CAN A BORN-AGAIN CHRISTIAN LOSE HIS/HER SALVATION?

I agree with the many: Salvation is a gift from God that is given to whomever believes in Jesus Christ, by grace, through faith! And if it a gift, it can't be taken away.

Believing in Jesus gives you the authority to become God's child ("12Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God" - John 1:12) and co-heir with Christ. And nothing will ever change that.

Paul writes it in these terms to the Romans:

"38For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 8:38-39)

Some people who truly repent of their sin and receive Jesus as their Savior and Lord fall into sin and then feel that they must be saved all over again. This is not the case. The Bible says, "My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have one who speaks to the Father in our defense—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One" (1 John 2:1). Also, "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness" (1 John 1:9).

Christian conversion is the transformation which we experience when we are born of God. Since one is not born over and over again, we must think of Christian development in two phases: birth and growth. A child, for example, is born once. True, he falls down many times, but when he falls he doesn't need to be born again. His falls, his bumps and bruises are all part of growing. So it is in the Christian life. Birth is sudden, once and for all, but development is the work of an entire lifetime. We can be converted in a moment: the precise moment that we accept Christ. But it takes a lot of prayer, Bible reading, church-going, and Christian service to make a mature Christian.

I do not believe that salvation can ever be lost. If you have truly made a commitment to God, believed that Jesus is the Son of God, repented of your sins, and wanted Jesus to give you salvation than that salvation can never be taken away from you. Titus 3:5-7 says: "(He) saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life." Also, I John 5:11-12 says: "And this the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life." If God has given you this life and promised you that it is yours forever; and He then took it away from you wouldn't that make God a liar and a fraud? God has made a promise and you can stand on that promise because He is God and cannot lie.

Good Question... ive heard arguments on both sides... that Once God puts his spirit in a person its a done deal, otherwise we are doubting Gods power..

the other side is that verses like that of above, that say watch yourself.

I personally believe that if a person is TRULY born again, then they cannot lose their salvation. Now what does truly born again mean?

Speak in tongues? Has the holy spirit in them? believes in Jesus with all their heart? sins but trys everyday to be more like jesus?

that is the question... I believe that the last question is one of the main ones...

hope that helps

Nobody can say for sure. It's one of the most debated subjects in Christianity. Some say it takes a moment to be saved and a lifetime to walk away from your Salvation. Some say you can't in any circumstances lose your salvation. I'm not sure.

If they really had salvation in the first place they will eventually turn from their error, but one can sin to the point of losing fellowship with the Father. Paul is telling them to wake up, and stop being carnal.

No one comes to the father unless he or she is drawn by Him. We are called to do good works i.e. to OBEY the Gospel. By believing in Jesus we are saved from our lost condition and brought back to the same state of holiness that Adam was in before his fall. All our past sins including the Adams sin is at that point forgiven.

From then on we are expected to walk in the Spirit and produce fruit (Gal.5:16-23). If we fail to do so i.e. fail to keep His commands (John 14:15), we will most certainly be cast off (John 15:2), This does not mean to say my good works rather than grace alone saves me. Without Christ dying for us, nothing would have saved us from the damnation of sin.

But you cannot go on sinning as before in the hope to enter heaven simply because at some point in your life you had expressed a faith in Jesus. That is utterly self-deceiving. FAITH without good works is completely dead, The demons fear God and tremble at His name but will not be saved (Enoch 15; James 2:17).

If you believe in Jesus but have fallen back into sin, you must repent i.e. depart from sin and rededicate yourself to obeying his commands following confessions OR You will most definitely NOT enter heaven.

" If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just, and will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us (1 John 1:8-10).

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No he cannot. All those God has given to Jesus, Jesus will not let them go. If we could lose our salvation, it shows that our God is not be all-powerful and all-knowing and that will not be true.

No, According to John:

John 10:27-29 (New King James Version)

27 My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. 28 And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand.

Yes...Judas was chosen by Jesus throguht the HS...and he loose his salvation

If never ...then Judas is in heaven....he betrayed Jesus and his punishment is ..heaven...

the angel....that become Satan ....was a good being during many times ...approved by God...but later he turn against God....