Monday, 18 November 2013

Once Saved, Always Saved? (part 3)


Welcome to part 3 of our series on the doctrine of Eternal Security… also known as Once Saved, Always Saved (OSAS).

I believe that once God saves us, He keeps us saved.

I believe that the very nature of salvation is such that you have to believe in this doctrine in order to actually be saved… even if you state that Eternal Security is false.

One has to believe that God forgives all of our sins (literally), even though we don’t literally repent of all of our sins.

So, I want to give a biblical foundation/defence of Eternal Security.

Saturday, 16 November 2013

Once Saved, Always Saved? (part 2)

Welcome to part 2 of our new series on the doctrine of Once Saved, Always Saved.


Before we get into the scriptures, I thought I would give a little background to my belief journey.

First off, I’m not a Calvinist. I’m a Christian. I follow Christ Jesus, not Calvin.

I know very little church history, and very little about the “fathers of faith”, as people like to call them, throughout church history.

It’s not that I don’t believe we can’t learn a wealth of knowledge from these people, but rather that I would rather quote and be convinced of doctrine… from the bible itself.

Friday, 15 November 2013

Once Saved, Always Saved? (part 1)

Once saved, always saved (OSAS) is a statement that for the majority of my walk with Christ, has been declared not true.

The immediate cry from those who disagree with it is that people MUST repent or else they are no longer saved.

Anybody who even dares to consider whether the statement is true or not, is quick to be labelled as someone who believes that once we’re saved we can go on sinning with no problems.

Over the last 4 years or so, I have increasingly come to the realisation that OSAS is actually true. However, I would instead put it this way – Once God Saves You, He Will Keep You Saved.