Important note:

As you have seen there are only two ways someone can escape the power of these scriptures

they will deny the person described as a sinner was ever a Christian

they will deny the Christian is described as lost

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Can a blood bought Christian be lost eternally?

Jesus & Parable of Sower

Indications they were once saved Indications they lost their salvation Why they lost their salvation Mark 4:16 (Luke 8:13) "And in a similar way these are the ones on whom seed was sown on the rocky places, who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy; (they believe for a while) and they have, but are only temporary; then, when affliction or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they fall away.

immediately receive it with joy

believe for a while

they fall away

no firm root in themselves

only temporary

affliction or persecution arises because of the word

Can we fall from grace?

Indications they were once saved Indications they lost their salvation Why they lost their salvation Galatians 5:4 "You have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace."

severed and fallen indicate once saved

severed from Christ

fallen from grace

seeking to be justified by law

Will God prune Christians?

Indications they were once saved Indications they lost their salvation Why they lost their salvation John 15:5-6 "I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me, and I in him, he bears much fruit; for apart from Me you can do nothing. If anyone does not abide in Me, he is thrown away as a branch, and dries up; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned."

abide indicates they were saved

Cast & thrown away indicates once saved

thrown away as a branch

cast them into the fire

they are burned

does not abide in Jesus

Romans 11:19-23 "You will say then, "Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in." Quite right, they were broken off for their unbelief, but you stand by your faith. Do not be conceited, but fear; for if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will He spare you. Behold then the kindness and severity of God; to those who fell, severity, but to you, God's kindness, if you continue in His kindness; otherwise you also will be cut off. And they also, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in; for God is able to graft them in again."

broken off indicates once saved

this warning is directed to Christians

Branches were broken off

cut off.

those who fell

for their unbelief

did not continue in God's kindness

Three Hebrews passages

Indications they were once saved Indications they lost their salvation Why they lost their salvation Hebrews 6:4-6 For in the case of those who have once been enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, and then have fallen away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance, since they again crucify to themselves the Son of God, and put Him to open shame.

once been enlightened

tasted of the heavenly gift

partakers of the Holy Spirit

tasted the good word of God

tasted the powers of the age to come

then have fallen away

impossible to renew them again

crucify to themselves the Son of God

put Jesus to open shame

no reason given, they just fell away

Hebrews 10:26-27 For if we go on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a certain terrifying expectation of judgment, and the fury of a fire which will consume the adversaries."

received knowledge of the truth

no longer remains a sacrifice for sins

certain terrifying expectation of judgment

fury of a fire

sinning willfully

Hebrews 10:38-39 "But My righteous one shall live by faith; And if he shrinks back, My soul has no pleasure in him. But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the preserving of the soul."

My righteous one

lives by faith

shrink back to destruction

God has no pleasure in them

shrinks back

Does False Doctrine Condemn?

Indications they were once saved Indications they lost their salvation Why they lost their salvation 2 Peter 2:1 "But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves."

the Master had bought them (with Jesus blood)

bringing swift destruction upon themselves

denying the Master

introduce destructive heresies

false prophet

Acts 20:17,28-30 "And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called to him the elders of the church." ... "I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock; and from among your own selves men will arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them."

elders of the church

from among your own selves

savage wolves

draw away the disciples

speaking perverse things

1 Timothy 6:20-21 "O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you, avoiding worldly and empty chatter and the opposing arguments of what is falsely called "knowledge"-which some have professed and thus gone astray from the faith."

gone astray indicates that at one time they were in the faith

thus gone astray from the faith

some have professed opposing arguments

Hymenaeus Who Strayed From The Faith!

Indications they were once saved Indications they lost their salvation Why they lost their salvation 2 Timothy 2:16-18 But avoid worldly and empty chatter, for it will lead to further ungodliness, and their talk will spread like gangrene. Among them are HYMENAEUS and Philetus, men who have gone astray from the truth saying that the resurrection has already taken place, and thus they upset the faith of some.

gone astray indicates that at one time they were in the faith

gone astray from the truth

upset the faith of some

saying that the resurrection has already taken place

1 Timothy 1:18-21 "fight the good fight, keeping faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and suffered shipwreck in regard to their faith. Among these are HYMENAEUS and Alexander"

cannot shipwreck a faith unless it was once sailing the sea of salvation

suffered shipwreck in regard to their faith

rejected faith and a good conscience

Watch Your Doctrine!

Indications they were once saved Indications they lost their salvation Why they lost their salvation 2 John 8-9 "Watch yourselves, that you might not lose what we have accomplished, but that you may receive a full reward. Anyone who goes too far and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God; the one who abides in the teaching, he has both the Father and the Son."

Watch yourselves is spoken to Christians who are saved

will lose reward

does not have God

does not abide in the teaching of Christ

goes too far (doctrine)

1 Timothy 4:16 "Pay close attention to yourself and to your teaching; persevere in these things; for as you do this you will insure salvation both for yourself and for those who hear you."

Pay close attention to yourself was spoken to Timothy who was an evangelist

will not insure salvation

yourself (how you live) and to your teaching (doctrine you teach)

2 Peter 3:17 "You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, be on your guard lest, being carried away by the error of unprincipled men, you fall from your own steadfastness"

the warning to guard was spoken to Christians

fall from your own steadfastness

error of unprincipled men

Does Moral Sin Condemn?

Indications they were once saved Indications they lost their salvation Why they lost their salvation 1 Timothy 6:9-10 "But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful desires which plunge men into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith, and pierced themselves with many a pang."

Warning spoken to Christians

Cannot wander away from the faith unless you once abided in it as a Christian

fall into temptation

snare

harmful desires

plunge men into ruin and destruction

wandered away from the faith

pierced themselves with pangs

desire to get rich

love of money

2 Peter 2:20-22 "For if after they have escaped the defilements of the world by the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and are overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first. For it would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn away from the holy commandment delivered to them. It has happened to them according to the true proverb, "A dog returns to its own vomit," and, "A sow, after washing, returns to wallowing in the mire.""

escaped the defilements of the world

knowledge of the Lord

Again entangled indicates that they had previously escaped entanglement

returning to mud, indicated they were washed by blood of Jesus

knew the way of righteousness

holy commandment delivered to them

last state has become worse for them than the first

in vomit and mud

again entangled in them and are overcome

turn away from the holy commandment

James 5:19-20 "My brethren, if any among you strays from the truth, and one turns him back, let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death, and will cover a multitude of sins."

"brethren, if any among you"

is addressed to Christians

soul is destined for death

turns him back from Hell

sinner

multitude of sins

error of his way

Two Revelation verses

Indications they were once saved Indications they lost their salvation Why they lost their salvation Revelation 2:4-5 "'But I have this against you, that you have left your first love. 'Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and repent and do the deeds you did at first; or else I am coming to you, and will remove your lampstand out of its place-unless you repent."

Spoken by Jesus to Christians

"from where you have fallen" indicates that once they stood

I have this against you

you have fallen

Jesus will remove lampstand

not doing the deeds they did at first

unless you repent

Revelation 3:16-17 'So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of My mouth. 'Because you say, "I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing," and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked"

Spoken by Jesus to Christians

Jesus will spit you out of His mouth

wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked

because you are lukewarm

Had to repent

What about the Old Testament?

Indications they were once saved Indications they lost their salvation Why they lost their salvation Ezekiel 18:24-26 "But when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, commits iniquity, and does according to all the abominations that a wicked man does, will he live? All his righteous deeds which he has done will not be remembered for his treachery which he has committed and his sin which he has committed; for them he will die. "Yet you say, 'The way of the Lord is not right.' Hear now, O house of Israel! Is My way not right? Is it not your ways that are not right? "When a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, commits iniquity, and dies because of it, for his iniquity which he has committed he will die."

righteous man

righteous deeds which he has done will not be remembered

he will die

commits iniquity

does according to all the abominations that a wicked man does

treachery which he has committed

sin which he has committed

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