There is much to be said about salvation and whether you can lose it.
The bigger issue, is this is all dependent on whether you are actually a ‘Christian’ to begin with, and many people who stand in Church’s, are not.
Matthew 7:14
But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.
These ‘few’ people, are not all those standing in a Church, or all those claiming to be a teacher of God’s Word.
Matthew 7:15
Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
The analogy ‘you are no more a Christian because you stand in a Church, than you are a car if you stand in a garage’, is a poor one, because a person can never become a car, but a person can become a Christian.
But, it is true that many who stand in Church’s and in leadership of Church’s, are not in Christ, but under the domain of Satan.
The way to know if someone is in Christ, is are they in obedience to God’s will?
Christians are not perfect, but their hearts will be to sin less.
Red flags I have seen are;
* Do they keep sinning in planned ways over periods of time, yes?
* Do they repent when their sins are exposed, no?
* Do they have genuine remorse for sins that have hurt another, no?
* Are their sins abusive, yes?
* Do they lie and attack the person a person who exposes them, yes?
These are examples of behaviours that show someone is not a Christian, but is under Satan’s domain Continue reading →
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