Checks to Unconditional Covenants 2

Checks to Unconditional Covenants 2

Checkmarks Supporting Conditional Covenants

• In the first session we saw that there would come a time when Christians would not endure sound doctrine

Sound Doctrine Should Endure

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• Without grace not a single person could be saved. The grace of God is the complete plan of redemption secured for all mankind by God’s only begotten son JESUS.

Grace Is What Saves Lost Mankind

Click icon to add picture • Ephesians 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

• Redemption is already secured for all mankind• Hebrews 2:9 But we see Jesus, who was made a

little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.

Full Inheritance Secured

Click icon to add picture • Hebrews 9:12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.

• Nevertheless, this does not mean individual salvation is unconditionally secured for all mankind.

Secured but Not Enjoyed


• Luke 14:26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

God’s Conditions

Click icon to add picture • Mankind only possess salvation by meeting God’s conditions

• Lost mankind must receive Jesus Christ as saviour and be faithful to him as Lord in order to inherit the Kingdom of God.

• John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in the him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Twofold Condition of Salvation

Click icon to add picture • Romans 10:9-10 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

• You commit a serious error by ignoring Scriptures that do not support the fable that it is impossible for a saved person to turn away from God

• Let us consider every Word of God• Luke 4:4 And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That

man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.

When You Ignore Scriptures

Click icon to add picture • Revelation 1:2 Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.

• Ephesians 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

Faith Does the Receiving

Click icon to add picture • Grace alone will not save any lost sinner

• 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

GOD’S WILL WOULD HAVE ALL MEN SAVED


• Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

BUT EVERY MAN WILL NOT BE SAVED

Click icon to add picture • To be saved mankind must individually receive God’s grace by FAITH

• John 1:9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

ALL MANKIND HAS A CONSCIENCE


• Romans 12:3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.

ALL MANKIND HAS THE MEASURE OF FAITH


• Ephesians 4:7 But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

ALL MANKIND GIVEN GRACE ACCORDING TO THE

MEASURE


• We cannot save ourselves by good works or by good intentions• The Scriptures teachers that good works cannot save us, we

cannot even offer our own sacrifice for sins• It is up to us to exercise the faith given to us• Ephesians 2:8-9 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that

not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.

MAN CANNOT SAVE HIMSELF


• That man must receive that gift by faith• God’s grace is sufficient to save

everyone, but God will not save the unbelieving nor the unrepentant

Salvation is a free gift


• The Scriptures definitely teach that it is possible for a person who has faith to lapse into unbelief and be lost again.

A Believer Can Lose His Faith

Click icon to add picture • Rather than just jump to conclusions and preset “revelation” ideas consider the Scriptures carefully, prayerfully and thoroughly.

• John 10:27-29 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: 28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. 29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.

God Has Promised to Keep the Sheep Who Hear and Follow

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• The condition above is that my sheep hear my voice and they follow me but there is no promise in the Bible stating that God will keep those who will not listen, will not follow and will rebel against God’s Word.

Lapse into Unbelief and Be Lost Again

Click icon to add picture • The bible definitely teaches that it is possible for a person who has faith to lapse into unbelief and be lost again

• People like to say, “if a person is truly saved in every case he will hear and follow.”

• That may be a nice sentiment but it frankly is not biblical.

IT IS NOT A BIBLE TRUTH

Click icon to add picture • It is no reproach on the LORD if a person constantly refuses the Council of the Holy Spirit and become so involved with sin that faith is “cast off.”

• 1 Timothy 5:12 Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith.

CAN FAITH BE CAST OFF?


• 2 Peter 2:20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.

AGAIN ENTANGLED AND OVERCOME


• The word of God warns that faith can be wrecked

• 1 Timothy 1:19 Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck:

BACKSLIDING IS THE ROAD TO APOSTASY


• Here is a list of Scriptures that show categorically that are born again believer can lose faith even after they have received the grace of God through faith. Seeing that the grace of God is received through faith it then follows that if you fall away from faith that you are not able to receive the grace of God whether you deserve it or not.

Scriptures That Prove It Is Possible to Lose Faith


• Luke 8:13 They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.

FALL AWAY


• 1 Corinthians 8:11 And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died?

DESTROY ANOTHER’S FAITH


• 2 Timothy 2:18 Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some.

FAITH CAN BE OVERTHROWN


• 1 Timothy 6:10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

YOU CAN ERR FROM FAITH


• 1 Timothy 1:19 Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck:

FAITH CAN BE PUT AWAY


• 1 Timothy 5:11-13 But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry; 12 Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith. 13 And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.

FAITH CAN BE CAST OFF


• 1 Timothy 4:1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

FAITH CAN BE DEPARTED FROM


• 2 Peter 2:1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.

FALSE DOCTRINE CAN DESTROY FAITH


• 2 Peter 2:20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.

OVERCOME AND LEFT IN A WORSE PLACE


• 1 Timothy 5:8 But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

ACTIONS CAN DENY FAITH


• James 2:18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.

FAITH IS ESTABLISHED BY WORKS


• 2 Corinthians 13:5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?

BACKSLIDING IS THE ROAD TO REPROBATION


• if faith is lost then the grace of God is to no avail as far as we are concerned.

Can You Lose Your Faith? Obviously

Click icon to add picture • Ephesians 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

• the Scriptures Have Shown Us That It Is Possible to Lose Faith

This Is the End of Part Two

Click icon to add picture • Next Time We Will See How Jesus Taught Faithfulness (Part Three)


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