Once saved Always saved?
Once saved Always saved? A rather hot button issue that Christians hold when it comes to soteriology is the doctrine known as “eternal security” or “once saved always saved.” Key positions include: 1. Eternal Security ("Once Saved, Always Saved") View: Calvinism holds to the belief that salvation is eternal, a once and for all work of God’s mercy, the minute that a person trusts in Jesus Christ. Those people who stake their argument on this side of the fence assert that once an individual experiences the grace, nothing can bar him from fellowship with God. Scriptural Basis : Scriptures associated with this belief are: John 10:28-29 ‘This is life eternal, that they may know thee, the only true God, and him whom thou hast sent Jesus Christ whom thou hast anointed. I have built thee Andrew and Simon Peter and Philip; he who hath seen me hath seen the father; I give them eternal life and they shall never perish; no one shall snatch them out of my hand.’ My Father that