6. Remain Faithful
Remaining Faithful is a Requirement For Every Christian
"Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of
life"
"Therefore, my beloved brethren,
be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of
the Lord , knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord"
"I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, entreat you to
walk in a manner worthy of the calling with
which you have been called"
"And they were
continually devoting themselves to the apostles'
teaching
and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer"
The Saved Can Lose Their Salvation
There is a false teaching called
"Once Saved Always Saved" .
This teaching states one cannot lose their salvation once
saved. The Bible teaches otherwise.
"For if after
they have escaped the defilements of the world
by the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,
they are again entangled in them and are
overcome, the
last state has become worse for them than the
first "
"For in the case of
those who have once been enlightened and have tasted of
the heavenly gift
and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have
tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to
come, and then have fallen away , it is
impossible to renew them again to repentance, since they
again crucify to themselves the Son of God, and put Him to
open shame"
"For if we go on sinning willfully after receiving the
knowledge of the truth , there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a
certain terrifying expectation of judgment, and THE FURY OF
A FIRE WHICH WILL CONSUME THE ADVERSARIES.
It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the
living God "
Christ does not save anyone from sin so that we
can continue to sin . In fact, we already repented
in order to be saved! This means that we had a change in heart so
that we no longer want to continue in sin. This does not mean that
we will no longer struggle with sin, but that we must always
repent when we do sin.
This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you,
that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. If we
say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the
darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth; but if we walk
in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship
with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us
from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving
ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He
is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse
us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned,
we make Him a liar and His word is not in us.