We are warned not to grieve the Holy Spirit (Eph 4:30).
• ⁠John 10 does not teach unconditional security, only that no external force can snatch believers out of God's hand against their will. Believers can choose to leave.
• ⁠The "golden chain" of Romans 8 is not an unbreakable sequence. Many are called but few chosen (Matt 22:14). The justified must live by faith (Rom 1:17).
• ⁠Romans 7 is not describing Paul's Christian experience but his former state under the law. Romans 6 and 8 make clear we can have victory over sin.
• ⁠The fear of the Lord is still relevant for believers' salvation and sanctification according to the NT. It keeps us from playing games with sin.
• ⁠Holiness and a victorious Christian life are possible through the power of the Holy Spirit, as the early church demonstrated even under persecution.
• ⁠Grace teaches us to say "No" to ungodliness (Titus 2:12). Walking in the Spirit enables us to overcome the desires of the flesh (Gal 5:16).
• ⁠Repentance means changing your mind resulting in a changed life, not just feeling sorry. Turning from sin to Jesus Christ.
• ⁠Believers can have assurance of salvation but this is not the same as unconditional security. We must continue in faith. Our standing is in Christ alone.
• ⁠God hates sin but gives us free will to choose. If we fall away, the responsibility is ours alone. His grace is sufficient if we persevere in faith.

CAN A CHRISTIAN FALL AWAY?

Scripture warns Believers

that the answer is YES!

CHRISTIANS (those truly "saved to begin with") CAN:

1. ⁠⁠⁠Depart from the faith (1 Tim. 4:1)
2. ⁠⁠⁠Wander away from the faith (1 Tim. 6:10)
3. ⁠⁠⁠Swerve from the faith (1 Tim. 6:21)
4. ⁠⁠⁠Abandon our faith (1 Tim. 5:12)
5. ⁠⁠⁠Make shipwreck of our faith (1 Tim. 1:19)
6. ⁠⁠⁠Fall from grace (Gal. 5:4)
7. ⁠⁠⁠Desert him who called you and turn to a different gospel (Gal. 1:6)
8. ⁠⁠⁠Receive the grace of God in vain (2 Cor. 6:1)
9. ⁠⁠⁠Swerve from the truth, upsetting the faith of some (2 Tim. 2:18)
10. ⁠⁠⁠Drift away from the truth (Heb. 2:1)
11. ⁠⁠⁠Have an evil, unbelieving heart, leading us to fall away from the living God (Heb. 3:12)
12. ⁠⁠⁠Be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin (Heb. 3:12-14)
13. ⁠⁠⁠Fail to reach the promise of entering into His rest (Heb. 4:1)
14. ⁠⁠⁠Fall by disobedience to enter His rest (Heb. 4:11)
15. ⁠⁠⁠Fall away and impossible to restore unto repentance (Heb. 6:4-6)
16. ⁠⁠⁠Deliberately go on sinning and no longer have a sacrifice for sins (Heb. 10:26-27)
17. ⁠⁠⁠Shrink back (Heb. 10:38)
18. ⁠⁠⁠Fail to obtain the grace of God (Heb. 12:15)
19. ⁠⁠⁠Wander from the truth (James 5:19-20)
20. ⁠⁠⁠Forsake the right way (2 Peter 2:15)
21. ⁠⁠⁠Become entangled and overcome AFTER having escaped them (2 Peter 2:20-21)
22. ⁠⁠⁠Be carried away with the error of lawless people and lose our stability (2 peter 3:17)
23. ⁠⁠⁠Commit a sin leading to death (1 John 5:16)
24. ⁠⁠⁠Stop abiding in the teaching of Christ (2 John 1:9)
25. ⁠⁠Keep your servent from willfull sins. May thay not rule over me, then i will be blameless innocent of great transgression-(judgement) (psalms 19:13)
26. ⁠Surely we don’t need to start again with the fundamental importance of repenting from evil deeds (hebrews 6:1)
27. ⁠1 Timothy 4:1 Some will depart from the faith due to evil spirits
28. ⁠1 corinthians 6:11-13 11And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. 12"Everything is permissible for me"-but not everything is beneficial. "Everything is permissible for me"-but I will not be mastered by anything. 13"Food for the stomach and the stomach for food"-but God will destroy them both The body is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
29. Luke 16:7 I say unto you that likewise more joy shall be in Heaven over one sinner that repenteth, than over ninety and nine just persons who need no repentance

THE GOOD NEWS IS you can come home through repentance! Confessing your sins to Jesus and receiving His forgiveness. All is not lost! He can restore your life and  give you purpose! Humbly come to Him and surrender all!

Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord. (Acts 3:19)

And to continue on….

• ⁠The early church for the first few centuries did not believe in unconditional eternal security. It wasn't until Augustine in the 5th century that the idea was introduced.
• ⁠There are over 80 passages in the New Testament that warn Christians not to lose what they have in Christ. Most go ignored by churches today.
• ⁠Passages like Hebrews 6, Hebrews 10, Romans 11, 2 Peter 2, James 5 clearly teach that genuine believers can fall away and forfeit salvation.
• ⁠Jesus himself warned his disciples that only those who endure to the end will be saved (Matt 24:13).
• ⁠The Sermon on the Mount is for Christians and is not an unattainable standard, as some claim. Jesus expects his followers to live out his teachings.
• ⁠Future sins are not automatically pre-forgiven when a person first believes. Ongoing repentance and confession is necessary (1 John 1:9).
• ⁠Salvation is by grace through faith, not by works. But saving faith will necessarily produce good works and a changed life. Faith without works is dead (James 2).
• ⁠Believers are sealed with the Holy Spirit, but this seal can be broken.

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