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| Bible Question: Unless
I misunderstood something in the study
entitled "Love in the Darkness" there is another
opportunity to accept Jesus as Lord during the Tribulation. Will
there be salvation for those that accept Jesus now and then reject
Him or fall back into a continual life of sin after the rapture? Bible Answer: Men and women will be able to believe in Jesus Christ during the Tribulation. This was explained in a previous question and answer. But your question focuses on the possibility of a person being able to accept Jesus again during the Tribulation after falling back into sin. There is also a previous lesson which discusses salvation after the rapture . Saved Only Once. God has made it clear that men and women are "saved" only one time. That is, if they believe Jesus died for their sins, returned to life three days later and returned to heaven, then their sins are forgiven forever. They are going to heaven. Jesus said that He will lose none of us.
Jesus says that once a man or woman comes to Him, He will lose none of us. It does not depend on us. Our salvation depends on Him. Therefore, when someone says that he or she no longer a Christian, or one's heart attitude reveals that he or she is not a Christian, it means he or she was never a Christian. Their departure from the faith only reveals they were never really a Christian.
There is a study here at the site entitled, "Saved Only Once ." You may be interested in studying it. Continual Life of Sin. Yes, it is possible for a Christian to live a life of "continual sin." This was true of the Christians in 1 Corinthians. In that letter to the church at Corinth, the apostle Paul warns them to stop sinning. When we read the letter of 1 Corinthians, we are surprised with their sin. These Christians were proud of their spiritual father (1 Cor. 1:12). Some were complaining about the apostle Paul (1 Cor. 4:1-21). One of them was having sex with his mother (1 Cor. 5:1-13). They were suing one another in the courts (1 Cor. 6:1-11). Husbands and wives were denying sex to one another and divorcing their non-Christian spouses (1 Cor. 7:1-40). Others were ignoring the spiritual sensitivities of other Christians and living as they desired (1 Cor. 8-10). Women were ignoring God's mandate about their role as wives and still others were being gluttons during communion. The last chapters are about abuses related to spiritual gifts and false doctrine about Jesus' resurrection. But the apostle called them saints or Christians. Wow! The apostle had hoped they would repent and stop, but they did not. Therefore, he wrote another letter to them. It is called 2 Corinthians, and at the end of that letter he said this to them,
Conclusion: The answer to your question is that men or women do not need to worry about losing their salvation. They are saved only one time. It is either real or it is not real. How they live life and the attitudes they have are the evidence that they are real Christians. If they are in "continual sin," there are reasons to be concerned. But we must also be careful with that last statement because none of us stop sinning completely during this life. It is an issue of degree. It is an issue of attitude about sin. The growing Christian is one who over time sins less and less. One who is a real Christian wants to please God, and to have an intimate relationship with God. A list of characteristics of growing Christians is located at a section entitled "True Christian? " |
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