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Lesson 31 - What About "Once Saved, Always Saved"? 

There are a number of questions we would like to raise and discuss
to introduce this subject. 

 1.Are there "saved sinners" and "lost sinners"? By that we
   mean people who have been saved, who continue to live sinful
   lives, but who will go to heaven and other people who commit
   the same sins but will be eternally lost? 
 2.Are there really people who believe that this is true? 
 3.Is it true that if a person has been truly "born again"
   regardless of whether he backslides and discontinues to live
   a Christian life or not, he will not lose his salvation -- only his
   rewards? 
 4.When once a person decides to serve the Lord and be a true
   Christian, is he forever "locked into" (sealed so he cannot get
   out) salvation, even if discouragements come and sinful
   attractions take over his life and he departs from the living
   God? "Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil
   heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God" (Hebrews
   3:12). 
 5.Does a person have eternal life right now or only after he
   dies? 
 6.If a person has eternal life right now and if there is a
   possibility of losing it, does he really have eternal life? (1 John
   5:11-12; John 15:1-6). Adam had life "Without end" (eternal
   life) until he sinned. 
 7.If you say that it is possible to lose one's salvation, does this
   not contradict John 10:28? "I give unto them eternal life, and
   they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out
   of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than
   all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's
   hand." 

There Are Those Who Do Believe That Salvation Can Never
Be Lost After Having Once Received It!

Today, on Christian radio, I heard one person report that their pastor
preached on Easter Sunday from 1 Peter 1:3-5. He reportedly said,
based on these scriptures:

 1.Because of the resurrection, we can now live dangerously. 
 2.The inheritance is already reserved in heaven for us. 
 3.We are kept by the power of God. 

I did not hear the explanation for his statements but there are those
who believe that although a person, once saved, should live
carelessly and sinfully, they are sure to go to heaven because of the
grace of God. 

"Please tell me more." 

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