A Christian is a person who has, by faith,
received and fully trusted in Jesus Christ as the only Savior
(John 3:16; Acts 16:31; Ephesians 2:8-9).
Acts 11:26
And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.
The fact is we are disciples of Christ....followers who adhere to, his word, his teachings ,his way of life
you have evidence in
Acts 16.....
[SUP]30 [/SUP]And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
[SUP]31 [/SUP]And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
[SUP]32 [/SUP]And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house.
[SUP]33 [/SUP]And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.
So, with this definition in mind, can a Christian lose salvation?
Perhaps the best way to answer this crucially important question
Perhaps the best way to answer this crucially important question
is to examine what the Bible says occurs at salvation,
and to study what losing salvation would therefore entail.
Here are a few examples:
and to study what losing salvation would therefore entail.
Here are a few examples:
first you have to define a disciple/follower of Christ...Christ was baptised and received the HS....If one does not do that they are not following Christ but doctrine of man
A Christian is a new creation.
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation;
the old has gone, the new has come!” (2 Corinthians 5:17).
This verse speaks of a person becoming an entirely new creature
as a result of being “in Christ.”
For a Christian to lose salvation,
the new creation would have to be canceled and reversed.
the old has gone, the new has come!” (2 Corinthians 5:17).
This verse speaks of a person becoming an entirely new creature
as a result of being “in Christ.”
For a Christian to lose salvation,
the new creation would have to be canceled and reversed.
A new creature following Christ.....
[SUP]14 [/SUP]For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
[SUP]15 [/SUP]And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.
A Christian is redeemed.
“For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold
that you were redeemed from the empty way of life
handed down to you from your forefathers,
but with the precious blood of Christ,
a lamb without blemish or defect” (1 Peter 1:18-19).
The word “redeemed” refers to a purchase being made,
a price being paid.
For a Christian to lose salvation,
God Himself would have to revoke His purchase
that He paid for with the precious blood of Christ.
you want to believe that but the scripture teaches.....salvation can be neglected and there is a price to pay
Hebrews 2:2-4King James Version (KJV)
[SUP]2 [/SUP]For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;
[SUP]3 [/SUP]How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;
[SUP]4 [/SUP]God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?
A Christian is justified. “Therefore, since we have been justified through faith,
we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ” (Romans 5:1).
To “justify” means to “declare righteous.
” All those who receive Jesus as Savior are “declared righteous” by God.
For a Christian to lose salvation,
God would have to go back on His Word
and “un-declare” what He had previously declared.
God is both willing and able to guarantee and maintain the salvation He has given us.
Jude 24-25, “To Him who is able to keep you from falling
and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy
—to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority,
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen.”