Salvation Assurance and Falling Away

7/30/2019 Salvation Assurance and Falling Away

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Assurance of Salvation

John 5:24

24 Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has

eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life.

John 6:35 3!

35 Then Jesus declared, I am the bread of life. "hoever comes to me will never gohungr#$ and whoever believes in me will never be thirst#. 3 !ut as I told you, youhave seen me and still you do not believe. 3" #ll those the $ather %ives me will come tome, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away.

John %&:2! 2'

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&y shee' listen to my voice( I )now them, and they follow me.2*

( give them eternallife$ and the# shall never )erish* no one will snatch them out of m# hand. 2+ &y$ather, who has %iven them to me, is %reater than all( no one can snatch them out of my$ather s hand.

+omans 5:'

+ -ince we have now been ustified by his blood, how much more shall we be savedfrom ,od-s wrath through him

+omans /:%% 0herefore$ there is now no condemnation for those who are in 1hrist Jesus$ 2

because throu%h /hrist Jesus the law of the -'irit who %ives life has set you free from thelaw of sin and death.

+omans /:35

35 "ho shall se)arate us from the love of 1hrist Shall trouble or hardshi) or)ersecution or famine or na edness or danger or sword

+omans /:3/ 3'3* $or I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither an%els nor demons, neither the

'resent nor the future, nor any 'owers, 3+ neither height nor de)th$ nor an#thing else inall creation$ will be able to se)arate us from the love of ,od that is in 1hrist Jesusour ord.


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)hesians 4:3&30 #nd do not %rieve the 1oly -'irit of od, with whom you were sealed for the day of

redem'tion.

hilli)ians %:6

being confident of this$ that he who began a good wor in #ou will carr# it on tocom)letion until the da# of 1hrist Jesus.

2 0imoth# %:%2

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That is why I am sufferin% as I am. et this is no cause for shame, because I )nowwhom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to %uard what I have entrusted tohim until that day.

2 0imoth# 2:%3

3 if we are faithless,he remains faithful,for he cannot disown himself.

)hesians %:%3 %4

3 #nd you also were included in /hrist when you heard the messa%e of truth, the %os'elof your salvation. "hen #ou believed$ #ou were mar ed in him with a seal$ the)romised 7ol# S)irit$ %4 who is a de)osit guaranteeing our inheritance until theredem)tion of those who are ,od-s )ossession8to the )raise of his glor#.

John %!:2$%22 hile I was with them, I 'rotected them and )e't them safe by that name you %ave me.

6one has been lost e7ce't the one doomed to destruction so that -cri'ture would befulfilled.

% 1orinthians %:6 /

od thus confirmin% our testimony about /hrist amon% you. " Therefore you do not lac)any s'iritual %ift as you ea%erly wait for our 8ord Jesus /hrist to be revealed. * 7e will


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also ee) #ou firm to the end$ so that #ou will be blameless on the da# of our ordJesus 1hrist.

% 0hessalonians 5:23 24$ 2

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&ay od himself, the od of 'eace, sanctify you throu%h and throu%h. 9a# #ourwhole s)irit$ soul and bod# be e)t blameless at the coming of our ord Jesus1hrist. 24 0he one who calls #ou is faithful$ and he will do it

% eter %:3 5

3 9raise be to the od and $ather of our 8ord Jesus /hrist: In his %reat mercy he has%iven us new birth into a livin% ho'e throu%h the resurrection of Jesus /hrist from thedead, 4 and into an inheritance that can never 'erish, s'oil or fade. 0his inheritance is

e)t in heaven for #ou$ 5 who through faith are shielded b# ,od-s )ower until thecoming of the salvation that is read# to be revealed in the last time.

alling Awa# assages ;

;euteronom# %% ? your od that I am %ivin% you today( 2* the curse if #oudisobe# the commands of the >+; #our ,od and turn from the wa# that (command #ou toda# b# following other gods$ which #ou have not nown.

;euteronom# 2':%/ 2&

?%/ &a)e sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe amon% you today whose heart turnsaway from the 8=>? our od to %o and worshi' the %ods of those nations( ma)e surethere is no root amon% you that 'roduces such bitter 'oison. %' "hen such a )ersonhears the words of this oath and the# invo e a blessing on themselves$ thin ing$ @(will be safe$ even though ( )ersist in going m# own wa#$ the# will bring disaster onthe watered land as well as the dr# . 2& The 8=>? will never be willin% to for%ive them(his wrath and @eal will burn a%ainst them. #ll the curses written in this boo) will fall onthem, and the 8=>? will blot out their names from under heaven.A

% 1hronicles 2/:' ' #nd you, my son -olomon, ac)nowled%e the od of your father, and serve him withwholehearted devotion and with a willin% mind, for the 8=>? searches every heart andunderstands every desire and every thou%ht. If you see) him, he will be found by you(but if #ou forsa e him$ he will reject #ou forever.?

Be iel %/:2& 24


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2& The one who sins is the one who will die. The child will not share the %uilt of the 'arent, nor will the 'arent share the %uilt of the child. The ri%hteousness of the ri%hteouswill be credited to them, and the wic)edness of the wic)ed will be char%ed a%ainst them.2% !ut if a wic)ed 'erson turns away from all the sins they have committed and )ee's

all my decrees and does what is ust and ri%ht, that 'erson will surely live( they will not

die.22

6one of the offenses they have committed will be remembered a%ainst them.!ecause of the ri%hteous thin%s they have done, they will live. 23 ?o I ta)e any 'leasure inthe death of the wic)edB declares the -overei%n 8=>?. >ather, am I not 'leased whenthey turn from their ways and liveB

24 !ut if a ri%hteous 'erson turns from their ri%hteousness and commits sin and does thesame detestable thin%s the wic)ed 'erson does, will they liveB Cone of the righteousthings that )erson has done will be remembered. Decause of the unfaithfulness the#are guilt# of and because of the sins the# have committed$ the# will die.?

9att 24:%2 %3%2 !ecause of the increase of wic)edness, the love of most will %row cold, %3 but the onewho stands firm to the end will be saved.?

u e /:%% %3

%% This is the meanin% of the 'arable; The seed is the word of od. %2 Those alon% the 'ath are the ones who hear, and then the devil comes and ta)es away the word from theirhearts, so that they may not believe and be saved. %3 0hose on the roc # ground are theones who receive the word with jo# when the# hear it$ but the# have no root. 0he#believe for a while$ but in the time of testing the# fall awa#.?

John %5:5 6 5 I am the vine( you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bearmuch fruit( a'art from me you can do nothin%. 6 (f #ou do not remain in me$ #ou areli e a branch that is thrown awa# and withers* such branches are )ic ed u)$ throwninto the fire and burned.?

Acts %4 2% 22

2% They 'reached the %os'el in that city and won a lar%e number of disci'les. Then theyreturned to 8ystra, Iconium and #ntioch, 22 stren%thenin% the disci'les and encouragingthem to remain true to the faith. @"e must go through man# hardshi)s to enter the

ingdom of ,od ,C they said.

+omans /:%2 %3

?%2 Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an obli%ation


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+omans %%:%' 2%A + ou will say then, !ranches were bro)en off so that I could be %rafted in.C 20 ranted.!ut they were bro)en off because of unbelief, and you stand by faith. ;o not be

arrogant$ but tremble.2%

or if ,od did not s)are the natural branches$ he will nots)are #ou either.?

% 1orinthians 6:! %%

! The very fact that you have lawsuits amon% you means you have been com'letelydefeated already. hy not rather be wron%edB hy not rather be cheatedB / Instead, youyourselves cheat and do wron%, and you do this to your brothers and sisters. ' =r do younot )now that wron%doers will not inherit the )in%dom of odB ;o not be deceived:Ceither the seEuall# immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have seE

with men %&

nor thieves nor the greed# nor drun ards nor slanderers nor swindlerswill inherit the ingdom of ,od. %% #nd that is what some of you were. !ut you werewashed, you were sanctified, you were ustified in the name of the 8ord Jesus /hrist and

by the -'irit of our od.

% 1orinthians ':24 2!

24 ?o you not )now that in a race all the runners run, but only one %ets the 'ri@eB >un insuch a way as to %et the 'ri@e. 25 Dveryone who com'etes in the %ames %oes into stricttrainin%. They do it to %et a crown that will not last, but we do it to %et a crown that willlast forever. 26 Therefore I do not run li)e someone runnin% aimlessly( I do not fi%ht li)e a

bo7er beatin% the air. 2! Co$ ( stri e a blow to m# bod# and ma e it m# slave so thatafter ( have )reached to others$ ( m#self will not be disFualified for the )riBe?

% 1orinthians %&:! /$ %% %2A" ?o not be idolaters, as some of them were( as it is written; The 'eo'le sat down to eatand drin) and %ot u' to indul%e in revelry.C * e should not commit se7ual immorality, assome of them did


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?3 !ut amon% you there must not be even a hint of se7ual immorality, or of any )ind ofim'urity, or of %reed, because these are im'ro'er for od s holy 'eo'le. 4 6or shouldthere be obscenity, foolish tal) or coarse o)in%, which are out of 'lace, but ratherthan)s%ivin%. 5 $or of this you can be sure; 6o immoral, im'ure or %reedy 'erson


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brought bac to re)entance. To their loss they are crucifyin% the -on of od all overa%ain and sub ectin% him to 'ublic dis%race.

7ebrews %&:26 2'26 If we deliberately )ee' on sinnin% after we have received the )nowled%e of the truth,

no sacrifice for sins is left,2!

but only a fearful e7'ectation of ud%ment and of ra%in% firethat will consume the enemies of od. 2/ #nyone who re ected the law of &oses diedwithout mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 2' 7ow much more severel#do #ou thin someone deserves to be )unished who has tram)led the Son of ,odunderfoot$ who has treated as an unhol# thing the blood of the covenant thatsanctified them$ and who has insulted the S)irit of grace

7ebrews %&:36 3'

36 Iou need to )ersevere so that when #ou have done the will of ,od$ #ou will receive

what he has )romised. 3!

$or,In ust a little while,he who is comin% will comeand will not delay.C

3* #nd,!ut my ri%hteous one will live by faith.#nd I ta)e no 'leasurein the one who shrin)s bac).C

James %:%2

%2 Dlessed is the one who )erseveres under trial because$ having stood the test , that 'erson will receive the crown of life that the 8ord has 'romised to those who love him.A

James 5:%' 2&

%' &y brothers and sisters, if one of #ou should wander from the truth and someoneshould bring that )erson bac , 2& remember this; hoever turns a sinner from the errorof their way will save them from death and cover over a multitude of sins.

2 eter 2:2& 22

2& If they have esca'ed the corru'tion of the world by )nowin% our 8ord and -avior Jesus/hrist and are a%ain entan%led in it and are overcome, they are worse off at the end thanthey were at the be%innin%. 2% (t would have been better for them not to have nownthe wa# of righteousness$ than to have nown it and then to turn their bac s on thesacred command that was )assed on to them . 22 =f them the 'roverbs are true; # do%


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returns to its vomit,C and, # sow that is washed returns to her wallowin% in the mud.C

2 eter 3:%6 %!

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Therefore, dear friends, since you have been forewarned, be on your %uard so that youma# not be carried awa# b# the error of the lawless and fall from #our secure)osition.

Jude 2& 2%

?2& !ut you, dear friends, by buildin% yourselves u' in your most holy faith and 'rayin% inthe 1oly -'irit, 2% ee) #ourselves in ,od-s love as #ou wait for the merc# of our

ord Jesus 1hrist to bring #ou to eternal life.?

+evelation 2:%& %%A 0 ?o not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will 'ut some ofyou in 'rison to test you, and you will suffer 'ersecution for ten days. De faithful$ evento the )oint of death$ and ( will give #ou life as #our victor-s crown.

hoever has ears, let them hear what the -'irit says to the churches. The one who isvictorious will not be hurt at all by the second death.A

+evelation 3:%4 %6

%4 To the an%el of the church in 8aodicea write;These are the words of the #men, the faithful and true witness, the ruler of od s

creation. 5 I )now your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were eitherone or the other: %6 So$ because #ou are lu ewarm8neither hot nor cold8( am aboutto s)it #ou out of m# mouth.

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