Hello everybody it's me MrToll23 back with another video. I want to apologize
if the audio breaks up or or has problems and issues throughout this
video if it sounds weird my microphone is my computer is not exactly the best
right now but just please have patience. So anyway in this video I want
to talk about the doctrine of eternal security and particularly address the
objection that some people will give or the question that some people will
ask who deny this doctrine of well what if somebody stops believing and I've run
into this a lot especially recently out soul winning people who will say well
what if somebody who believes in Jesus stops believing then they could lose
their salvation right and I want to explain in this video why first of all
it is impossible for a believer to lose their salvation and also why it is
impossible for a believer to stop believing right because the thing is
when somebody believes they will always be a believer for the rest of
their life I'm going to prove that from the Bible okay but even if
hypothetically somebody who believes in Jesus were to stop believing it's
still eternal life it's still a gift it's still something that somebody who
already believed has and so anybody who believes and calls upon Jesus once
in their life is saved forever and there's nothing they could do to lose
that so I'm going to explain that in this video with the emphasis on the
question of what if somebody stops believing right so first of all Jesus
tells us in John chapter 3 verse 18 that there are only two types of people
in this world Jesus said he that believeth on him is not condemned but
he that believeth not is condemned already because he hath not believed in
the name of the only begotten Son of God so Jesus makes it very clear
that the person who is condemned for unbelief is the person who has not
believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God so if somebody
comes to you and they say I do not believe on Jesus that person
according to Jesus has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of
God okay because some people need to understand that just saying that you
believe or claiming to be a Christian does not make you a Christian you
actually have to believe it in your heart okay somebody can outwardly
confess Jesus or profess Jesus but in their heart deny him and that doesn't
mean that they're saved okay so yeah there are people who grew up in a
Christian household or who used to claim to be Christians but then they
become an unbeliever according to Jesus that person who does not believe
has not believed meaning they never were a believer right and further proof
of this is in first chapter 2 verses 18 and 19 the Bible says little
children little children it is the last time and as you have heard that
antichrist shall come even now are there many antichrists whereby we know that it
is the last time they referring to the antichrist went up from us but they
were not of us for if they had been of us they would no doubt continued with us
but they went out that they might be made manifest that they were not all
of us and the Bible defines what an antichrist is just a few verses later
verse 22 it says who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the
Christ he is antichrist that the ninth the father and the son so if
somebody at one point pretended that they believed in Jesus but then they go
out from us and they become an antichrist meaning that they deny that Jesus is
the Christ they denied the father and the son the Bible says that they went
out from us but they were not of us you see just like I said just because
somebody claims to be a Christian just because somebody goes to church just
because somebody will outwardly profess it does not mean they actually
believe it the Bible makes it very clear that the reason why they went
out from us is to be made manifest that they were not all of us right so
if somebody is a Christian or claims to be a Christian and then they go into
the false religion of Judaism meaning that they deny that Jesus is the
Messiah that person was never saved it's not that they were saved and
they stopped believing and they lost their salvation they just never really
believed according to the Bible and that's very manifest by the fact that
they went out from us right because the Bible makes it very clear that
somebody who is saved who believes in Jesus Christ will believe the words of
John 847 Jesus said he that is of God heareth God's words either for hear them
not because you're not of God so if somebody at one point rejects what the
Bible says and just you know stops believing or says that they stopped believing then that
person according to the Bible they don't have God in the first place this
is further expressed by 2nd John verse 9 where the Bible says whosoever
transgressive and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ hath not God. He that abideth in the
doctrine of Christ he hath both the Father and the Son. Now to abide in means
to continue it so the Bible says that if somebody does not continue in the
doctrine of Christ then that shows us that that person does not have God, that they do not have the Father and the Son.
The person who has God, the person who has the Father and the Son is a person who does abide in the
doctrine of Christ according to the Bible. So again if somebody says that they're a Christian they say that outwardly but
then later they turn away from the doctrines of Christ and they become an anti-Christ they become an
unbeliever according to the Bible because that person did not abide in the doctrine of Christ
that just shows us that they have not God that they were an anti-Christ that they were not of us
because if they were of us they would no doubt have continued with us 1st John chapter 2.
So if somebody claims to be a believer and they stop confessing those beliefs, they become a heretic, an anti-Christ, a false prophet, an unbeliever, whatever
then that person according to the Bible was never a believer. If they were they would have continued with us no doubt the Bible says.
So I think it's very clear that somebody who is a believer will not stop believing and if they turn away from the doctrines of the Bible that just means that they were never saved to begin with.
Again because believing or saying that you believe or understanding how to be saved or understanding the doctrines of faith alone or whatever that's not what saves you
you actually have to trust in Jesus in your heart. Obviously we can't read people's minds we don't know whether somebody believes or not so just because somebody comes to you
and they will profess the doctrine of salvation by faith alone and they'll say yeah it's eternal security yeah you know once saved always saved yeah it's only by believing in Jesus
yeah I'm a believer that doesn't necessarily mean that they actually do believe okay because if that person later denies that Jesus is the Christ and they become an anti-Christ you know an unbeliever
then according to the Bible that person was not of us that person was a deceiver that person was an infiltrator that person was a liar okay just because they you know claimed it doesn't mean that it's actually true people lie.
So that's the point I'm trying to make that when somebody believes they're not going to stop believing.
Another thing is that the Bible teaches that when you believe the Holy Spirit of God enters into your heart. Jesus said in John chapter 7 he that believeth in me out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water this spakey of the Spirit which they that believe on him should receive but the Holy Ghost was not yet given because that Jesus was not yet glorified and of course we know that the Holy Ghost was given when Jesus rose from the dead and he breathed on the disciples and he said receive ye the Holy Ghost right so after Jesus's resurrection everybody
who believes in Jesus received the indwelling of the Holy Ghost here's what the Bible says about that Jesus promised in John chapter 14 verses 16 to 17 and I will pray the Father and he shall give you another comforter that he may abide with you forever right so when Jesus says that the comforter which is the Holy Ghost will will go to believers he says that he will abide with you forever even the Spirit of truth whom the world cannot receive because it seeth and not neither knoweth him but ye know him for he dwelleth with you
and shall be in you it says also in John chapter 14 verse 26 but the comforter which is the Holy Ghost whom the Father will send in my name he shall teach you all things and bring all things to remembrance whatsoever I have said unto you he says later in John chapter 16 that the Spirit would guide you into all truth right so the Bible promises that believers they have the Holy Spirit and he says that he will abide with you forever he will teach you of all things bringing all things into remembrance
whatsoever I have said unto you and that he will guide you into all truth right so it's foolish to say that a true believer will stop believing because they have the Holy Ghost and the Holy Ghost guides them to the knowledge of the truth the Holy Ghost teaches them of the things of the Bible right it's just foolish to think that somebody who has the Holy Spirit within them bearing witness of these truths can then stop believing and deny these things when they have the Holy Spirit it says in Romans chapter 8 verse 16 as well the Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit that we are the children of God right because when
somebody believes in Jesus according to the Bible they are born again right as many as received him to them gave me power to become the sons of God even to them that believe on his name which were born not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man but of God when somebody believes in Jesus Christ they are born of God they are born of the Spirit and the Spirit in the heart of the believer bears witness of that fact so when somebody is saved they know they're saved they know they're a child of God they know that they're a Christian they know that to be a fact because the
Spirit of God bears witness of that in their heart and they're guided into all truth so to say that somebody can become an unbeliever is to say that the Holy Spirit doesn't have the power to do that or to deny that the Holy Spirit is in the heart of believers or to deny that the Holy Spirit you know does this ministry of teaching us of all things which the Bible says it does but the Bible says that the Holy Spirit is sealed us to the day of redemption it says in Ephesians chapter 4 verse 30 and grieve not the Holy Spirit of God whereby ye are
sealed to the day of redemption Ephesians chapter 1 verses 13 to 14 in whom you also trusted after that you heard the word of truth the gospel of your salvation in whom also after that you believed you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchase of purchase possession unto the praise of his glory so the Bible gives other clear promises that the Holy Spirit will abide with us forever saying that that Holy Spirit that's in our hearts is the earnest
until the the the redemption of the purchase possession until the day of redemption which we know is the time of the rapture right so God promises clearly that the Holy Spirit would be in the heart of the believer forever so to say that somebody believes in Jesus and then they become an unbeliever and they lose the Holy Spirit and lose their salvation is foolish because that's against what the Bible clearly teaches again if somebody does not abide in the doctrine of Christ that just means that they don't have God that means they don't have that Holy Spirit that means they were never saved to begin with they never actually believe
just because they said they believed doesn't mean they actually did because if you are a true believer if you heard the word of God the gospel of your salvation and you trusted in Christ the Bible says that you are sealed with the Holy Spirit that's Holy Spirit guides you into all truth and it says that you will hear the words of God now that's very clear so I don't have any doubt that somebody who is a true believer will ever stop believing I think that everybody who is saved is going to believe in Jesus Christ for the rest of their life
that testimony is very clear the Bible says that they have the witness in themselves etc there's other verses I could go into about that but I think these verses are very clear teaching that if somebody turns away from the faith they were never actually believers I think that's very clear but let's say hypothetically let's just say you know just for the sake of explaining this beyond any shadow of a doubt that it were possible for somebody to stop believing let's just say that's possible right the Bible still teaches very clearly that even if
somebody were to stop believing they're still safe forever and they could never lose their salvation because there is a lot of people out there who will claim that salvation is by faith alone but they think that you have to continue in that faith or keep believing to the end of your life to really be saved and to really have eternal life right for example the methodists teach this some of the Pentecostal churches teach this there are even free will Baptists who teach this and when they attack this doctrine
they'll use stupid arguments like saying things like well oh well you're saying that that you lose your free will when you get saved and you know that's unbiblical or whatever but here's the thing that's what does that have to do with anything because like let's say you know I say well you have free will so that means you can just stop sinning but obviously we know that's not biblical just because there's something that you can't do doesn't mean that you don't have free will
okay well I have free will so I'm gonna go jump off a cliff and start flying because I have the will to do that that doesn't make any sense so just because we have free will doesn't mean that we have the power to stop believing and that's the argument that they'll use they'll say well you're saying that you know God removes your free will and you can you know you don't have the choice to stop believing anymore no it's just impossible to do that because we know the truth right and because the Bible just says that when are you gonna believe what the Bible says instead of coming up with your own
reasoning and your own logic show me in the Bible where it says you can stop believing and go to hell if you stop believing it never says that anywhere okay and let me show you further that once somebody believes they're saved forever 2 Timothy chapter 2 verse 13 the Bible says if we believe not yet he abideth faithful he cannot deny himself I believe that the point that he's trying to make here is that God will always keep his promise no matter what because the Bible says that he abideth faithful meaning God's promise is
not going to he's not going to go back on his promise he's not going to deny his word he's going he's not going to deny himself right everything that he said in the Bible is true so when he promised eternal life that means for sure that that person who believed has eternal life John 5 24 the Bible says
verily verily I say unto you he that heareth my word and believeth on him that sent me half everlasting life not will get everlasting life at the end of his life when he dies and continued his faith if you hear God's word and you believe on Jesus you have everlasting life that moment so to say that it is possible for somebody to believe and then later lose their salvation and go to hell is to say that it's not everlasting which means you're denying the word of God and what it clearly says and he says further about those who have
everlasting life he says and shall not come into condemnation but is passed from death unto life the moment you put your faith in Jesus Christ the Bible says you shall not come into condemnation you are passed from death unto life to say you can lose your salvation is to say that you can still be condemned that you don't have everlasting life that it can still end that you can still go to hell and that you're not passed from death unto life you're still you know the possibility of going to death in the second death which is hell that's foolish
that's against what God clearly said that once you believe it's everlasting Psalm 89 verses 30 to 34 if his children forsake my law and walk not in my judgments if they break my statutes and keep not my commandments then will I visit their transgression with the rod and their iniquity with stripes here's what God says nevertheless my loving kindness will I not utterly take from him nor suffer my faithfulness to fail my covenant will I not break nor alter the thing that has gone out of my lips very similar to what we saw in
second Timothy 213 where God says that he will not suffer his faithfulness to fail he will not alter the thing which has gone out of his lips if he said it's eternal if he said everybody that believes is going to have eternal life that means that that's going to happen it's a guarantee if you think that you could still lose your salvation after believing in Jesus you're saying that God is a liar basically
John 6 verse 39 to 40 here's what Jesus said and this is the Father's will which hath sent me that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing but should raise it up again at the last day and this is the will of him that sent me that everyone which seeth the Son and believeth on him may have everlasting life and I will raise him up at the last day so if there was a single person who was not raised from the dead when Jesus comes back at the last day then that statement would not be true
so if it were possible for somebody to believe and then stop believing and because they stop believing lose their salvation then this would not be true but God will not alter the things that will not alter the thing that has gone out of his lips so he promised that anybody that believes will be raised up at the last day that's a guarantee it's a promise
John chapter 10 verses 27 to 29 my sheep hear my voice and I know them and they follow me and I give unto them eternal life and they shall never perish neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand my father which gave them me is greater than all and no man is able to pluck them out of my father's hand
it is not you that is holding God it is God that is holding you and again I showed this to somebody a few weeks ago and they were like oh well you're saying that you don't have the free will anymore
no it's just that you can't get out of God's hand because God's holding you okay and first of all why would anybody who believes in Jesus want to jump out of God's hand anyway that doesn't make any sense like oh well I believe in Jesus I'm going to heaven I'm thankful I know I know I'm a child of God because of the Spirit it bears witness but then I'm gonna try to get out of God's hand so I can go to hell
why would anybody do that that doesn't make any sense why would somebody want to go to hell after they already have the gift of eternal life that's just foolish and and but people will always bring up this stupid objection of well what if you just reject the gift of God what if you reject Christ you turn away from him you know you stop believing why would you do that anyway we already saw that it's impossible but even if it were possible why would you do that that doesn't make any sense so it's just stupid
it says in 1st Peter chapter 1 verses 3 to 5 blessed be the God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that fadeth not away reserved in heaven for you so the Bible says that the inheritance that you have is something that does not fade away and it's reserved in heaven for you
okay so if somebody saved they already have an inheritance in heaven and the Bible promises that it's not going to pass away that it's reserved it says in verse 5 who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time so again it's not you that's holding God it's God that's holding you it's the power of God that keeps you saved it's not your own power you didn't save yourself God saved you God gave you eternal life you're in God's hands when you believe in him
it has nothing to do with your free will or anything like that it's you believe you trust Jesus Christ and then you're in God's hand and the power of God keeps you unto that salvation ready to be revealed in the last time that's what the Bible says so if you deny that you're just saying that the Bible isn't true because it says you're reserved in heaven
it says that your inheritance is reserved in heaven that if fadeth not away it's incorruptible how much clearer can it get right so it's very clear when somebody believes they always believe if somebody says that they don't believe that means they never have believed according to John 3 18 and it means that they were not of us if they left us and became an antichrist
whosoever transgresseth and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ hath not God
so if somebody will deny Jesus Christ deny that he's God you know not believe in the salvation that Jesus Christ taught that person doesn't have God
again just because somebody claims that they're a believer does not mean they are a believer the fact that somebody would leave the faith just shows that they never really believed because if somebody actually believes in Jesus Christ they have the Holy Spirit
the Holy Spirit bears witness that they are a child of God the Spirit guides them into all truth the Spirit seals them to their day of redemption and the Spirit abides with them forever that's what the Bible says
and even if you did stop believing God still promised eternal life the moment you believe you have it it's everlasting he said this is the record that God gave of his son that God hath given to us eternal life and this life is in his son 1 John 5 11
so it's not something that you get later if you just keep believing to the end of your life you just have to believe once and call upon Jesus and when you do that God gives you that gift and it's yours you'll never take it away your inheritance is reserved in heaven forever you will never perish because you're kept in God's hand
how much clearer can it get? I'm so sick of this foolish free will Baptist Methodist Pentecostal Armenian type of stupid doctrine that teaches that you could lose your salvation if you stop believing
I've run into a lot of people who are teaching this garbage or believe this garbage recently and I show them these clear scriptures and it's just like how much clearer can it get?
but they just want to argue against the Bible people just don't want to believe what the Bible says so if that's you if you believe that before change your heart put your faith in Jesus Christ because the Bible says this is the promise that he had promised us even eternal life
if you do not believe that promise if you do not believe that record that God gave his son you are still not saved and you will go to hell you have to put your faith in Jesus only not trust in yourself and think that you keep doing this or doing that is going to keep you saved
it's one time you're saved and Jesus keeps you in his hand forever he's never going to send you to hell because that's his promise if you don't believe that yet you're not saved so you have to change your heart and believe what the Bible says in order to go to heaven
so thank you everybody for watching God bless you