Paul taught OSAS

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Is salvation secure ? Yes, in Christ.

Do you automatically lose your salvation the minute you sin ? Absolutely not.

God knows were we are at in him, he knows the heart, but that does not mean that you cannot lose your salvation:

Rom 8:12-13
(12) Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
(13) For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

There is a difference between genuinely struggling with a sin, but wanting out, and seeking to continue with Christ, and practicing sin, which they are not interested in serving God.

Can the heart become hardened? Yes.

And then there is genuine repentance, and repentance that is not genuine.

If ye give yourself over to sin, you will spiritually die.

God knows our struggles, and I just want to go by every part of the word of God.

 

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There is total rest in his salvation.

There is security.

But it is all because of him, and in him.

It is not about what seems to make sense to us or not, it is about him and what he says.

 

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It’s Not How You Start—It’s How You Finish

Some argue that it would be “unfair” for someone who lived righteously most of their life to be condemned if they turned away at the end, while someone who lived wickedly could be saved through last-minute repentance. But Scripture doesn’t promise fairness—it promises justice.

God is not obligated to honor a person’s past righteousness if they abandon Him. Nor does He withhold mercy from someone who turns to Him sincerely, even at the final hour.


Key Scriptures

Ezekiel 18:24“But when a righteous person turns away from his righteousness and does evil... none of the righteous things he has done will be remembered.”

Matthew 10:22“He who endures to the end will be saved.”

Luke 9:62“No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”

Luke 14:28–30“Count the cost… lest after laying the foundation, he is not able to finish.”

Revelation 2:7“To him who overcomes, I will grant to eat of the tree of life…”

Hebrews 3:14“We have become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our assurance firm until the end.”

Philippians 3:12–14Paul says he has not already attained the goal, but presses on toward it.


Theological Summary

Scenario	Human View	Divine View
Evil person repents at the end	“Unfair!”	Grace and mercy (Luke 15:7)
Righteous person turns evil at the end	“Still deserves heaven!”	Justice and accountability (Ezekiel 18:24)

ConclusionGod doesn’t grade on a curve or reward accumulated virtue. He calls for faithfulness to the end. The thief on the cross was saved because he finished in repentance. The one who turns away forfeits what they once pursued.

Life isn’t fair. But God is just.

 

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Salvation is a big word, and points to many aspects of God's salvation provision.


Joh 3:6
(6) That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

This is the beginning of our salvation, were that which is born of the Spirit (big S) is spirit (small s), to were he gives us a new heart and Spirit.

And as men we are 3 parts, body, soul and spirit.

Heb 10:39
(39) But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.

The soul is the mind, will and emotions, and makes us who we are as individuals.

Once we get a new heart and spirit, and Christ lives in these hearts and spirits, which he has separated us unto his holy purposes, there is still a work of sanctification that occurs, to were our thoughts, speech and actions are continuously changing, through renewing our minds by the word of God.

And there is the body awaiting redemption, to were we get glorified bodies at the rapture.

1Jn 5:12-13
(12) He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
(13) These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.

Tit 1:1-2
(1) Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;
(2) In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;

Eternal life, according to scripture, is both a present tense thing, and a future tense thing.

We must lay hold unto eternal life, in order to preserve the eternal life of Christ that is within us, and to experience the promise of life eternal in Heaven one day.

Salvation is a done deal, yet a continuously sanctifying thing, to were we are being continuously changed, and saved in that sense.

We are born again, that is a done deal, but in the realm of being fully changed, that aspect of God's salvation continuously happens until we go be with the Lord in Heaven.

 

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As born again Christians we have a new nature, and a sin nature.

And through Christ's sacrifice, the power of the sin nature has been broken from a Christian's life, to were he no longer has to let sin reign in his mortal body, but it takes learning how to walk by faith in order to walk in this.

Which is a process.

The sin nature, though put out of commission, is till there, and can be resurrected sort of speak.

 

[B-A-C]

The sin nature, though put out of commission, is till there, and can be resurrected sort of speak.

Eaxactly .. we can still sin if we chooses to. We are no longer controlled by sin, but we can still sin if we want to.
Just like we can return to a wicked lifestyle if we want to. We never lose the ability to choose.

Once we enter the "no free will" zone, we are back to Calvinism.

 

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We are the saved getting saved, we are the sanctified getting sanctified, and we are the glorified, that are awaiting glorified bodies.

 

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It’s Not How You Start—It’s How You Finish

Some argue that it would be “unfair” for someone who lived righteously most of their life to be condemned if they turned away at the end, while someone who lived wickedly could be saved through last-minute repentance. But Scripture doesn’t promise fairness—it promises justice.

God is not obligated to honor a person’s past righteousness if they abandon Him. Nor does He withhold mercy from someone who turns to Him sincerely, even at the final hour.


Key Scriptures

Ezekiel 18:24“But when a righteous person turns away from his righteousness and does evil... none of the righteous things he has done will be remembered.”

Matthew 10:22“He who endures to the end will be saved.”

Luke 9:62“No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”

Luke 14:28–30“Count the cost… lest after laying the foundation, he is not able to finish.”

Revelation 2:7“To him who overcomes, I will grant to eat of the tree of life…”

Hebrews 3:14“We have become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our assurance firm until the end.”

Philippians 3:12–14Paul says he has not already attained the goal, but presses on toward it.


Theological Summary

Scenario	Human View	Divine View
Evil person repents at the end	“Unfair!”	Grace and mercy (Luke 15:7)
Righteous person turns evil at the end	“Still deserves heaven!”	Justice and accountability (Ezekiel 18:24)

ConclusionGod doesn’t grade on a curve or reward accumulated virtue. He calls for faithfulness to the end. The thief on the cross was saved because he finished in repentance. The one who turns away forfeits what they once pursued.

Life isn’t fair. But God is just.

The only fair thing is God's love, grace, salvation, and justice on everyone.
The person who wastes most if not all his/her life away but to realize their mistake and repent with not much time will face God's judgment.
"Why did you waste your whole life away from me?" I highly doubt any person in all of history or future could speak in response.

The life if a Christian is MORE difficult than we think and IMO more so on other people.
It's easy to say you're going to do something as God says but so very hard to do it.