Hello everybody, it's me Alexander Larson with Bible truth 23 back with another soul winning tip
Today, I want to talk about making eternal security clear and this is important
And of course eternal security is the last thing you should cover in a gospel presentation
Usually so after you explain to them that we're all sinners. We all deserve hell
Jesus Christ is the Son of God and God the flesh he died for your sins rose again
All you have to do to be saved is believe in him after you explain those things
Explain to them that once they believe in Jesus
There's nothing they could ever do to lose their salvation
But once they're saved they're always saved and the reason why this is important is because the Bible makes it very clear that if somebody
Does not believe in this doctrine then they are not saved now
We call it eternal security, but the Bible simply calls it eternal life. Okay. It's a shame that people don't know what that means eternal life
or the fact the matter is we just live in a society where most people will not understand the concept of
eternal or everlasting
And the Bible says in 1st John chapter 5 verse 10 he that believeth on the Son of God
hath the witness in himself
he that believeth not God hath made him a liar because he believeth not the record that God gave of his son and
This is the record that God had given to us eternal life and this life is in his son
So the Bible tells us very clearly
That the record that God has given of his son is that he has given to us eternal life
Okay, not will give not we have to work for it not anything else, but he has given to us eternal life
Okay, and the Bible says that if somebody does not believe that record
Sorry, if you can hear fireworks in the background, it's 4th of July here in America
So anyway, what was I saying so anyway
So somebody does not believe that record they are making God a liar and they do not believe God according to 1st
John chapter 5 verse 10, so
This is important to believe. Okay, that's the promise that God has given us the Bible says in 1st, John 2 25
This is the promise that he had promised us even eternal life
So if somebody denies that if somebody rejects
The the message of eternal life if they think that they could lose their salvation or go to hell then they're not safe
So you have to make sure that they
understand this and some people will kind of just add like one or two verses maybe at the end not really explained it very well and
Leave that person who they've talked to
thinking that if they commit a really bad sin
They'll go to hell because you don't want to just assume that they're going to understand when you say everlasting life the first time
99% of people won't okay, and I know this because there are some people who have done bad jobs in
Explaining eternal security and maybe like a few months later or a few weeks later
Maybe even on the spot maybe another person checks that person's salvation
Whether they actually understood it and it turns out they didn't actually understand it. Okay, like there's been times where
Maybe like one partner will be preaching the gospel and they
Close in prayer, you know, they call upon the name of the Lord
Announce that person saved and the other partner will step in and say well, what if you were to
Go out and kill somebody or even kill yourself then what would happen and the person says well I'd go to hell
So that person did not actually get saved because they still think that the way that they live has something to do with them going
To heaven so they're not trusting in Jesus alone. So that's why you have to make eternal security very clear
Okay, and you have to show them several verses and ask those questions, okay
I mentioned this in a few videos earlier of the importance of asking open-ended questions. Don't just say
Oh, do you believe you can't lose your salvation though? I mean if you just told them you can't lose your salvation
They'll say yeah sure, but when you actually get specific
Then that actually shows what they really believe if you say well if somebody believes in Jesus
But they go out and they commit a bad sin like killing people or killing themselves or robbing a bank or doing something wrong
Like that, you know a big sin that that we shouldn't do, you know, you make that clear to them
Then will that person go to heaven, you know, if they're understanding it then they'll say yes because they believed in Jesus, right?
so you have to make sure that they actually
Understand it and even sometimes use extreme examples like that. You don't have to go over the top
With the examples
But just as long as they understand that no sin whatsoever can cause them to lose their salvation or go to hell
Then they're good
But I would recommend definitely
Including the question about suicide in there
The reason why is because a lot of people out there are Roman Catholics
Well, you know Roman Catholicism is the biggest denomination of so-called Christianity in the world
They think there's like 1.3 billion Catholics in the world like
25 or something percent population of the US are Catholics
So there's a lot of Catholics out there, right and I talked to a lot of Catholics out soul winning
But their church teaches them that if you commit suicide
You will automatically go to hell because they think that if you commit a sin you have to repent of that sin afterwards
So if you don't do a good job of explaining eternal security
They might still think that they have to repent after they commit a sin and then they'll keep their salvation
They might think that suicide is an unforgivable sin or something like that because there are churches out there that teach that suicide is an
Unforgivable sin so you got to make it very clear to them
It's not there is nothing you can do once you believe in Jesus to lose your salvation
There's nothing you can do to go to hell make it clear that it is a gift and it cannot be taken away
Usually what I show them is I show them several verses and then I'll go back to the gift illustration
I'll reference back to Romans 6 23 or Ephesians chapter 2 verse 8 the fact that it's a gift and I'll say well
You know if I gave this to you as a gift and I said I promised it's eternal
I will give it to you forever
How many times do I have to give it to you for it to be yours and you know?
everybody says well one time just once right because
That makes sense, you know, that's obvious right? It's not a process
You don't have to keep giving it to them and then I ask well if I come back to you
And I take it back for any reason. Let's say you did something really bad
Let's say you did something against me and I tried taking the gift back from you
Did I keep my promise to give it to you forever? And again if the person is paying attention, they'll say no
So I'll say well, what does that make me then if I try to do that? It makes you a liar, right?
I'll say well the Bible says in Titus 1 2 in hope of eternal life
Which God that cannot lie promised before the world began. So according the Bible can God lie. No, God can't lie
So will he ever take your life away? No, how long does your life last for eternity, right?
So can you ever lose your salvation and then you can give them example like like I said, you know
What if you were to kill somebody what if you were to kill yourself then?
Would you go to heaven and again if they believe what the Bible actually says they'll say yes
No matter what if somebody believes in Jesus, they're going to heaven. So thank you everybody for watching
That's it for today. God bless you and goodbye