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FAQ # 57
QUESTION 57 : This clearly speaks of losing salvation, "Moreover, brethren,
I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers... drank
of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ. But
with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in
the wilderness. Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should
not lust after evil things... Neither be ye idolaters... Neither let us
commit fornication... Neither let us tempt Christ... Neither murmur ye,
as some of them... and were destroyed... Now all these things happened
unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition... Wherefore
let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall" (l
Cor 10:1-12). How do you explain that?
“Wherefore
let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall” – many use this
to say that be careful less you fall. That is, loose your salvation. But
this scripture wasn’t speaking about that. Notice the verses preceding
this one, “Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and
they are written for our admonition.” In other words, these things (sin
and its consequences) are written to show that anyone who is a ‘sinner’
and think that they have salvation, don’t have it. This is clear evidence
that you will fall. Not that you have salvation and will loose it, but
rather anyone that think they have salvation and cannot stop a life of
sin don’t have salvation and will fall (hell’s fire). Because, as John
taught, this is one of the evidences of those that are saved and those
that are not, “Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed
remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. In
this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil”
(1 John 3:9-10). However, notice the word “doth;” when ‘eth’ or ‘th’
is added to a word it usually means a continuance. “In this” suggests
a marker for distinction; whereby the children of the devil are characterized
as sinners and will fall. In other words, those who are born of God don’t
continue in a life of sin, but not that we don’t falter at times. Because
the very word said, “if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual,
restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest
thou also be tempted” (Gal 6:1). But you’ll never find a true converted
soul in continued spiritual whoredom - sinning.
You see how the word should not only be
quoted, but also rightly divided.
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