Apologetics Forum: Ask questions about Christianity/Debate doctrinesOnce Saved always Saved Clarified by Jesus Himself!Although you can take Matthew 24:13 to apply to the tribulation period the same cannot be said for: Matt 10:22
22 "And you will be hated by all on account of My name, but it is the one who has endured to the end who will be saved. NAS
Matt 10:21-22
22 "And you will be hated by all on account of My name, but it is the one who has endured to the end who will be saved.
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Heb 3:5-11
5 Now Moses was faithful in all His house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken later; 6 but Christ was faithful as a Son over His house whose house we are, if we hold fast our confidence and the boast of our hope firm until the end. 7 Therefore, just as the Holy Spirit says,
"Today if you hear His voice,
8 Do not harden your hearts as when they provoked Me,
As in the day of trial in the wilderness,
9 Where your fathers tried Me by testing Me,
And saw My works for forty years.
10 "Therefore I was angry with this generation,
And said, 'They always go astray in their heart;
And they did not know My ways';
11 As I swore in My wrath,
'They shall not enter My rest.' "
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Heb 3:13-15
13 But encourage one another day after day, as long as it is still called "Today," lest any one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. 14 For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our assurance firm until the end; 15 while it is said,
"Today if you hear His voice,
Do not harden your hearts, as when they provoked Me."
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Heb 10:26-31
26 For if we go on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27 but a certain terrifying expectation of judgment, and the fury of a fire which will consume the adversaries. 28 Anyone who has set aside the Law of Moses dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29 How much severer punishment do you think he will deserve who has trampled under foot the Son of God, and has regarded as unclean the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has insulted the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know Him who said, "Vengeance is Mine, I will repay." And again, "The Lord will judge His people." 31 It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
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Heb 10:38-39
38 But My righteous one shall live by faith;
And if he shrinks back, My soul has no pleasure in him.
39 But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the preserving of the soul.
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Rev 3:4-6
5'He who overcomes shall thus be clothed in white garments; and I will not erase his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before My Father, and before His angels. 6'He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.' NAS
Once saved always saved is a false doctrine. Those who endure the trials and tribulations of life will be saved; those who allow the deceitfullness of this world and adherence to false doctrines detour them from the narrow path will not be saved. Although it is true that no external force in this world can snatch us from the hand of Christ; our own base desires can so engulf us we can willingly walk away from God's truth. Hebrews 6:4-8
4 For in the case of those who have once been enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit, 5 and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, 6 and then have fallen away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance, since they again crucify to themselves the Son of God, and put Him to open shame. 7 For ground that drinks the rain which often falls upon it and brings forth vegetation useful to those for whose sake it is also tilled, receives a blessing from God; 8 but if it yields thorns and thistles, it is worthless and close to being cursed, and it ends up being burned. NAS
This is not an empty threat; it is a warning to make righteous decisions throughout your life. It is a warning not to get complascent in your faith and sit back in self-assurance that you can get to heaven and the presence of God just by walking down an aisle and making a profession of faith.
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