I totally didn't see this thread, so I'll post the same question here. I apologize if this was already covered, I didn't have time to read all 4 pages. Here's my question from a different thread.....
Zeke started a thread about whether or not a person could lose their salvation. I think it got deleted. I wish it didn't, because it's a question that I've been struggling with for a while now.
Here's an example that would make me think a person could lose their salvation....
A person gets saved when they are 16. When they are 19, they become agnostic or atheist saying that they only believed in Christianity because they were brainwashed, and that it's all a bunch of bull.
Now this next example is something that I can see happening to myself. I wanna say this wouldn't lead to hell, but I don't know....
A Christian man crosses a street. As he does so, he sees a beautiful woman sitting on a bench. He is attracted to her body. Then all of a sudden, he is hit by a bus, killing him instantly. So he didn't have a chance to ask for forgiveness. Where will he end up? Would it be any different if he had complete lust for the woman, wanting to have sex with her?
I also have friends of mine that I worry about. They say they believe in God, and that Jesus is the son of God, and all that stuff. They say they are Christians, yet, it pretty much ends there. They don't give a tithe, they don't bother with church, they're greedy, they cheat on their wives, and much more. In your opinions, what's to come of people like that? They believe, yet they don't want to put forth the effort to live a better life.