Can A Saved Person Ever Be Lost?
John 10:28
Let the question be
answered by the plain statements of Holy Scripture with an emphatic
"NO!" "They shall never perish!"
1. Salvation is THE WORK OF
GOD ALONE; and the work of God is DONE FOREVER (Eccles.
2. Salvation is THE GIFT OF
ETERNAL LIFE; and eternal life is ETERNAL (Rom.
3. Salvation is BY GRACE
ALONE. Works have nothing to do with it, neither good nor bad. Sin could not
keep God from bestowing his grace. And sin cannot compel God to withdraw his
grace (Eph. 2:8-9).
4. THE COVENANT OF GRACE
CANNOT BE BROKEN; and eternal security is one UNCONDITIONAL PROMISE of the
covenant (Jer. 31:3; 31-34; 32:38-40).
5. THE PURPOSE OF GOD IN
ELECTION MUST STAND; and that purpose could not stand if even one of the elect
were to perish (Rom.
6. THE BLOOD OF CHRIST
CANNOT MISCARRY OR BE SHED IN VAIN. If one redeemed sinner should perish, for
that sinner, the death of Christ would be a miscarriage,
his blood would have been shed in vain (Isa. 53:9-10).
7. THE SEAL OF THE SPIRIT
CANOT BE BROKEN (Eph.
8. CHRIST CANNOT FAIL; and
he would miserably fail in his appointed work if one whom he came to save were
to perish (Isa. 42:4; Matt.
9. The Lord our God is
IMMUTABLE. He cannot change. And if one whom he loves were to become an object
of his wrath in hell, he must cease to be God (Mal. 3:6).
10. THE JUSTICE OF GOD, once satisfied, CANNOT PUNISH ANY FOR WHOM
ATONEMENT HAS BEEN MADE (Rom.
11. GOD WILL NOT IMPUTE SIN TO HIS ELECT. Where sin is not imputed
there is no danger of perdition (
12. FAITH, SALVATION, AND ETERNAL LIFE ARE THE GIFTS OF GOD. The
gifts of God cannot be taken away (Rom.11:29).
13. CHRIST'S INTERCESSORY PRAYER MUST PREVAIL (Joh.17).
14. THE BODY OF CHRIST MUST BE COMPLETE; and it cannot be complete
if even one member has perished (Eph.1:23).
15. We are KEPT BY THE POWER OF GOD (I Pet. 1:5).
16. OUR LORD HAS PROMISED TO BRING ALL HIS ELECT TO GLORY;and he will do what he has promised(Eph.5:25-27).
Don Fortner