[The previous post had excerpts from the book of Hebrews, which indicated that a believer's salvation might be lost.]
Other passages, in other New Testament books, that may also be taken as
supporting the possibility that a believer can lose salvation:
Matthew 24:10 Then many will stumble, and will deliver up
one another, and will hate one another. 11 Many false prophets will arise, and
will lead many astray. 12 Because iniquity will be multiplied, the love of many
will grow cold. 13 But he who endures to
the end, the same will be saved.
(This implies that there will be those who do not endure to
the end.)
Romans 2:5b God; 6 who “will pay back to everyone according
to their works:” 7 to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory,
honor, and incorruptibility, eternal life; 8 but to those who are self-seeking, and don’t obey the truth, but obey
unrighteousness, will be wrath and indignation
Romans 11:22 See then the goodness and severity of God. Toward those who fell, severity; but
toward you, goodness, if you continue in his goodness; otherwise you also will
be cut off.
1 Corinthians 9:25 Every man who strives in the games
exercises self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible
crown, but we an incorruptible. 26 I therefore run like that, as not
uncertainly. I fight like that, as not beating the air, 27 but I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means,
after I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.
1 Corinthians 10:1 Now I would not have you ignorant, brothers,
that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; 2
and were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea; 3 and all ate the
same spiritual food; 4 and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank
of a spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ. 5 However with
most of them, God was not well pleased, for they were overthrown in the
wilderness. 6 Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not
lust after evil things, as they also lusted. 7 Don’t be idolaters, as some of
them were. As it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up
to play.” 8 Let us not commit sexual immorality, as some of them committed, and
in one day twenty-three thousand fell. 9 Let us not test the Lord, as some of
them tested, and perished by the serpents. 10 Don’t grumble, as some of them
also grumbled, and perished by the destroyer. 11 Now all these things happened
to them by way of example, and they were written for our admonition, on whom
the ends of the ages have come. 12 Therefore
let him who thinks he stands be careful that he doesn’t fall.
Galatians 5:4 You are alienated from Christ, you who desire
to be justified by the law. You have fallen away from grace.
Colossians 1:22 yet now he has reconciled in the body of his
flesh through death, to present you holy and without defect and blameless
before him, 23 if it is so that you
continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the
hope of the Good News which you heard, which is being proclaimed in all
creation under heaven; of which I, Paul, was made a servant. (Note the
"if." This is one of the verses used in the Southern Baptist
document!)
2 Peter 2:20 For if, after they have escaped the defilement
of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they
are again entangled in it and overcome, the last state has become worse for
them than the first. 21 For it would be
better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after knowing
it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.
Revelation 2:26 He
who overcomes, and he who keeps my works to the end, to him I will give
authority over the nations. 27 He will rule them with a rod of iron, shattering
them like clay pots; as I also have received of my Father: 28 and I will give
him the morning star.
Revelation 3:2 Wake up, and keep the things that remain,
which you were about to throw away, for I have found no works of yours
perfected before my God. 3 Remember
therefore how you have received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If therefore
you won’t watch, I will come as a thief, and you won’t know what hour I will
come upon you.
The above material is an excerpt from my self-published e-book, Does the Bible Really Say That?, which may be obtained free of charge, or purchased from Amazon for $0.99, which is the lowest price Amazon lets an author set. Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, which is in the public domain.
The previous post in this series, on the topic of whether a redeemed person can lose their salvation, is here. God willing, the next post in this series will consider the same topic. Thanks for reading.
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