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Fire Insurance: aka, Get Out of Hell Free Card. A one time profession will seal you no matter what you do or how you live afterwards. Is it realistic?
Fire Insurance basically is getting saved once, and you can go out and live however you want; you'll still be saved, but you won't be happy and you won't get any rewards.
This theory falls back on Romans 10:9 "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved."
The LORD showed me that verse 10 has to go with it, and the believeth unto righteousness is a belief of the heart that produces actions or behaviors following.
I suppose those who teach such things as Fire Insurance salvation could also fall back on "A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory" (Matthew 12:20 quoting Isaiah 42:3)
I was laying out in an old field today and in front of me there was a bruised reed - actually a stalk of hay bruised in 2 places, bent over twice but still standing. So I was contemplating this "bruised reed" and thinking how it might represent a bruised or weak person. A smoking flax would be a wick that has lost its flame but still smoking and has a red ember still on it. Just a little glow, and about to soon die. It's near dead. But Jesus says He won't quench it; He won't snuff it out. However, I think He would breathe life into it that it flame again and burn brightly.
And then there's no man can pluck them out of my hand, as Jesus said, or ye are sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise. (John 10:28, Ephesians 1:13)
Yet there are too many Scriptures, including Jesus own words that would seem to contradict any form of Fire Insurance salvation.
Matthew 5:20, "For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven'
Matthew 5:48, "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect."
Matthew 7:20-23, "Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity."
Matthew 25:24-30 "Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:
And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.
His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:
Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.
Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents.
For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.
And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
(This appears to show that if you do nothing with the gift of salvation you think you have, and refuse to be a servant of Christ, and utilize the gifts He has for you, you're not saved. This may be the best passage against Fire Insurance claims!)
Luke 13:3 & 5, "except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish."
1 Corinthians 6:9-11, "Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God."
(Note the WERE some of you, and ye are washed and sanctified - which means set apart, separated)
Hebrews 12:14, "Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:"
1 John 2:4, "He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him."
1 John 3:6 -10, "Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him
Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother."
OK, ultimately God is the judge, and it's His call. But, why would scripture teach so much on repentance, and holiness, and godliness, and sanctification - warning about right living, not of works but by faith, because of the Spirit that dwelleth within us once we are born again.
My belief is if you say a prayer and might even be sincere, but there's no change, and especially if the only reason is to get out of hell and you ask Christ to save you but you don't have any hatred of sin or desire to flee from godless pastimes, then you were not saved. It may have been an intellectual thing, or a worldly sorrow that worketh death, but it wasn't Holy Spirit conviction, repentance granted, grace received, turning with your heart to God.
I'd be very very cautious of any form of Fire Insurance salvation, because I don't think there is such a thing.
Fire Insurance basically is getting saved once, and you can go out and live however you want; you'll still be saved, but you won't be happy and you won't get any rewards.
This theory falls back on Romans 10:9 "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved."
The LORD showed me that verse 10 has to go with it, and the believeth unto righteousness is a belief of the heart that produces actions or behaviors following.
I suppose those who teach such things as Fire Insurance salvation could also fall back on "A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory" (Matthew 12:20 quoting Isaiah 42:3)
I was laying out in an old field today and in front of me there was a bruised reed - actually a stalk of hay bruised in 2 places, bent over twice but still standing. So I was contemplating this "bruised reed" and thinking how it might represent a bruised or weak person. A smoking flax would be a wick that has lost its flame but still smoking and has a red ember still on it. Just a little glow, and about to soon die. It's near dead. But Jesus says He won't quench it; He won't snuff it out. However, I think He would breathe life into it that it flame again and burn brightly.
And then there's no man can pluck them out of my hand, as Jesus said, or ye are sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise. (John 10:28, Ephesians 1:13)
Yet there are too many Scriptures, including Jesus own words that would seem to contradict any form of Fire Insurance salvation.
Matthew 5:20, "For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven'
Matthew 5:48, "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect."
Matthew 7:20-23, "Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity."
Matthew 25:24-30 "Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:
And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.
His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:
Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.
Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents.
For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.
And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
(This appears to show that if you do nothing with the gift of salvation you think you have, and refuse to be a servant of Christ, and utilize the gifts He has for you, you're not saved. This may be the best passage against Fire Insurance claims!)
Luke 13:3 & 5, "except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish."
1 Corinthians 6:9-11, "Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God."
(Note the WERE some of you, and ye are washed and sanctified - which means set apart, separated)
Hebrews 12:14, "Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:"
1 John 2:4, "He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him."
1 John 3:6 -10, "Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him
Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother."
OK, ultimately God is the judge, and it's His call. But, why would scripture teach so much on repentance, and holiness, and godliness, and sanctification - warning about right living, not of works but by faith, because of the Spirit that dwelleth within us once we are born again.
My belief is if you say a prayer and might even be sincere, but there's no change, and especially if the only reason is to get out of hell and you ask Christ to save you but you don't have any hatred of sin or desire to flee from godless pastimes, then you were not saved. It may have been an intellectual thing, or a worldly sorrow that worketh death, but it wasn't Holy Spirit conviction, repentance granted, grace received, turning with your heart to God.
I'd be very very cautious of any form of Fire Insurance salvation, because I don't think there is such a thing.