Do pentecostal believe in once saved always saved?

Answer 1

No. While The Bible DOES say:"...Believe on the Lord Jesus and you will get saved..."(Acts 16:31,33,34)(John 3:16), it's important to compare other scriptures to get a complete picture. Even the demons 'believe' , but that isn't going to save them (James 2:19).

The Bible indicates that belief is important, but much more is needed. Matthew 24:13 says:"...the one who stands firmto the end will be saved."(NIV) We need to Prove ourselves faithful even to death, to get that crown of life.(Revelation 2:10-11)

Though learning and believing in Christ is a life altering experience, it is definitely possible for one who has been in a saved state, to fall away(Hebrews 6:4-6)(Hebrews 10:26-27). Christians need to constantly seek God's righteousness, meekness...seek God's will and be DOING it if we hope to earn the right to live forever(Zephaniah 2:2-3) It's not going to be an easy thing, being saved at the end of God's judgment. We have to earn it. We have to exert ourselves vigorously to get in through the narrow door...that many will seek to get in but will not be able(Luke 13:24)(Matthew 7:13-14). The Apostle Paul said even HE did not feel like he was automatically approved(Philippians 3:12-16)saying: 'I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.' (1 Corinthians 9:24-27 NASB) This involves putting up a hard fight to continually DO God's will (Matthew 7:21-23)(James 1:22) and then stay faithful to it(Jude 3)(John 15:2, 6) . We must 'choose life'...and stick with it, just as the Israelites had to, if they wanted to inherit the Promised Land(Deuteronomy 30:18-20) .

Answer 2

Perspective of Works:you forgot one thing, unless you completely turn away, denonce God, and that doesn't have to be verbally but in your actions, then you are not saved, if you go back to the ways of old, and forget God then you are not saved. in a passage paul says but shall we keep on sinning because grace has been given to us? by no means. you cannot claim christian and not live it out, and expect to be saved. Doctrine of Eternal Security:The truth is that yes, once a person is saved they always will be saved. A saved person cannot go back to being unsaved. That is what my church teaches and that's what any church that teaches the truth will teach. As it says in Jon 10:28 "And I give unto them eternal life; they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand." Right there the Bible is making it clear that a saved person has eternal life and shall never perish. Thus a saved person cannot become unsaved.

In Hebrews 13:5 it says, "Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee." and in Revelation 3:20 it says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me." So anotherwords, once you let Jesus into the door to your heart he never leaves. As it states in Hebrews Jesus never leaves once you let Him in. Once you let Jesus into the door to your heart you cannot throw him back out. You can throw Him in the closet but you cannot throw Him out the door.

Answer 3

No. We are to know subjectively that we will not be rejected at the end yet there are objective warnings that we can be rejected forensically from heaven. Our status is secret at one's death and public on the last day hence to know u are saved today is not understanding the aspect and context of the writer in the epistles from the ancient vernacular Koine forward to the English sadly not done today.

For example the recipients of John were expected to have a saving faith effected through repentance from Matt./Mk./Lk. and also the recipients of the epistles were expected to have the same faith effected through repentance. To place ourselves into their saved shoes instead of placing ourselves into the recipients of Matthew's gospel most likely falls under IIThess.2:11, 12.

Paul knew subjectively and objectively that he was going to receive the prize; however what he also understood is that the final verdict will be pronounced at the end. Note when Paul was martyred in 66 A.D., he awoke in heaven awaiting and still waiting for that verdict. For us to know we are eternally saved usurped God's forensic judgment and not good.

Scriptural Answer: NO

Hebrews 10:26-29New International Version (NIV)

26 If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, 27 but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God. 28 Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29 How much more severely do you think someone deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant that sanctified them, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace?

Answer 4

No, we do not. We know that a person must always be living for and serving God to be saved. For instance, someone can be living exactly how God wants them to be for a long time, but then they might go out and sin and never come back to the ways of God. Then they would not be saved anymore. You must always have a refreshing of the Holy Ghost (Holy Spirit) in your life to be totally confident that you are saved.

Answer 5

I am not an Anglican but I share the same platform with them as a protestant. It depends with individuals. There are people who get saved and remain thus while others become wolves in sheep,s clothe. Yet, they claim they are saved. However, there is no criteria here on earth to know who is fully saved until the day we shall meet our maker.

I am an Episcopalian or Anglican and we believe that Jesus saved us when he died and was resurrected. We do not believe, as the Baptists and other evangelicals, that you have to be reborn to be accepted into His kingdom. The Anglican Church is the 3rd major branch of Catholicism-we act as a bridge between the Protestants and the Roman & Orthodox. We celebrate all 7 sacraments like the Romans and the Orthodox but mainline Protestants only recognize Holy Baptism & Holy Communion.

Answer 6

Mark 3:29 states that "... whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; they are guilty of an eternal sin" This would preclude any future saving after the blasphemy, by any agency.

Answer 7

Christians seem to agree on this: “If you end up in heaven, you have been saved.” The process of how we end up in heaven brings with it controversy. In John 3:16, we encounter the God who loved, gave, and saved. He assures us that His intent is not condemnation but salvation (verse 17). He repeats this promise of salvation, followed by a stern warning in John 3:18: “Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.” But what is the fate of those who believed and then afterward rejected salvation?

The people in your pews face this question from their Calvinist friends. Many may know that we believe people can abandon their salvation, but they may not know how to respond with Scripture. This article provides the theological basis for our belief concerning eternal security and also ways you can help your people respond to those who challenge their beliefs.

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Answer 8

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