Lesson 2

Lesson 2

LESSON II – SALVATION

What is salvation?
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be
lifted up, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. For God
so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him
should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world
to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. He who believes
in Him is not condemned, but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he
has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the
condemnation, that the light has come into the world land men loved darkness rather than
light , because their deeds were evil. For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does
not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. But he who does the truth comes
to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.
John 3:14-21.

Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me
has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.
John 5:24

If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is the witness of
God which He has testified of His Son. He who believes in the Son of God has the
witness in himself, he who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not
believed the testimony that God has given of His Son. And this is the testimony: that
God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has life; he
who does not have the Son of God does not have life. 1 John 5:9-12

There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came
to Jesus by night and said to Him, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from
God; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him.” Jesus answered
and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the
kingdom of God.” Nicodemus said to Him, “How can a man be born when he is old?
Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?” Jesus answered,
“Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter
the kingdom of God. That which is flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is
spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ The wind blows
where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and
where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.” John 3:1-8
Salvation is being delivered from the consequences of our sin, which is eternal
separation from God (Death), into eternal fellowship with God (Life), by means of the
completed works of Jesus Christ, one believer at a time. We became alive in our bodies
when we were born of the flesh through your mother’s womb. Now we must be made
spiritually alive by God together with Christ: in our natural state we are still dead in
spirit and must be born again into the eternal life God has already planned for us.

Why do we need to be saved?

Are You not from everlasting, O Lord my God, my Holy One? Habakkuk 1:12
You are of purer eyes than to behold evil, and cannot look on wickedness.
Habakkuk 1:13

For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own
righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God. For Christ is the end of
the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. Romans 10:3-4

As it is written: There is none righteous, no, not one; There is none who understands;
There is none who seeks after God. They have all turned aside; They have together
become unprofitable; There is none who does good, no, not one. Romans 3:10-12

And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment, so Christ was
offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear
a second time, apart from sin, for salvation. Hebrews 9:27-28

But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your
fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting life. For the wages of sin is death, but the gift
of God is eternal life Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:22-23

Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus
death spread to all men, because all sinned. Romans 5:12

Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, that
every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
Therefore, by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is
the knowledge of sin. Romans 3:19-20

For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all.
James 2:10

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Romans 3:23

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned, every one, to his own way; And the
Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all. Isaiah 53:6

For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world
through Him might be saved. He who believes in Him is not condemned, but he who
does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the
only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the
world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For
everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds
should be exposed. But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be
clearly seen, that they have been done in God. John 3:17-21

Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but by faith in Jesus Christ,
even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ and
not by the works of the law; for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified.
Galatians 2:16

Therefore we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to Him. For
we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the
things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.
2 Corinthians 5:9-10

Now to him who works, the wages are not counted as grace, but as debt. But to him who
does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for
righteousness. Romans 4:4-5

Behold now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation. 2 Corinthians 6:2

He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know
Him. He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. But as many as received
Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His
name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man,
but of God. John 1:11-13

But God demonstrated His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ
died for us. Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved
from wrath through Him. For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God
through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by
His life. And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
through whom we have now received the reconciliation. Romans 5:8-11

We need Salvation (to be born again) because God is a Holy God, while mankind is
sinful (rebellious and disobedient to the will of God). Therefore, every person is
separated from fellowship with God, and is guilty before God and subject to death
(eternal separation from God.) Since no one can keep the Law of God, our condition
as sinners is hopeless unless God Himself makes the necessary provision that satisfies
His justice and our need. He did so in the birth, life, crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus.

How is a person born again?

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in
Him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16

Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean; I will cleanse you from
all your filthiness and from all your idols. I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit
within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. I
will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep
My judgments and do them. Ezekiel 36:25-27

Jesus answered and said to him, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again,
he cannot see the kingdom of God." Nicodemus said to Him, "How can a man be born
when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?"
Jesus answered, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit,
he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that
which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you, "You must be born
again.' The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell
where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit."
John 3:3-8

So they said, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your
household.” Acts 16:31

But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is
the word that we preach): that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe
in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the
heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto
salvation. Romans 10:8-10

But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to
those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh,
nor of the will of man, but of God. John 1:12-13

And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins. In which you once
walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the
air, the spirit who now works in the sons of obedience, among whom also we all once
conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the
mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others. But God who is rich in
mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in
trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised
us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the
ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us
in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of
yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. For we are His

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workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand
that we should walk in them. Ephesians 2:1-10

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I
will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me. Revelation 3:20

And this is the testimony; that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
He who has the son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. 1
John 5: 11-12

There is no need, creed or deed that we can muster that will obligate or compel God to
accept us. We must individually believe and receive Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord.
Salvation is a free gift from God, not of anything we can do through works.

What are the steps to Salvation?

But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the
Law and the Prophets, even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all
and on all who believe. For there is no difference; for all have sinned and fall short of the
glory of God, being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ
Jesus, whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate
His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were
previously committed. Romans 3:21-24

So I said: “Woe is me, for I am undone! Because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell
in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of
hosts.” Isaiah 6:5

And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven,
but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me a sinner!’ Luke 18:13

“I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish.” Luke 13:3

But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your
fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting life. For the wages of sin is death, but the gift
of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:22-23

Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of
refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that He may send Jesus Christ,
who was preached to you before, whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration
of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets since the world
began. Acts 3:19-20

But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is,
the word of faith which we preach): that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus

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and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For
with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made
unto salvation. Romans 10:9-10

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from
all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and his word
is not in us. 1 John 1:9-10

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to
the Lord, and He will have mercy on him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.
Isaiah 55:7

Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is
the knowledge of sin. Romans 3:20

For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son,
much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. Romans 5:10
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in
Him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16

He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be
condemned. Mark 16:16

Who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist who denies the
Father and the Son. Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father either; he who
acknowledges the Son has the Father also. 1 John 2:22-23

For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would
even dare to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were
still sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, having now been justified by His blood,
we shall be saved from wrath through Him. For if when we were enemies we were
reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we
shall be saved by His life. And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our
Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.
Romans 5:8-11

Who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist who denies the
Father and the Son. Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father either; he who
acknowledges the Son has the Father also. 1 John 2:22-23

For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, teaching us that,
denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in
the present age, looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and
Savior Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every
lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works.
Speak these things, exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise you.
Titus 2:11-15

He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to
them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name:
who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of
God. John 1:11-12

The steps to Salvation are to Acknowledge, Repent, Confess, Forsake, Believe, and
Receive. We must acknowledge that we are sinners, and that our sins convict us, once
we understand that sin is disobedience to the will of God, that all people have sinned,
and that the natural consequence of sin is death. Repentance comes from having
God’s view so as to abhor all sin, including our own. Confession is bringing our sins
into the light by telling them to God in prayer. Forsaking all other ways, we turn to
God alone for salvation and new life. Believing that Jesus Christ died on the Cross as
God’s only provision to pay the penalty for our sins, we realize our need of Jesus as
our Savior. When we receive Jesus as Lord of our life, in our heart and with our
mouth, God restores our relationship with Him as His own children.

What will happen to me if I am not born again?

He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned
already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
John 3:18

He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.
1 John 5:12

Then he will also say to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from Me, you cursed, into the
everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels’… Matthew 25:41

And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.
Matthew 25:46

And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And
another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged
according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. The sea gave up
the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them.
And they were judged, each one according to his works. Then Death and Hades were
cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And anyone not found written in the
Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire. Revelation 20:12-15
Whoever has not accepted the gift of eternal life (Jesus having paid the penalty for our
sins on the cross), must suffer the natural consequence of their own sin: which is death
(eternal separation from God).

How can I know for sure that I am born again?

But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even
when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have
been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in
Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in
his kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. Ephesians 2:4-6

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from
all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9

The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who
gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 15:56-57

For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from
God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2 Corinthians 5:1

For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward those who fear
Him: as far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from
us. Psalm 103:11-12

Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me
has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.
John 5:24

The Bible provides God’s provision, plan, and pledge that if you place your trust and
faith in what God has said about His Son and the completed work that the Son has
done; you are born again and have already entered into the Eternal Life.

If I sin after being born again, will I lose my salvation?

Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say to them: You shall be
Holy, for I the Lord your God am holy. Leviticus 19:2

Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was
raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness
of life. For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also
shall be in the likeness of His resurrection, knowing this, that our old man was crucified
with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be
slaves of sin. For he who has died has been freed from sin. Now if we died with Christ,
we believe that we shall also live with Him, knowing that Christ, having been raised from
the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him. For the death that He
died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. Likewise you
also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our
Lord. Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its
lusts. And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but
present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments
of righteousness to God. For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under
law but under grace. Romans 6:4-14

And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment, so Christ was
offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear
a second time, apart from sin, for salvation. Hebrews 9:27-28

Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has
trampled the Son of God underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by which he was
sanctified a common thing, and insulted the Spirit of grace? Hebrews 10:29

For grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of
God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. Ephesians 2:8-9

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast
me away from Your presence, and do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me
the joy of Your salvation and uphold me by Your generous Spirit. Then I will teach
transgressors Your ways, and sinners shall be converted to You. Psalm 51:10-13
I say then: walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. For the flesh
lusts against the Spirit and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one
another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. But if you are led by the Spirit,
you are not under the law. Galatians 5:16-18

But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His son, born of a woman,
born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the
adoption as sons. And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into
your hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!” Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son,
and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. Galatians 4:4-7

For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as were
baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither
slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if
you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
Galatians 3:26-29

We know that whoever is born of God does not sin: but he who has been born of God
keeps himself, and the wicked one does not touch him. We know that we are of God, and

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the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one. And we know that the Son of
God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true;
and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal
life. 1 John 5:18-20

Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we
all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being
transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.
2 Corinthians 3:17-18

Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the
inward man is being renewed day by day. 2 Corinthians 4:16

Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor
does corruption inherit incorruption. Behold, I tell you a mystery: we shall not all sleep,
but we shall all be changed – in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet.
For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be
changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on
immortality. So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on
immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed
up in victory. O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?” The sting
of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the
victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast,
immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in
vain in the Lord. 1 Corinthians 15:50-54

If we say we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us. My little
children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we
have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. And He Himself is the
propitiation for your sins, and not ours only but also for the whole world. 1 John 1:10-2:1

This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light
and in Him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk
in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light as He is in
the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son
cleanses us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the
truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and
to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:5-9

All unrighteousness is sin, and there is sin not leading to death. 1 John 5:17

For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened; and have tasted the heavenly
gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the good word of God
and the powers of the age to come, if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance,
since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God, and put Him to an open shame.

For the earth which drinks in the rain that often comes upon it, and bears herbs useful for
those by whom it is cultivated, receives blessing from God; but if it bears thorns and
briers, it is rejected and near to being cursed, whose end is to be burned. But, beloved,
we are confident of better things concerning you, yes, things that accompany salvation,
though we speak in this manner. For God is not unjust to forget your work and labor of
love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have ministered to the saints
and do minister. And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full
assurance of hope until the end, that you do not become sluggish, but imitate those who
through faith and patience inherit the promises. Hebrews 6:4-9

And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in
Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day. John 6:40

Jesus answered and said to Him, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him who
He sent.” John 6:29

But He, because He continues forever, has an unchangeable priesthood. Therefore He is
also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always
lives to make intervention for them. For such a High Priest was fitting for us, who is
holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and has become higher than the
heavens; who does not need daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His
own sins and then for the people’s, for this He did once for all when He offered up
Himself. For the law appoints as high priests men who have weakness, but the word of
the oath, which came after the law, appoints the Son who has been perfected forever.
Hebrews 7:24-28

What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who
did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him
also freely give us all things? Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? It is God
who justifies. Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also
risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. Who
shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or
famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written: “For Your sake we are killed
all day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.” For I am persuaded that
neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor
things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate
us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:31-39

For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God
prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. Ephesians 2:10

Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. He who says,
“I know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in
him. But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of Good is perfected in him. By this
we know that we are in Him. He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk
just as He walked. 1 John 2:3-5

Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For
He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” So we may boldly say;
“The Lord is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?” Hebrews 13:5-6

And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who
are the called according to His purpose. For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to
be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many
brethren. Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these
He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified. Romans 8:28-30

And truly Jesus did many other signs which are not written in this book; but these are
written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing
you may have life in His name. John 20:30-31

This is the will of the Father who sent Me, that of all He has given Me I should lose
nothing, but should raise it up at the last day. John 6:39-40

…in hope of eternal life which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.
Titus 1:2

These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you
may know that you have eternal life, and that you man continue to believe in the name of
the Son of God. 1 John 5:13

The answer is no. There are some who say that if you sin after being born again, you can
or must do some act of penance for yourself or for others, including the dead, in order to
be released from some holding area or restored to a ‘state of grace.’ These sayings are
not true according to the Scriptures, which tell us that Jesus Christ died ‘Once, for all,’
so you cannot ever add to or subtract from His completed work on the cross: which
accomplished every believer’s salvation; and which is available totally by God’s grace
and not of any man’s works. Then some say you can or must be reincarnated or
reappear on earth again in some form in order to learn more or to perfect yourself into
an acceptable state to some god, or to become a god. These sayings also are not true
according to the Scriptures which make it clear that we live on earth only one time, and
after that we are judged by God. Furthermore, it is God’s promise to sanctify you, and
only God can (make you perfectly human). Therefore, it is not within your own ability
either to save yourself or to perfect yourself: only to believe and to obey. When you
receive Christ into your heart, He sends His Holy Spirit to dwell there forever with you,
and you become permanently adopted as a child of God. God will never forsake you, and
nothing anyone else could ever do can separate you from His love. The full experience of
our perfection for the believer awaits us in heaven, but for now, the believer has the
Spirit within them so they need not continue in sin. But if a believer does sin, the Spirit
within them works to convict them of the sin. If we confess our sins, God is faithful and
just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness: not to resave your
soul, but to restore the moment by moment fellowship that was disturbed when you
sinned. If it were possible to lose your salvation, it could only be you who would throw it
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away, but a true child of God could never leave Him once they knew Him, even if
circumstances looked bleak or they didn’t feel loved or accepted. Jesus has promised not
to lose any the Father has given to Him, and He cannot lie. Believe on the name of Jesus
and you are saved, now and forever.

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