Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field. And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, if you obey the voice of the Lord your God. Deuteronomy 28:1-68 states this,Īnd if you faithfully obey the voice of the Lord your God, being careful to do all his commandments that I command you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. Yes, by being saved we have received salvation but that means a constant battle of persistence in following Him because entering His kingdom is not easy. This also means that it is not easy to enter the Kingdom of God even as a Christian. Matthew 19:24 states, “Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.” What Does This Mean? This responsibility means giving all to Christ and putting everything in faith. Therefore, there is a greater responsibility to those who have received Christ in terms of following and abiding in Him. John specifically states that receiving salvation means remaining with Christ and living a life that overcomes sin. This is emphasized in John 15, which states it is important that we continue to abide in Christ especially since we have already received Him. However, we have to be strong so that we are faithful to Jesus until death. This is a prompt that, although we have received Christ as our Savior, it does not mean that we are exempt from sin and temptation and the tendency to give in. Romans 8:30 declares, “And those He predestined, He also called those He called, He also justified those He justified, He also glorified.” Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you life as your victor’s crown. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for ten days. However, we are reminded in Revelations 2:10,ĭo not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. In a Christian's life, the easiest path is accepting the Lord Jesus Christ as our personal Savior and through the gift of baptism, thereby receiving the gift of salvation through faith, but the more difficult path is maintaining faith unto death.Īs it is written in the Bible, our lives as Christians is a constant battle against the devil. Sometimes, we may encounter difficult paths while there are times when we may encounter easier paths. To further emphasize why a Christian’s life is a never-ending journey, let us examine what happens to us, as Christians, once we accept Jesus. Always Saved -Christians Still Need to Always Be Faithful This gift means we are bound to do what Jesus would do, veering away from sin, because the life of a Christian is a never-ending journey to be faithful to Christ. In Romans 10:9-10, we are reminded by this, Once we accept Christ, we are destined to always have Him at our side. This is a very important fact in our Christian lives. Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” We are reminded in John 14:6 that Jesus is our way to the Father which means that His act of saving us is the only way for us to be saved. This one act of Jesus, through His death and resurrection, has provided us the privilege of salvation. “Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved” ( Acts 4:12). The Bible teaches us that Jesus Christ is our salvation and that it is found in no one else but Him. Once Saved - The Gift of Salvation is Eternal What does the Bible tell us about this? Is salvation permanent throughout one’s Christian life or can it be taken from us even if we have received Christ? Let us examine the different passages in the Bible that talk about salvation and analyze if a person is forever saved, once saved. However, other people think that salvation is not forever, and one can lose it with sin.
Some people believe that if a person accepts the Lord Jesus Christ as one’s personal Savior through the gift of baptism, one is assured that one has eternal security. Some people believe in the concept of “once saved, always saved” while others do not. The subject of “eternal security” is a continuous debate among Christians today.
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