How salvation
can be lost
Salvation is
not an un-forfeitable possession. It can be lost through free moral agency via
one’s carelessness, negligence and disobedience to God and His Word.
Demas was
once a Minister and a co-laborer with Paul (Colossians 4:14) (Philemon v24) but
he backslid and went back into the world because he loved the present world
above God (2 Timothy 4:10).
According to
1 John 2:15-17, anyone who loves the world does not have the love of God in him
and if he does not have the love of God in him, he cannot be saved (John 13:35)
(John 14:15). It is inconceivable that God will allow those who do not love Him
into Heaven for all eternity.
If Demas
loved God at one time, how did he become separated from the love of Christ
(Romans 8:35-39)? Was God responsible for him loving the world and forsaking
Him?
This shows
that we have free moral agency after conversion.
We have free choice and free
will powers and we alone can decide to continue with God or to backslide and
fail God. We have free will to decide our destiny after salvation just as we
did before salvation
There is no
verse in the whole Bible from Genesis to Revelations that suggests that God
forces or compels anyone to follow and serve Him. Therefore, the doctrine of
unconditional eternal security that says when one is saved, he is saved forever
even if he returns to willful and habitual disobedience to God and His Word is
satanic, a false teaching and a horrendous fallacy from the pits of hell.
John 8:31
says, ‘’if ye continue in my Word, then ye are my disciples indeed.’’
The word ‘if’
expresses a condition. The condition for believers to remain as disciples and
be free from sin is to ‘’continue in My Word’’
The doctrine
of unconditional eternal security is not found in the Bible and is not of God.
Ayodele Adegbulugbe
Lagos, Nigeria.
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