Can You Lose Your Salvation?

The answer is simply, no. Though some Scripture would seem to back up the Armenian view, a more in-depth look at Scripture, systematically, proves the Doctrine of the Perseverance of the Saints. This is an outline of a recent message I taught our students. Please know that no part of my message attacked those who come to a different conclusion. But, please know that I go to sleep like a Calvinists, resting in peace knowing God will work it all out despite how good or bad I might be. My future totally and exhaustively rest in the redemptive work of Jesus, ALONE!

Ephesians 2:8-10
”For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.”


I. The Other Side (Armenian “Free Will”)
• Hebrews 6:4-6
• 1 Corinthians 9:27

II. The Perseverance of the Saints (Eternal Security, Once Saved Always Saved)
• This doctrine teaches that if you have saving faith you will never lose it, and if you lose it, you never had it.
• 1 John 2:19

III. A False Pretense
• A person may be converted to the program, church, or practices of a church without being converted to Christ.
• Cool Church (Emergent Church)

IV. Parable of the Sower
• Luke 8:5-8
• Good ground/soil (It all depends on the regenerate work of God’s Spirit)

V. God Sustains the Believer
• The Doctrine of Perseverance of the Saints does not rest on our ability to persevere. It rest on the promise of God to preserve us.
• Philippians 1:6

VI. The Doctrine of Election coincides with the Doctrine of the Perseverance of the Saints
• Predestination
• Romans 8:30

VII. Why Do I Need to Know This?
• Some Preachers use doctrines that teach you can lose your salvation every time you sin in order to control their congregation. The Bible just does not teach this doctrine.
• Those who have truly been born again will portray a redemptive work of Jesus Christ.
• So you can be free of relying on yourself to get to heaven.
• Knowing that your salvation rest in God preserving you, increases your willingness and confidence in evangelism.