ONCE SAVED ALWAYS SAVED?

Tuesday, January 12, 2010
"ONCE SAVED ALWAYS SAVED" ?

John Calvin advocated the doctrine "Perseverance of the Saints", commonly referred to as "once saved always saved." This teaching is embraced by many today, but is it supported by Scripture?

Galatians 5:4 You who are trying to be justified by law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.

You cannot fall from a tree unless you are in the tree. You cannot fall from grace unless you are in grace!

Luke 8:13 Those on the rock are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it , but they have no root. They believe for a while , but in the time of testing they fall away.

Was Jesus confused when he said "they fall away?"

Jude 6:6 And the angels who did not keep their position of authority, but abandoned their own home-these he has kept in darkness , bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the great day.

If angels can fall, why is it so difficult to believe man can fall from grace?

Hebrews 6:4-6 It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, 5 who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the power of the coming age. 6 if they fall away, to be brought back to repentance.....

Why would the writer of Hebrews warn of "apostasy", if it was an impossibility?

The question remains whose word do you believe, John Calvin's word or the WORD OF GOD?