It’s out of the Question

I believe it’s out of the question whether If one claimed that those who are “truly saved can lose the salvation” or others claimed “once saved, always saved”. It doesn’t matter what Christians hold in his mind for as long as the person believe that “salvation is by grace through faith” then I could say that there is no problem at all which of the two is right and wrong.

Claiming what you believe is not a guarantee that you are really saved. There is a simple question but has a big relevance related to salvation that must be answer by those who say they are truly saved or once saved always saved. After you accepted, believed and confessed Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour, are you growing and really becoming children of God? A person claiming he is a child of God should clearly understand of what the Apostle John said:

“He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother. (1Jn 3:8-10)

Note: Whosoever does not do the righteousness of God is not of God and can be distinguish as the children of the devil.

What then is the righteousness of God?

My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness. (Psa 119:172)

The Ten Commandments is the righteousness of God and this then is what the Christian should seek first! (Mat 6:33)

Therefore, the guarantee that a person is really a children of God is not base solely on what he claimed but on the righteousness of God that he does. Surpassing of the Law is the righteousness of God.

The question now is, do you have the righteousness of God? Putting it in the other way:

• Do you have any grudges, hatred, wrath, bitterness toward others?
• Do you look with a lust to an opposite sex?
• Do you steal something even it is small of value?
• Do you lie and exaggerate?

If you do, then you have not sought and attained the righteousness of God and your salvation is questionable. “In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother”. (1Jn 3:10)

We must have the righteousness of God and that can be made by keeping the law not the law we heard of long ago but the law that the Lord Jesus said, “Now I tell you…”.