Once Saved Always Saved - Support Verses

[hindsey]

Hey, I would like to use this thread to put together a good list of verses that teach us that once a person TRULY has been saved that they can never lose it. If you disagree with this doctrine, I would humbly ask that you would disagree with a new thread, and not turn this into a debate thread. I appreciate it.

I'll start out with one:

Joh 10:27-29
27: My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
28: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
29: My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.

Once you're one of Jesus' sheep, He puts you in His hand and will never let go.

 

[mesue]

Jesus promised that I cannot lose my salvation:

All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. (John 6:37)

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. (John 10:27-29)
Salvation is by grace through faith, and not by works. It is a gift from God. No man can lose his salvation on his own, because no man earned his salvation.

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Not of works, lest any man should boast. (Ephesians 2:8-9)

If I had to do anything to earn or keep my salvation, I would easily lose it.

For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them. (Galatians 3:10)

For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. (James 2:10)

Yet 2 Timothy assures us it is Jesus Christ who keeps us, not we ourselves.
For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
(2 Timothy 1:12)
Galatians 2:21 states clearly that if we could become righteous by anything we do, then Jesus Christ’s death was in vein.

I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain. (Galatians 2:21)
God won’t cast me out, no man can cause me to lose my salvation, I cannot lose it myself and there is nothing else to make me lose my salvation

For I am persuaded, that neither
death, - you cannot lose it when you die
nor life, - you cannot lose it while you’re alive
nor angels, - cannot take it away from you
nor principalities, - the government can’t take it from you.
nor powers, - the devil cannot cause you to lose it.
nor things present, - nothing happening right now
nor things to come, - nothing happening in the future.
Nor height, - nothing above you.
nor depth, - nothing below you.
nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 8:38-39)

 

[Flynmonkie]

1 Peter 1:23
23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
24 Ford all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:  25 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.

 

[Flynmonkie]

For I am persuaded, that neither
death, - you cannot lose it when you die
nor life, - you cannot lose it while you’re alive
nor angels, - cannot take it away from you
nor principalities, - the government can’t take it from you.
nor powers, - the devil cannot cause you to lose it.
nor things present, - nothing happening right now
nor things to come, - nothing happening in the future.
Nor height, - nothing above you.
nor depth, - nothing below you.
nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 8:38-39)



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I wanted to add to this verse a very important part-

Romans 8:v34,35
33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth. 34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. 37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. 38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

 

[Terri]

This is my favorite!

HEB 13:4 Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral. 5 Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said,

"Never will I leave you;
never will I forsake you."

HEB 13:6 So we say with confidence,

"The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid.
What can man do to me?"

Check our the "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you." That sure gives me a lot of confidence!!

I like this one too:

1JN 5:13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.

Now it doesn't say I write these things to you so you can consider the possibility that you might have eternal life. It says "I write these things" ..."so that YOU MAY KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ETERNAL LIFE."

Isn't it wonderful how much God loves us!!!

 

[DawnTillery]

1 John 1:9 - If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness

 

[Sword-In-Hand]

Going with Hebrews 13:5-6, in the Greek translation, Jesus says Never 5 times. So in other words He was saying He will never, never, never, never, never forsake you. I think He was making a point.

Hebrews 6:4-6, “For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God, and put Him to an open shame.”

If you could lose your salvation you could never regain it because Christ would have to come and be crucified again. Once was enough according to Hebrews 8: 26-28

Luke 5:38, “But new wine must be put into new wineskins and both are preserved.”

Preserved means kept.

 

[SH89]

Ephesians 1:13In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,

 

[hindsey]

Good stuff... keep it going...

How about Ephesians 2:8 - ... it is the gift of God..." and Romans 11:29: "For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance." God is no Indian-giver.

 

[rural_preacher]

Ephesians 1:13In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,

Verse 14 should be included with this...

"who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession—to the praise of his glory."




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[£amb]

• I know alot of these verses will be repeated by others, but here's a few that I thought of off the top of my head:

• John 3:36 -

• "Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God's wrath remains on him."

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  John 5:24 -
  
  
  
  "I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned, he has crossed over from
  
  death to life."
  

1 John 5:11-13 -

"And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life and this life is in his Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life."


John 3:15-16 -

15that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.
16"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Romans 8:38-39 -

38For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Eph. 4:30 -

30And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

 

[mannysee]

Romans 8:30 "And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified."

he predestined > he called > he justified > he glorified

 

[Flynmonkie]

OH OH OH..... I am too excited about finding this one....not sure if has already been posted! But had to come straight here to give it to ya

Proverbs 24:v16 (KJV)
16 For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.

 

[SH89]

OH OH OH..... I am too excited about finding this one....not sure if has already been posted! But had to come straight here to give it to ya

Proverbs 24:v16 (KJV)
16 For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.

Ill add proverbs 24:16 to my big bag of proofs.

 

[Flynmonkie]

I am reading that right, right? It seemed to jump out at me but I am wondering for sure that it means what it says. A justified man may fall seven times....and rise. Correct? I will double check my reference.

 

[Terri]

I am reading that right, right? It seemed to jump out at me but I am wondering for sure that it means what it says. A justified man may fall seven times....and rise. Correct? I will double check my reference.

That's what it means to me Flyn!

How about:

RO 10:6 But the righteousness that is by faith says: "Do not say in your heart, `Who will ascend into heaven?' " (that is, to bring Christ down) 7 "or `Who will descend into the deep?' " (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). 8 But what does it say? "The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart," that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming: 9 That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved. 11 As the Scripture says, "Anyone who trusts in him will never be put to shame."

It says "you will be saved," not you might be saved.

I've always liked this one too:

1CO 5:1 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that does not occur even among pagans: A man has his father's wife. 2 And you are proud! Shouldn't you rather have been filled with grief and have put out of your fellowship the man who did this? 3 Even though I am not physically present, I am with you in spirit. And I have already passed judgment on the one who did this, just as if I were present. 4 When you are assembled in the name of our Lord Jesus and I am with you in spirit, and the power of our Lord Jesus is present, 5 hand this man over to Satan, so that the sinful nature may be destroyed and his spirit saved on the day of the Lord.

Now, I believe that these people that were being proud of sinning were making that horrible error or thinking that the more they sinned the more that grace would abound. Now this man was purposefully sinning and his spirit was still going to be saved. I think God would have done what ever was necessary to destroy his sinful nature and save his spirit. I've even asked the Lord to destroy my body if necessary to save my spirit if I was in some gross error. And, I have no doubt that He would!

 

[hindsey]

"...have eternal life..." or "...have everlasting life..."

Those phrases are found 4 times in the NT. They are present tense. That means that those people that "have" everlasting life have life that will always last forever. If that person was to lose that everlasting life, then there is no way for them ever to have had everlasting life - otherwise it would not have been everlasting.