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The Heretical ‘Once Saved, Always Saved’ Doctrine

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Loved ones, though very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I felt it necessary to write to you urging you to continue to contend for the faith that was once for all handed down to the kedoshim [holy ones]. For certain people have secretly slipped in—those who from long ago have been marked out for this judgment. They are ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into indecency and deny our only Master and Lord, Yeshua the Messiah.

Now I wish to remind you—though you have come to know all things—that the Lord, once having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe. ~ Jude verses 3-5

‘Christians who celebrate Halloween, Christmas, Easter, and all the other major pagan holidays that have crept into Catholic and Protestant Churches should study all the Bible verses that prove the ‘once saved, always saved’ doctrine is heresy. Nowhere in the Bible does anyone teach the ‘once saved, always saved’ doctrine. This heretical doctrine is the lie Christians use to assure themselves that their eternal security is guaranteed regardless of the sins they continue to commit – like celebrating secular holidays that are rooted in pagan traditions.

The Scripture that is most commonly quoted to support the false doctrine of ‘once saved, always saved’ is John 10:28, which is as follows: “I give them eternal life! They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of My hand.” On the surface, this verse might seem like Yeshua is saying that once we are saved we will always be saved – especially since there is no one who can snatch any believers in Yeshua out of His Hand. However, the uncomfortable truth is that we can let go of His Hand and, as a result, live outside of Him – no longer abide in Him. It is written:

If anyone does not abide in Me, he is thrown away like a branch and is dried up. Such branches are picked up and thrown into the fire and burned. ~ John 15:6

If we can never lose our salvation, then why did Yeshua emphasize how important it is to maintain an abiding faith – an enduring, steadfast, unchanging faith – in Him so that we could avoid becoming branches that have dried up and, thus, must be cut off the Vine? Likewise, if we can never lose our salvation, then why did Paul warn the Roman non-Jewish believers in Yeshua (see Romans 11:17-22) that they, like the chosen but unfaithful Jewish people whom YeHoVaH once saved when He brought them out of Egypt, can be chopped off the Olive tree if they, too, become unfaithful?

The New Testament’s lost souls who are saved by Grace through faith must understand that their salvation is NOT unconditional. Believers in Yeshua must fulfill all the conditions of salvation in order to completely receive the promise of salvation. This truth is why Paul not only tells the Colossian believers in Yeshua that they must continue in the faith (Colossians 1:23) but also reminds the Philippian believers in Yeshua that they need to work out their salvation (Philippians 2:12). Additionally, Jude expresses the same truth. He emphasizes that maintaining the faith YeHoVaH gave lost souls so that they could be saved by His Grace (Yeshua) is HARD WORK, and that is why Jude urges saved believers to continue to CONTEND for the faith (Jude 3, 5).

If we need to continually fight for or struggle to keep our faith AFTER we are saved, then it is possible that, if we lose our faith, we can also lose our salvation. No doubt, the possibility of losing our salvation after our faith is gone is why Paul tells Timothy to “… fight the good fight, holding onto faith and a good conscience. By rejecting these, some have suffered shipwreck regarding their faith” (1 Timothy 1:18-19). Without a doubt, Paul is not teaching the ‘once saved, always saved’ doctrine.

Why would Paul, Jude, and Yeshua stress in the Bible the importance of faithful endurance if the believers who did not endure to the end – did not continually fight to keep their faith – would be saved anyway? The bottom line is that no one who is saved by Grace through faith will receive the promise of salvation if he or she hasn’t held on to the faith he or she was first given.

While this blog article doesn’t deal with every Bible verse that proves ‘once saved, always saved’ is a heretical doctrine, enough Bible verses have been mentioned to let the discerning believer know said doctrine isn’t biblical. From Yeshua’s day until today, there have been many saved souls that have fallen away from the faith, and it is prophesied that many saved souls in the end times will also fall away from the faith – will become apostates. That Divine Truth is why Yeshua commands His Followers, then and now, to stay alert – to stay awake, spiritually speaking. That Divine Truth is also why Paul urges Yeshua’s Followers to continually work out their salvation so that they might avoid being lulled into a false sense of security – the belief that they will always be saved – and end up putting their salvation in jeopardy.  

A word to the wise should be sufficient. Amen!

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Apostasy Is Not Recognized By Most Believers

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Posted by Rev. Nadine Drayton-Keen in Bible Prophecy

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Prophesied Apostasy

Now, friends, read these next words carefully. Slow down and don’t go jumping to conclusions regarding the day when our Master, Jesus Christ, will come back and we assemble to welcome him. Don’t let anyone shake you up or get you excited over some breathless report or rumored letter from me that the day of the Master’s arrival has come and gone. Don’t fall for any line like that. Before that day comes, a couple of things have to happen. First, the Apostasy. Second, the debut of the Anarchist, a real dog of Satan. He’ll defy and then take over every so-called god or altar. Having cleared away the opposition, he’ll then set himself up in God’s Temple as ‘God Almighty.’ Don’t you remember me going over all this in detail when I was with you? Are your memories that short? (2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, The Message)

In 2 Thessalonians 2:3, the Apostle Paul declares that Jesus the Christ’s bodily return will not happen before there is a great falling away from God’s Truth. After this grand apostasy is achieved, then and only then will the true identity of the Antichrist (the Anarchist, man of sin, son of perdition, man of lawlessness) be revealed. Furthermore, once the Antichrist is revealed, then people literally will be able to count the days until Jesus the Christ returns to earth.

Despite the aforementioned biblical truths, and even though the Word of God is very clear, believers worldwide still declare that they know, right now, who the Antichrist is. It is a shame that these believers are wasting their time looking for the Antichrist instead of using their time to look for the prophesied apostasy—the great falling away from God’s Truth—which, according to God’s Word, MUST happen before the rise of the Antichrist!

For sure, apostasy, in its varying degrees, is everywhere today. Moreover, if the survey results in Cathy Lynn Grossman’s USA Today article are any indication, then without a doubt apostasy sure enough is in today’s churches and local communities; however, the problem is that too many believers just cannot recognize this insidious threat. Perhaps, this inability to identify apostasy is why so many believers are shocked by what Grossman reports in her “Survey: 72% of Millennials ‘more spiritual than religious.’” Grossman writes:


Even among those in the survey who ‘believe they will go to heaven because they have accepted Jesus Christ as savior’:

•68% did not mention faith, religion or spirituality when asked what was ‘really important in life.’

•50% do not attend church at least weekly.

•36% rarely or never read the Bible.


What is frightening is that 72% of these surveyed Christians who are between 18 and 29 years old still claim that they are “spiritual,” whatever that means. The truth is how one believer defines “spiritual” doesn’t mean every believer will define “spiritual” the same way. Therefore, without knowing the difference between God’s Truth and the lies fostered by the heretical doctrines of inclusiveness, moral relativism, and/or secularism, today’s believers will never know to what extent they have been spiritually deceived—never know to what extent they are agreeing or disagreeing with God’s absolute Truth.

Once again, since apostasy, in its varying degrees, is ubiquitous, it is essential for every believer to know with certainty whether or not he or she either is holding steadfast to the Truth that is in God’s Word or is falling away from that Truth. The Holy Bible is clear. The great apostasy will happen before the Rapture, before the start of the Tribulation Period, and before the rise of the Antichrist. Therefore, instead of looking for the Antichrist, believers should be looking for the apostate signs! These apostate signs are EVERYWHERE!

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