"Perseverance of the Saints"

(or "eternal security" or "once saved always saved")


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Scriptural refutation of "eternal security"

36 Bible texts that refute "eternal security"

Bible Text

Description of believer:

Description Of Sin

Description After

 

 

 

 

Ezek 3:20; 18:24-26

Righteous

turns away, commits iniquity

die in sin

Mt 25:1-13

took lamps and went to meet Christ

5 were foolish

"I do not know you"

Mt 25:14-30

Christ's own slaves

hid talent

wicked lazy, cast into outer darkness, weep & gnash

Lk 8:13

receive word with joy, believe

temptation, persecution

fall away

Lk 9:62

put hands to plow of kingdom

looked back to former life

not fit for kingdom

Lk 12:42-48

steward in charge of Christ's servants

beat slaves, drunkenness

cut in pieces, assign with unbelievers

Jn 15:1-6

branches

does not abide

thrown away, dried up, burnt

Ax 4:32;5:1-11

of those who believed

lied to Holy Spirit

God struck dead

Ax 8:9-24

Simon the sorcerer believed, baptized, received HS

offered money

heart not right, wickedness, gall of bitterness, bond of iniquity

Ax 20:17,28-30

elders, shepherds of church

false doctrine

drawn away

Rom 11:13-23

wild olive, grafted in v17, stand by faith V20

unbelief, not continue V20,22

not spared, cut off V21-22

1 Cor 9:26-27

Apostle Paul, preached to others

body not slave

Paul disqualified

1 Cor 10:1-12

standing (feel they are saved) V12

immorality, crave evil, grumble,

fall V12

Gal 2:11-14

Apostle Peter

false doctrine, hypocrisy

Literal Greek "stood condemned" V11

Gal 5:4

severed & fallen indicates previously joined and standing

seeking to keep OT

severed from Christ, fallen from grace

Gal 6:1

restore indicates once saved

caught in trespass

needed to be restored

1 Ti 1:18-20

Hymenaeus, Alexander: shipwreck indicates they once sailed good.

rejected faith and good conscience, blasphemed

their personal faith shipwrecked, delivered to Satan

1 Ti 4:1

fall away indicates once saved

false doctrine

fall away from faith

1 Ti 5:8

passage addressed to Christians

doesn't provide for family

denied faith, worse than unbeliever

1 Ti 6:10

passage addressed to Christians

love of money

wandered from faith, pierced selves with pangs

2 Ti 2:16-18

Hymenaeus and Philetus: gone astray indicates once correct

False doctrine: resurrection past

gone astray, upset other's faith as well

Heb 3:12

brethren

evil, unbelieving

fall away from God

Heb 4:1-2,11

brethren, addressed to Christians

unbelief, disobey

short of God's rest, fall

Heb 6:4-8

once enlightened, tasted heavenly gift, partakers of HS, Bible & powers to come, renew indicates restore to former cleanness

Sin

fallen away, can't renew, crucified Christ again and put in open shame

Heb 10:26-31

received knowledge of truth. no longer remains indicates they once had forgiveness

sinning willfully

no forgiveness of sin, fearful judgment

Heb 10:38-39

God's righteous, Christians

shrinks back

God has no pleasure in him, destruction

Jas 5:19-20

brethren, Christians

strays from truth, sin

soul will die in sins, sinner

1 Pe 5:8

Christians

Sin

devoured by devil

2 Pe 2:1

Christians, "among you" had been bought by Christ

false prophets

swift destruction

2 Pe 2:20-22

escaped defilements of world by Christ, entangled again, returns to mire indicates they were once untangled and clean, known way of righteousness, had washed

entangled, overcome, turned away, returns to vomit/mire

last state worse than first, better they never had became Christians

2 Pe 3:17

beloved, Christians

carried away,

fall from own steadfastness

2 Jn 8-9

Christians, have accomplished

not abide in doctrine, false doctrine

lose, no reward doesn't have God

Rev 2:4-5

Christians in Ephesus

left first love

fallen, lampstand removed

Rev 3:5

Christians in Sardis

deeds incomplete

are dead

Rev 3:16-17

Christians in Laodicea

lukewarmness

spit out of Christ's mouth

 

 

 

 

Topical organization of scriptures that refute "Eternal Security"

1 Parable of the Sower

2 Fallen from grace passage:

3 Pruning passages:

4 Hebrews Passages:

5 Doctrinal Apostasy passages:

6 Moral Apostasy passages:

7 Revelation passages:

8 Old Testament passages

Other scriptural arguments that refute "Eternal Security"

A. The fact the Bible exhorts to faithfulness proves one can be lost

  1. be steadfast immovable: 1 Cor 15:58
  2. If these qualities are yours...2 Pe 1:5-11
  3. we will reap if we do not grow weary: Gal 6:9
  4. be faithful unto death and I will give crown of life: Rev 2:10
  5. practice these things and God will be with you: Phil 4:9

B. Man has a free will: Josh 24:15 to argue otherwise is inconsistent with the text.

C. The Bible clearly prophesied some would fall away: Acts 20:28; 1 Ti 4:1

D. Christians are to restore the fallen: Gal 6:1; James 5:19-20

 

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