Salvation Can Be Lost

 Salvation can be lost

What does the bible say about keeping salvation once it is accepted by the believer?

Ezekiel 18:24
"But when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, shall he live? All the righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered; because of the unfaithfulness of which he is guilty and the sin which he has committed, because of them he shall die.

1 Corinthians 15:2
by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you --- unless you believed in vain.

Salvation is for those who "hold fast" to the gospel...if not, their belief is in vain. Therefore, if we lose hold on the gospel because of sinful living; then, according to the verses above, it is possible for us to lose our salvation if we are living a life in sin. By sinful living we have placed ourselves back under the penalty of the law, which is the original state of sinners without Christ. We must pray daily God will keep us from falling into sin again.

We will be happy that God has promised us salvation through Jesus Christ and tell others what God has done for us!

Romans 4:7, 8 7"
Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, And whose sins are covered; 8 Blessed is the man to whom the LORD shall not impute sin."

True happiness in our hearts is the result of being forgiven and being saved by Jesus Christ.

John 13:17
For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.

Obedience comes from love and thankfulness to God. We become obedient to God and His laws because we are saved; not to be saved. There is much more to salvation than just believing, there must be a turning away from sin and a continual obedience to God and His laws through the grace of Jesus Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit. It is my sincere hope for you reader that you turn away from your sin and find life in Jesus Christ. Please do it today, nobody knows if they have tomorrow