THOUGHTS ON ETERNAL SECURITY

Someone asked:

 

"Ever heard of eternal security of the believer? What do you think about it?"

 

My response:

I have heard of it and I believe it TO AN EXTENT. I believe that once you've accepted Christ as your Lord and saviour, you are saved.

 

I think the problem arises when saved people use eternal security to justify continuing in sin. They are saved YET they are not producing fruits that are consistent with the nature of righteousness that they've received. In my opinion, what they need is to be exposed to more of the Word.

If a believer dies in that state, when his works are tried with fire, they will be burnt up but he will be saved. I like to call it the 40 E kind of pass. I want to have 95 or more A kind of distinction, personally. That is my interpretation of 1 Corinthians 3: 10-15.

 

"God, in His kindness, has taught me how to be an expert builder. I have laid the foundation and Apollos has built on it. But he who builds on the foundation must be very careful. And no one can ever lay any other real foundation than that one we already have—Jesus Christ. But there are various kinds of materials that can be used to build on that foundation. Some use gold and silver and jewels; and some build with sticks and hay or even straw! There is going to come a time of testing at Christ’s Judgment Day to see what kind of material each builder has used. Everyone’s work will be put through the fire so that all can see whether or not it keeps its value, and what was really accomplished. Then every workman who has built on the foundation with the right materials, and whose work still stands, will get his pay. But if the house he has built burns up, he will have a great loss. He himself will be saved, but like a man escaping through a wall of flames."