Question #1>> Does the Bible teach that once a person is saved that he cannot be lost?
Galatians 5:4 1 Corinthians 10 12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. 13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
Question #2>> Can one fall from grace?
Galatians 5 4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
Question #3>> Will a child of God, though a liar, have a part in heaven?
Revelation 21 8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
Question #4>> Will a child of God receive the crown of life whether he is faithful or not?
Revelation 2 10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. (KJV)
Question #5>> Won't every branch in Christ be preserved whether fruitful or not?
John 15 2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
Question #6>>Didn't the Lord refer only to man's work when he referred to burned branches?
John 15 6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
Question #7>>Has the Lord ever let his children die in disobedience?
Matthew 27 5 And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.
Question #8>>Isn't the right to the tree of life unconditional for the child of God?
Revelation 22 14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. (KJV)
Question #9>> Didn't Jesus say that Judas was a devil from the beginning?
John 6 70 Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil? 71 He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve.
NOTE: "IS" does not mean "WAS".
Had the devil always been in Judas?
John 13:27: "And after the sop Satan entered into him."
Question #10>>Since the prodigal son was still a child of his father, was he ever lost?
Luke 15 24 For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry. (KJV)
Question #11>>Since the coin still bore the inscription of the king, was it ever "lost"?
Luke 15 9 And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost. (KJV)
Question #12>>Could the stray sheep be in danger since he was still a sheep?
Luke 15 4 What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? (KJ
Question #13>>Can a sheep ever become a hog?
Acts 20 29 For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. (KJV)
NOTE: A SHEEP does not need to change into a HOG to be eaten by a WOLF! Wolves eat sheep as readily as they do swine.
Question #14>> Is it okay to teach that a child of God cannot fall from grace?
TO TEACH THAT A CHILD OF GOD CANNOT FALL FROM GRACE-- » Makes man irresponsible, destroying virtue of obedience and crime of rebellion. » Makes God's blessings unconditional; hence, universal salvation inevitable. » Makes God's warnings to his children useless, and more fancies which have no reality. » Makes the Bible contradict itself by nullifying the conditions of the crown. » Makes Calvinism triumphant and the souls of men helpless in the hands of fate. » Dfenies the Bible examples of tragic apostasy and its terrible end. » Denies the power of men to choose for themselves. » Denies the last state of the apostagte is worse than the first. » Denies a worse punishment than death for the sanctified man who turns rebel. » Denies any IMPLIED conditions in any of God's promises. » Denies any IMPLIED conditions in any of God's threats.
Question #15>>How would you describe the doctrine of "impossibility of the child of God being lost (apostasy)"?
THIS DOCTRINE-- » Is unscriptural because it contradicts the Bible. » Unreasonable, because it arrays itself against man's better judgment. » Unfair, because it would reward apostates equally with the faithful. » Unjust, for it impeaches the wisdom of heaven relative to reward according to heavenly conditions. » Useless, for if it is true, it need not be taught--people are sure for heaven anyway!
