Salvation and Security of the Believer

A. Salvation by works?

John 5.28,29 They that have done good, resurrection of life
Rom 2.7 By continuance in well doing, eternal life
Mat. 25.46 The righteous into life eternal
Mat. 19.16,17 Enter into life, keep the commandments

Why callest thou me good?

Rom. 3.9-12 There is none righteous
Isa. 64.6 Our righteousnesses are as filthy rags

B. Salvation is by grace, not by the Law

Zac. 12.10-13.1 I will pour upon the inhabitants the spirit of grace
1 Pe. 1.10 Prophesied of the grace which should come
John 1.16,17 The law given by Moses, but grace by Jesus Christ
Acts 14.3 The word of his grace
Acts 15.10,11 Through the grace of the Lord we shall be saved
Acts 20.32 To the word of his grace
Rom. 3.24 Being justified freely by his grace
Rom. 6.14 Ye are not under the law, but under grace
Rom. 11.6 If by grace, then is it no more of works
2 Ti. 1.9 Not according to our works, but according his grace
Gal. 5.4 Whosoever are justified by law are fallen from grace

C. Salvation is by faith, not by works

Isa. 64.6 All our righteousnesses are as filthy rags
Dan. 9.18 Not for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies
Acts 13.38,39 All that believe are justified, not by the law
Tit. 3.3-7 Not by works of righteousness, but acc. to his mercy
Eph. 2.8,9 By faith saved, not of works, lest any man boast
Rom. 3.19-28 Man is justified by faith without the works of the law
Rom. 4.4,5 Worketh not, believeth, faith counted righteousness
Rom. 4.16 Of faith, that it might be by grace
Gal. 2.16,21 A man is not justified by works, but by faith
Gal. 3.10,11 No man justified by the law, the just shall live by faith
Gal. 3.21-26 Concluded all under sin that promise by faith given
Mat. 11.28 Come unto me, and I will give you rest
Heb. 4.3,10 We believed enter into rest, ceased from own works

D. Once saved we cannot be lost

1. Because we already have eternal life, the very life of Christ

1 Jo. 5.13 Ye may know that ye have eternal life
John 5.24 Not into condemnation, passed from death into life
John 11.25 Though dead, yet shall live, and shall never die
Gal. 2.20 I am crucified, I live, yet not I, Christ liveth in me
1 Pe. 1.23 Born again, not corruptible seed, but incorruptible
Col. 3.3 Ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God
Eph. 1.3 Blessed us with all blessings in heaven in Christ
Eph. 2.6 Hath raised us, made us sit in heaven in Christ
1 Pe. 1.4 Incorruptible, fadeth not, reserved in heaven

2. Because our life depends upon the work of Christ

Rom. 5.9,10 Now justified, we shall be saved through him
Rom. 5.18,19 By the obedience of one many be made righteous
Gal. 3.3 Begun in the Spirit, now made perfect by flesh?
Php. 1.6 He begun will perform it until the day of Christ
Heb. 7.25 He is able to save them to the uttermost
1 Pe. 1.5 Who are kept by the power of God unto salvation
Jude 24 Able to keep you from falling, present you faultless

3. Because we belong to Christ

2 Ti. 2.19 The Lord knoweth them that are his
John 6.39,40 All he hath given me, I lose nothing, I will raise him
John 10.28 I give to them eternal life, they shall never perish
John 17.6,12 Thine they were, thou gavest them me, none lost
1 Co. 11.31,32 We are chastened that we not be condemned
1 Co. 12.12-27 God hath set members in the body, all necessary
Eph. 2.20-22 Ye are builded for an habitation of God
1 Pe. 2.5 Ye are built a spiritual house, acceptable to God
1 Jo. 2.19 Had been of us would no doubt have continued

4. Because we are sealed by God

Rom. 8.28,29 Predestinate to be conformed to his Son
2 Co. 1.22 Hath sealed us, given us the earnest of the Spirit
Eph. 1.4 Chosen in him before the world, be without blame
Eph. 1.13 Ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise
Eph. 4.30 The Spirit, whereby sealed unto the redemption
Eph. 1.6 He hath made us accepted in the beloved
Heb. 10.10-14 He hath perfected forever them that are sanctified

5. Because God is faithful

John 13.1 Having loved his own, he loved them unto the end
Rom. 8.38-39 (Nothing) able to separate us from the love of God
Rom. 11.29 The gifts and calling of God without repentance
2 Ti. 2.13 If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful
1 Jo. 1.7 He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins
2 Jo. 2 The truth shall be with us forever

6. Because God does not count our faults

Rom. 7.14-24 No more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me
Rom. 8.1 There is no condemnation to them in Christ Jesus
1 Co. 5.5 That the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord
1 Jo. 3.20 If heart condemn us, God greater than our heart
1 Jo. 3.9 Whosoever is born of God cannot sin
1 Jo. 5.18 Of God keepeth himself, wicked one toucheth not

E. Verses twisted to imply that we might finally perish
Some insist that our salvation depends on our being faithful, and quote the following:

Jam. 2.14- 26 Faith without works is dead

In God's eyes we are justified by faith without works, but our faith is justified before men by our works. (Rom. 4.1-6)

Psa. 51.11 Cast me not away, take not thy Holy Spirit from me.

The Spirit did not yet dwell in men, and was given only to be taken away shortly. (Exo. 31.3, Num. 11.29, 24.2, 1 Sa. 10.10, 11.6, 16.14, 19.23, 2 Ch. 15.1, John 14.23, Acts 1.8, 8.16, Rom. 8.9)

Eze. 33.12 Righteousness not deliver in day of transgression.

We do not trust that our righteousness could ever deliver us. One's own righteousness is not even remembered when he falls in sin.

Mt. 10.22, 24.13,Mk 13.13 That endures to the end shall be saved

He that endures alive to the end of the tribulation, his flesh shall be saved. (Mat. 24.3,6,14,22, Dan. 12.12)

John 15.2,6 Beareth not fruit he taketh away, cast into the fire

The vine symbolizes Israel, God was pruning and purging it. The Jews that rejected Christ did not remain in Jehovah either, were taken away and cast into the fire. (Psa. 80.8, Isa. 3.14, 5.7, Jer. 2.21, Hos. 10.1, Joel 1.7)

Rom. 11.20-22 Heed lest he spare not thee, thou also shalt cut off
Heb. 3.6,14 Whose house are we if hold fast confidence unto end
Heb. 6.4-6 If they shall fall away, it is impossible to renew them

That generation of Jews did not abide in the Lord. They were made partakers of the Holy Ghost (When the Lord healed them in his ministry, and when the Spirit fell at Pentecost), and yet they still fell away. They would have been made the "house of God" had they held fast. Someday the Jews will believe, and the Gentiles will be cut off. (Rom. 11.1,8,11,25, Heb. 4.1,7- 9, 8.8, 12.16,17)

Heb. 10.26-31 If we sin, no more sacrifice, but looking for judgment

The Jews are the people of God, were sanctified by the "blood of the covenant," and are his "adversaries." No Christian is an adversary.

2 Pe. 2.20- 22 After escaped, if overcome, the latter end is worse

The "dog" returns to it's vomit, not the Christian. These are false brethren.

1 Jo. 5.16 There is a sin unto death

Death of the flesh, not of the spirit. (1 Co. 5.5)

Rev. 2.5 I will remove thy candlestick except thou repent

Speaking to the angel, not the Christian, the candlestick is not our eternal life.

Rev. 3.5 I will not blot out his name out of the book of life
Rev. 22.19 I will take away his part out of the book of life

Every believer has overcome by faith in Christ, and cannot be blotted out. (1 Jo. 5.4,5). The book of life has at least three parts...the book of the living, names blotted at death, (Exo. 32.32,33, Deu. 9.14, 29.20, Psa. 69.28, Isa. 4.3, Eze. 13.9)...The book of the elect, written from the foundation of the world, and never can be blotted out, (Luke 10.20, Heb. 12.23, Rev. 13.8, 17.8, 20.15, 21.27)...And the book of rewards, (Psa. 56.8, Isa. 65.6, Mal. 3.16, Rev. 22.19)...The part that can be taken away is the reward. (Rev. 22.12, 1 Co. 3.14, Col 2.18, 2 Jo. 8, Rev. 3.11)

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