How can one gain or keep salvation? We can achieve salvation only through God’s grace and by confessing our sins. As we read and interpret scripture it will answer our questions. We should ask ourselves who are you God as we read and learn about God through the Bible. As we read the beginning of Romans 6: 1-7 it gives reasoning behind how we are saved, and if we can lose our salvation.
Many people are unsure of whether a saved person can lose his or her salvation and whether once they are saved are they eternally saved. We have a choice to make before even asking this question, we have the choice of whether or not to commit our lives to Christ. When we assume that the person is saved, we can look at many passages that verify that a person cannot lose their salvation. One of the main passages is Romans 6: 1-7 which states: …show more content…
Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no mean! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life. For is we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his. For we know that our old self was crucified with his so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin— because anyone who has died has been set free from
Many people are unsure of whether a saved person can lose his or her salvation and whether once they are saved are they eternally saved. We have a choice to make before even asking this question, we have the choice of whether or not to commit our lives to Christ. When we assume that the person is saved, we can look at many passages that verify that a person cannot lose their salvation. One of the main passages is Romans 6: 1-7 which states: …show more content…
Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no mean! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life. For is we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his. For we know that our old self was crucified with his so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin— because anyone who has died has been set free from