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|                    B I B L E   B U L L E T I N          Number 8 |
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|                     Can Salvation Be Lost?                       |
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|  Can a person who has accepted Jesus as Savior and Lord commit   |
|  grievous sins and still go to heaven upon death?  In other      |
|  words, can a Christian lose his salvation?                      |
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|  Jesus said, "My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and      |
|  they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never  |
|  perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand" (John 10:27-28). |
|  Satan and his demons would try to "yank" believers out of God's |
|  hand if they could for they are enemies of God and His saints.  |
|  But the evil ones can only tempt Christians to fall into        |
|  grievous sins, never can they remove us from God's grip.        |
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|  Neither can Christians "jump" out of God's grasp through sin,   |
|  for the Bible says, "He who began a good work in you will carry |
|  it on to completion..." (Phil. 1:6).  God will not give up on   |
|  sinning Christians; for example, Moses sinned by murdering,     |
|  King David committed adultery and murder, and Peter publicly    |
|  denied Christ, and yet each were forgiven and held secure in    |
|  his salvation by God's love and grace.                          |
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|  God says, "It is by grace you have been saved...not by works"   |
|  (Eph. 2:8-9).  Our good works could not gain us initial         |
|  salvation, nor can they maintain it.  Those who trust in Jesus  |
|  receive the secure gift of eternal life and will never perish.  |
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|     Bible Bulletin Board, P.O. Box 115, Galveston, IN 46932      |
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