Can we lose our Salvation?

[Sarah78]

I have been wondering this for awhile, is it possible for those who were once saved to be denied eternity with God if they have strayed? At what point can we fairly make an assumption that someone is no longer saved? I have heard that once saved always saved, and also that we can lose our salvation, so I am confused.

[Winson Gan]

Yes, I was wandering in lust for 20 years. Yet Jesus did dot allow me to go on unchained.
Last July, I was rebuked by Jesus in visions.
Self deleivered, I am now feeling FREE, from the evil ones.
It is true, because Jesus never forsake us.
There will be warnings, graceful ones to the expected ones... If the words grow in you .
Keep praying, because even my wife was converted despite my wanderings...
That was really a miracle because our love was on the rocks...

Mathew 6:9 and 4:4 keeps us wondering that WORDS of God speak !
Praise Him,
Glory to your grace and mercy, halleluyah !

[Winson Gan]

I was uncertain really about how saved was I until I had a fearful testimony.
I was depressed after loosing my job, a job which truly planned by Jesus...
I felt betrayed, very upset and had a vision;
" I am leaving you... " I asked who are you ?
To my shocking, I am You !,
I repented immediately and bow down to ask for mercy. What is the punishment of sins ?
I replied ... " DEATH "
Now I am free, my wife accepted Christ too out of my expectations though I had prayed for it...
So, Salvation is by GRACE, Jesus does not allow our spirit be taken away, Flesh is Flesh, Spirit is Spirit.
And Jesus whisper many times in my ears, " Come home....son ", halleluyah.

[Scott]

I have read many of the replies to this thread, and which ever side of the "fence" you are on, the most important thing is being saved(born again). And that we can all get along in love and discuss our views without judging one another, and grow and learn and draw closer to God and seek his will for our lives. We can find scripture to support both sides, but I believe we can loose our salvation.Why would God have all the requirements to get to get saved, but not have requirements to maintain that salvation? The problem I have with the OSAS, is there are too many warnings in the Bible of what the consequences of sin are, and if a person walks away from God after they are saved, and they are not rooted and grounded in the Lord, what is too keep them thinking "I was saved so I will still go to heaven"? I know alot of people will say they weren't really saved, but I've seen people that I know received the Holy Spirit,and salvation, and they have gotten so far away from God and live like all the other sinners in the World. So how can we think, they will make it to heaven? The Bible Says the people that make it to Heaven are the one's that do the Will of the Father. What about the one's that aren't?I just think it is dangerous to believe OSAS. This is just my opinion.I look forward too reading what everyone else thinks. God Bless !

[LT]

What are the requirements to get saved from your perspective?

Lord Bless,
LT

[Jacob]

Scott,
You said "but I've seen people that I know received the Holy Spirit,and salvation". I am wondering how you know they received Holy Spirit and salvation? How can someone be sure someone esle received salvation?
I thought the Lord alone knows that for sure.

I believe in OSAS because I believe I have been born again through the imperishable seed of the Lord,
I have no doubt about this for the Lord through His Holy Spirit have kept me.

[Scott]

I do agree with you, truly only God knows 100%. But when someone gets up from an altar, crying in and weeping, and confessing God as their Lord and savior, and you notice the changes they've made in their life, and their works for the Lord, and you develop close relationships and get to know them. You can tell the holy spirit lives in them. Only God can make that kind of change in a persons life.

thanks for paying attention to detail. i should have noticed that. God Bless!

[Carla]

Hi Scott,

It seems to me that to not believe in OSAS underestimates God's Faithfulness, and God's Great Love. Once a person experiences God's Love for them and receives it, while truly knowing they need Jesus as Savior because they see how depraved and sinful they are without Him.. It stands to reason that person would cling to Jesus with such a neediness and Love and Passion... unlike humanity is familiar with or knows. They indeed die to 'self' and become 'alive' in Christ... It is only Him who is the source of all life.. Who would turn from such a freedom? They only people who would turn from it by my understanding are those who have not experienced it.. We can not know fully the expanse of how God holds onto us.. It is in His Power.. not ours. His ways are far above our ways, and His thoughts are far above our thoughts.

It is true that we need to work out our Salvation with fear and trembling.. But that is also done in God's strength. Jesus intercedes for us.. It is Him we rely on, not ourselves.

[andrew bussenschutt]

I am no brainy scholar and I 'm not real flash on remembering bible verses that well , but ,the way I look at this is that when you are saved you are saved,meaning God will not let you fall all the way, when you do fall ,and we all fall at some time or ,other .This falling is our testing of our faith so God can see how we react and handle different situations, after all we are only children to Him and children learn by their mistakes,this I think is sanctification ,when we try not to go back down the wrong path and instead work on trying to become more like Jesus.When we see someone fall and we think he is not going to get back on track or that he is going to lose his salvation ,arent we just looking at it in a human sense,how are we to tell where that person is up to in his testing (this is where judging comes into it)only God can know where this individual is up to ,the best thing we can do as christians seeing one of our brothers,or sisters in this condition is to lean on the Holy Spirit to help to get him back on track,testing is then passed back on to us in a way to see how we handle this individuals situation.When we talk about losing our salvation,I think that can only happen if we dont recieve it in the first place, a bit like getting a ticket to go to the racing ,and you dont use it.I hope I have made a little bit of sense and that this has'nt already been covered in your previous discussions (my time on the net is limited so I cant read everything),if someone can get a little bit out of this then that is all I pray for.Thank you anyone for taking the time to read this,and Gods speed for now,Andrew.

[Onyeka Obi]

If You're talking about salvation, we can lose it. Yes we can. Once saved, not always "saved". We can lose our salvation here on earth and still get to heaven. You see salvation is for our souls - the mind, will and emotion. That is our soul, salvation renews our mind, cleanses our thoughts, enables us live "sucessfully". We get born again first (that is our spirit), then salvation takes place throughout the length of our lives. Until we die, we would still be needing to get saved - saved from our influencing society, e.t.c. But we don't get born again twice, it is a one-time ordeal (process?). We get born again at our confession of Jesus Christ as our Lord and Saviour, then our souls start getting saved.

[Onyeka Obi]

If You're talking about salvation, we can lose it. Yes we can. Once saved, not always "saved". We can lose our salvation here on earth and still get to heaven. You see salvation is for our souls - the mind, will and emotion. That is our soul, salvation renews our mind, cleanses our thoughts, enables us live "sucessfully". We get born again first (that is our spirit), then salvation takes place throughout the length of our lives. Until we die, we would still be needing to get saved - saved from our influencing society, e.t.c. But we don't get born again twice, it is a one-time ordeal (process?). We get born again at our confession of Jesus Christ as our Lord and Saviour, then our souls start getting saved.

[LT]

Obi,

Your are confusing salvation with sanctification. Salvation, the act of being saved, is part of the being born again experience. Sanctfication is two fold after salvation (being born again has come). 1) It is a crisis experience in that we recognize that we cannot live the Christian life own our own in our own strength. We recognize that we need the power and strength of God living through us in order to truly live for Him. This is the time where we surrender all to Jesus and receive the Holy Spirit. 2) It is progressive in that it is a daily walk/surrender and a life long growth process as guided and empowered by the Holy Spirit.

Regarding whether one can lose their salvation I will simply say the answer is "No" and will refer you back tot he many previous comments on this issues that go into quite a bit of detail.

Lord Bless,
LT.

[Onyeka Obi]

Also one would be said as not being saved the moment one starts to take God unseriously.