toldailytopic: What type, or how many sins does it take to lose ones salvation?

[Nathon Detroit]

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[TomO]

Trick question. lain:

 

[Nathon Detroit]

Trick question. lain:

Well then... give me a trick answer.

 

[Sherman]

One--Rejecting Jesus.

 

[greatdivide46]

One--Rejecting Jesus.

Exactly what I would have said!

 

[Spitfire]

What kinds? All those that, according to Jesus' and Paul's warnings, exclude us from Heaven. It's not a matter of how many. Just one represents contempt for God and what God wants, and therefore the aforementioned rejection of Jesus.

Which is why those who believe that repentance is necessary believe that is necessary to be completely sorry for all of one's sins, not just a certain kind or sufficient number of them (though one may be inclined to feel more sorry for some than others, it is necessary to at least acknowledge one's wrongdoing and need for God's mercy and forgiveness in all of them, even those that don't seem so bad to us for whatever reason.)

 

[steko]

Is that 'lose', as in 'misplace'?

 

[Son of Jack]

Nothing can separate us from His love in Christ Jesus. Romans 8:38-39

 

[steko]

Does 'salvation' mean 'everlasting life'?

 

[Spitfire]

Run for your lives! Steko's account has been hacked by Joey Arnold!

 

[genuineoriginal]

toldailytopic: What type, or how many sins does it take to lose ones salvation?

Believers are waiting for salvation to come.
All it takes to lose ones salvation is to turn your back on salvation and walk away.

Romans 13:11 And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.​

 

[genuineoriginal]

Nothing can separate us from His love in Christ Jesus. Romans 8:38-39

An alternate understanding of the passage is that Paul won't allow anything to separate him from his love of God. See also Habakkuk 3:17-18

 

[ghost]

There is no such thing as losing salvation.

 

[bybee]

There is no such thing as losing salvation.

That would be like Jesus letting go of Himself.

 

[Stripe]

One--Rejecting Jesus.

This is a faithful saying: For if we died with Him, We shall also live with Him. If we endure, We shall also reign with Him. If we deny Him, He also will deny us. If we are faithless, He remains faithful; He cannot deny Himself.

 

[Nick M]

You can't lose salvation. That goes against the meaning of the word "saved".

 

[Nathon Detroit]

One--Rejecting Jesus.

Exactly what I would have said!

All it takes to lose ones salvation is to turn your back on salvation and walk away.

What would constitute rejecting Jesus or walking away from Jesus?

 

[chatmaggot]

You can't lose salvation. That goes against the meaning of the word "saved".

Can someone "give up" or "forefeit" their salvation? Such as Dan Barker.

 

[ghost]

Can someone "give up" or "forefeit" their salvation? Such as Dan Barker.

No.

 

[chatmaggot]

No.

Does God want individuals living eternity with Him that don't want to be there?