8/7/2005 ~ Can the Christian Fall from Grace? |
... No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; ... ~ 1st Corinthians 10:6-13 └─> Warning by Paul. "The devil made me do it." The devil entices us, we choose. ... you have fallen from grace. ~ Galatians 5:4 └─> Disregarded Jesus and tried to apply the Law of Moses. ... and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. ... ~ Galatians 5:1 └─> Suggests that one can fall away from a time in the grace of Jesus. ┌─> Warns that we could depart. ... an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God; ... ~ Hebrews 3:12-15 Clearly, once saved is not nescessarily "always" saved. ┌─> Be aware of the devil. ... the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. ~ 1st Peter 5:8 ... and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins. ... ~ 2nd Peter 1:1-10 1 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? ... ~ 1st Corinthians 6:9-16 2 ... those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. ~ Galatians 5:15-21 3 ... has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. ... ~ Ephesians 5:5-7 4 You have become estranged from Christ, ... ~ Galatians 5:4 ~ Do not have an evil argumentative heart. ... he who turns a sinner from error of his way will save a soul from death ... ~ James 5:19-20 ... beware lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, ... ~ 2nd Peter 3:17-18 For some have already turned aside after Satan. ~ 1st Timothy 5:15 They have forsaken the right way and gone astray, ... ~ 2nd Peter 2:15 ... and that cannot cease from sin, enticing unstable souls. ... ~ 2nd Peter 2:9-15 ┌─> We can fall into condemnation. ... lest you fall into judgment. ~ James 5:12 ... in the latter times some will depart from the faith, ... ~ 1st Timothy 4:1-3 ┌─> What we need to do not to fall away. ... and are not moved away from hope of the gospel which you heard, ... ~ Colossians 1:21-23 Do we move away from the hope of the gospel: eternal life? ... unless you believed in vain. ... ~ 1st Corinthians 15:1-3 Some believe in vain. ... he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. ~ 1st Timothy 5:8 "... I will vomit you out of my mouth." ~ Revelation 3:15-16 "... But if anyone draws back, My soul has no pleasure in him." ... ~ Hebrews 10:35-39 ... Who hindered you from obeying the truth? ~ Galatians 5:4-7 If you do not obey the truth, Have you fallen from grace? ... made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), ... ~ Ephesians 2:4-5 ... he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, ... ~ John 3:36 One cannot just believe in “part” of what Jesus says. It is an all or nothing, no in-betweens. We can be saved by grace, but we can fall from grace. For we were saved in this hope, ... ~ Romans 8:24 └─> Saved by unstoppable hope. ┌─> We can be moved away from hope. ... of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and blameless, ... ~ Colossians 1:21-23 For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared ... ~ Titus 2:11 We can be saved by the grace of God! ... lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. ~ Hebrews 3:12-13 ... Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, ... ~ 1st Timothy 1:15 ... and insulted the Spirit of grace? ~ Hebrews 10:29 ... but according to His mercy He saved us, ... ~ Titus 3:5 We can be saved by the spirit! "And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." ~ John 8:32 Bottom line, Christians can fall from grace. |
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