Once saved, always saved!
Matt 7:21-23
"Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who
does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not
prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?' 23 And then I
will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!'
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1 John 2:4-6
The man who says, "I know him," but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is
not in him. 5 But if anyone obeys his word, God's love is truly made complete in him. This is how we know
we are in him: 6 Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did.
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Rom 11:22
Consider therefore the kindness and sternness of God: sternness to those who fell, but kindness
to you, provided that you continue in his kindness. Otherwise, you also will be cut off.
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1 Cor 6:9-10
Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral
nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders 10 nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor
swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
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Matt 24:13
But he who endures to the end shall be saved.
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James 4:4
Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God?
Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
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1 Cor 15:1-2
Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which
also you received and in which you stand, 2 by which also you are saved, if
you hold fast that word which I preached to you--unless you believed in
vain.
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1 Cor 10:5-12
But with most of them God was not well pleased, for their bodies were scattered
in the wilderness. 6 Now these things became our examples, to the intent that we
should not lust after evil things as they also lusted. 7 And do not become
idolaters as were some of them. As it is written, "The people sat down to eat
and drink, and rose up to play." 8 Nor let us commit sexual immorality, as some
of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand fell; 9 nor let us tempt
Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed by serpents; 10 nor
complain, as some of them also complained, and were destroyed by the destroyer.
11 Now all these things happened to them as examples, and they were written for
our admonition, on whom the ends of the ages have come. 12 Therefore let him who
thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.
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The word says that no one can snatch us out of God's hand. Amen. But that does not mean that we cannot "leave" him. Too many people confess Jesus as savior but continue in their old ways. Sexual sin, greed, Pride, arrogance, these are all things that we ALL need to deal with. The problem is, some of us end up not dealing with them. Granted, new believers need time to learn. But what about those have been believers for ten years? When I go before the Lord, I do not want to be called a "Lukewarm" Christian!