ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Once Saved, Always Saved

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Once Saved, Always Saved: There is an idea that once you are saved, you are always saved... And there is nothing the devil can do to stop it. Is this what Holy Scr...

Matthew 25:10

Matthew 25:10: In the parable of the ten virgins only the 5 wise virgins who were ready were saved and went with the Bridegroom. The 5 foolish virgins were not ready, and were in the process of getting ready by finding oil for their lamps when the Bridegroom came. They were lost. Does this illustrate that only those who are ready for Jesus coming will be saved and all others lost?

Beware!

The devil can cause the lost to feel saved, and the saved to feel lost.  He loves to mess up your mind.  Beware!  Study Holy Scripture, pray to God. Keep close to Jesus!

Pre-Requisite for Eternal Life

Faith in Jesus Christ is the pre-requisite for receiving the gift of eternal life.  It is a GIFT !
God gives salvation to those who seek it.  Eternal life cannot be bought or sold.  It is given by
God as a gift.

For by grace you have been saved through faith. Ephesians 2:8.

Salvation is received by faith - the decision to believe that God can be trusted, based on the
Promises of Holy Scripture.

excerpts from: Hope for a Planet in Crisis, It Is Written Bible Study Guide, # 4.
www.itiswritten.com

Every person..

Every person is created by the same God,
Purchased by the blood of the same Saviour,
And has an individual life as dear to God as any other.

Once Saved, Always Saved

There is an idea that once you are saved, you are always saved... And there is nothing the devil can do to stop it.

Is this what Holy Scriptures teach?

If you are in a saving relationship with Jesus, you might still sin, but you will ask forgiveness.
And you will be forgiven.  Read 1 John 2:1 at the end of this entry.

I've known people who claim, once saved always saved, and yet they willfully sin thinking there is nothing they can do to lose Heaven and salvation.

Think of Judas Iscariot, one of the 12 Apostles. Judas sinned big time in betraying Jesus.  Judas did not ask God's forgiveness for this sin, and he is not saved.

1 John 2:1. -  my little children, these things I write to you that you sin not.
And if any one sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous..

Please

Please make sure you are following Jesus Christ in everything.  Because the old devil can make the lost feel saved, and the saved feel lost!  It is the devil's way of confusing and deceiving everyone.

Only with God and Jesus is there truth and salvation.