I
appreciate your interest in God's Word. It
is certainly true that God wants every person who is saved to remain true to
Him forever. He promises that if we are saved Satan cannot take us from the
hand of God. (John 10:25-30). But
notice even in this text it is for those who are the sheep who hear the Lord's
voice and follow Him. What
happens if one stops hearing the Lord's voice and following Him? Do you remember Jesus telling His disciples He was sending
them to the Lost sheep of the house of Israel?
Think
of some of the text in the Bible which show the possibility one can fall after
being saved. In John 15:1-8 Jesus
described Himself as the vine and His disciples as the branches.
Every branch which did not bear fruit is cut off and cast into the fire
and burned. If we continue in His
word then are we His disciple and bring forth much fruit.
In
Galatians 5:4 Paul warned if one justified himself by the law he would fall
from grace and sever himself from Christ.
IN Galatians 6:1 He told Christians to restore those who had been
overtaken in a fault. IN James
5:19,20 We are told Brethren if any of you do err from the faith and one
convert him let him know that he who converts a sinner from the error of his
way shall save a soul from death and cover a multitude of sins. In 2 Peter 2:20-22 we are told if after one as escaped the
pollution in the world they are again entangled therein and overcome the later
state is worse than the beginning and it had been better for them never to
have known the way of righteousness than to have known the holy commandment
and turned back. IN 2 Peter
1:5-10 He told us how to keep from falling by adding the Christian graces in
our lives and then we would never fall but would have an abundant entrance
into the everlasting kingdom.
The
very fact he would say "If you do these things you will never fall."
should shout to anyone if you don't do them you will fall.
So
yes there is a possibility one can fall from grace. Now please understand if we remain faithful to the Lord and
grow in His grace there is never a need for anyone to fall from the Lord.
In I John 1:7 we are told "If we walk in the light as He is in the
light, we have we have fellowship with one another and the blood of Jesus
Christ His Son cleanses us from all our sins." Even as a devoted and
faithful child of God we sin, but the blood of Christ keeps us clean if we
stay in fellowship with Him. It
is only when we leave the Lord and stop growing in the right way that we fall
from grace.
I
hope this is helpful.
Leon Barnes