romans was written to Christians
so what Paul was effectively
communicating was this believers who
have faith in Christ and are justified
in Christ nothing could separate them
from God's love thought number six some
people look like they have faith but
don't have faith 1 John 2: 18 to 19
little children it is the last hour and
as you have heard that the Antichrist is
coming even now many antichrists have
come by which we know that it is the
last hour they went out from us but they
were not of us for if they had been of
us they would have continued with us but
they went out that they might be made
manifest that none of them were of us
John here is explaining that there are
many antichrists or people opposed to
Christ that are present and that they
came out from among Christians but were
never really Christian and if they
really were Christians they would have
continued in their faith in the
Christian walk there's a lot of people
who talk the talk and can even walk the
walk but were never truly saved Judas es
scariot was one of these people he was
one of the 12 disciples who served
people and worked miracles but he
betrayed Jesus for money and might I
mention that no one suspected him until
after Jesus's
arrest so for people who look at
believers who left the faith I would say
that there's probably two possibilities
either they're like The Prodigal Son and
God is allowing them to make bad
decisions and is waiting for them to
return to him or they never truly had
faith and like Judas faked it and
thought number Seven Lives should be
examined for True Faith 2 Corinthians
13:5 examine yourselves as to whether
you are in the faith test yourselves do
you not know yourselves that Jesus
Christ is in you unless indeed you are
disqualified In this passage Paul
commands the Corinthian Church to
examine or test their life to see if
they are actually in the faith and this
is something every believer should do
regularly why because we're Sinners and
we should pay close attention to
passages like Matthew 7:21-23 where
Jesus says not everyone who says to me
Lord Lord shall enter the kingdom of
heaven but he who does the will of my
father and Heaven many will say to me in
that day Lord Lord have we not
prophesied in your name cast out demons
in your name and done many wonders in
your name and then I will declare to
them I never knew you depart from me you
who practice
lawlessness so all that to say if we're
really Christian we should really
examine our lives and ask ourselves
questions like do I really have faith
and does Jesus really know me and I'm
not saying this to freak you out but to
encourage you to know for sure whether
you truly have saving Faith so for
someone who asks the question can
someone lose their salvation my answer
is this if someone is truly a child of
God who is saved by faith nothing can
separate them from God's love therefore
they cannot lose their salvation but
they should always examine their faith
until the day they die and are reunited
with Jesus okay also here's all the
points that we shared in the video so
that you can see them all in one place
and I hope you remember today Jesus
loves you