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- STE:Once saved-always saved by Sound Doctrine Church
-
- A 'YOU TELL ME' STUDY
-
- THE POSITION The position of 'once saved-always saved' is that once
- an individual has truly asked Jesus into their heart that it is
- impossible for them to fall from grace and burn in hell. The question
- is: Does Jesus tell us this is the case when someone accepts Him as
- Lord?
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- LUKE 8:13 1. What does Jesus say happens to those who 'believe' in
- Him?
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- LUKE 12:42-46 2. Where will the believer be 'assigned' a place?
-
- MATTHEW 18:26-35 3. Did this fellow fall on 'his knees' and ask for
- forgiveness, [i.e. altar call]?
-
- 4. Did this same fellow lose his forgiveness? In short, was his debt
- of sin reinstated?
-
- 5. In verse :33, had this servant at one time received 'mercy'?
-
- MATTHEW 25:1-12 6. Were all 10 pure 'virgins' waiting for the groom,
- Jesus, to come?
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- 7. Did all of them have the Holy Spirit; 'oil'?
-
- 8. On the day of the wedding was the door to eternal life opened for
- them? Why not?
-
- JOHN 15:1-2 9. What will happen to you if you are 'in me' (Jesus)
- and bear no fruit?
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- 10. If one is 'cut off' from Jesus, is he/she cut off from grace?
-
- HEBREWS 6:4-6 11. Is it possible to 'taste the heavenly gift'; to
- 'share in the Holy Spirit'; to 'be enlightened'; to 'taste the goodness
- of the 'Word of God' and the 'powers of the coming age' and then to
- 'fall away'? See vs: 6
-
- 12. What is 'IMPOSSIBLE ? [Verse: 4] HEBREWS 2:1 13. Is it possible
- to 'drift away' from Jesus? HEBREWS 3:14 14. What must you do if you
- are going to be found in Jesus at the end?
-
- HEBREWS 10:36-39 15. We need to do what in order to receive the
- 'Promise'?
-
- 16. Verse :39 tells us what happens to those who 'shrink back' from
- their faith in Jesus. What happens to them?
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- GALATIANS 5:4 17. What have they 'fallen away' from?
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- 18. Who are they 'alienated' from?
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- 2 PETER 1:10 19. If we do not do what Peter is telling us to do,
- what will be the outcome?
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- 2 PETER 3:17 20. Peter ends this letter by warning us 'not to be
- carried away by the error of lawless men', so that what will not happen
- to us?
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- JUDE :12 21. How many times have they died?
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- 22. How can a man be 'twice dead' in this world unless he has been
- born again?
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- EZEKIEL 33:12-16 23. What is the message that all men and women of
- God should be declaring?
-
- [Please read verse: 17, while you check your attitude toward
- conditional salvation.]
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- SALVATION BY WORKS
-
- Many complain that this is making salvation a 'works program', or
- salvation by works. What they should really be asking is, 'Do I ever
- earn salvation?'. Of course no one earns salvation. However, faith
- without works will not save you. Read JAMES 2:14 & 24.
-
- DO NOT FEAR
-
- Do not fear to lay at the cross your "once saved-always saved"
- doctrine. The Truth of the Lord always leads to freedom and joy by the
- power of the Holy Spirit.
-
- If you will give yourself fully to God each day He will fulfill Jude
- :24 in your life. 'To Him who is able to keep you from falling and to
- present you before His glorious presence without fault and with great
- joy - to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and
- authority...'
-
- However, be warned by the Holy Spirit that to persist in teaching or
- living a once-saved- always saved doctrine is to become a 'worthless
- shepherd', see Ezekiel 13:1-16.
-
- ADDRESS
-
- There are many, many more scriptures that show that once
- saved-always saved is a 'whitewashing', sinful teaching. If you would
- like more scriptures or a tape entitled, 'Which Road to Salvation',
- just write to us at the following address.
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