Eternal Security of the Believer

Part 1 of 3 - The Law Ministers Insecurity

Sadly, there are some Christians who erroneously think the doctrine that we call eternal security is a dangerous heresy. They say that a believer must then perform to some level of goodness, faithfulness, and religious commitment in order to remain saved and in God's favor. They ignore the fact that Paul, " the Apostle to the Gentile's, (Rom 11:13), wrote that All those who have believed to receive salvation in Christ are eternally secure, being "SEALED unto the day of (full) redemption" (Eph 4:30).

By contrast, Jesus made it clear the he came not "to destroy the Law" and he then said, of believers in the Tribulation period, that they are under "the Law" and must remain "endure faithfully unto the end" if they are to be saved. Their salvation is conditional.

12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. 13 And He That Shall Endure (remain faithful, without iniquity) Unto The End, The Same Shall Be Saved."14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. (Matthew 24:12-14)

10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. (James 2:10)

Some think that believers today, those saved under the "gospel of the grace of God," after their initial salvation "by grace through faith," can only be kept saved by their keeping certain religious laws, precepts, and principles, They promote most of the laws established in the Old Testament and the message of the "gospels" which ere given to Israel only. They erroneously mix the requirements for salvation that were given under "the Law" with the grace gospel's singular requirement of "salvation... by grace through faith (alone)" in Christ alone (Eph 2:8-9).

Some today say we need to do what Jesus of Nazareth "commanded," even though Jesus was still then  speaking "the Law"  (Matt 5:17) explicitly to "the lost sheep of the house of Israel (only)" (Matt 15:24). Jesus was NOT speaking to the members of  "the church, which is body of Christ" today because "the body of Christ"  did not yet exist.

Paul records that many Galatians had similarly backslid into the same erroneous trap of religious legalistic lies. You see, "certain false brethren" (Gal 2:4) were sent to the Galatians to "to spy out their liberty" (Gal 2:4). These men were sent "from James" (Gal 2:11), the leader of the Messianic Jerusalem church to bring the Galatians under "the Law," that is to "Judaize" these Gentiles who had believed Paul's "gospel of the grace of God" (Act 20:24) of "salvation by grace, through faith" alone. Thus, Paul wrote the following.

"O Foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth (of the grace gospel) , before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you? 2 This only would I learn of you, (or, "Tell me,)" Received Ye The Spirit By The Works Of The Law, or (was it) By The Hearing of Faith? 3 Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh (human self-effort)? (Galatians 3:1-3)

Some today require that believers keep their "denominational laws," and other manmade tenets in order to remain in good favor with the Lord; some maintain rules such as don't go to movies, and don't drink liquor or eat in restaurants that serve liquor, etc.

All such external religious law requirements are antithetical to "the gift" of God's "grace" for today. Self effort "to do" any of "the works" of "the Law" is strongly refuted by Pauline Biblical truth. Such foolishness as self-effort to do "the works of the Law" in order to remain saved disbelieves the truth of God's consistent faithfulness and favor toward all the regenerated (born-again) believers... even when they fail.

"Knowing that a man is NOT Justified by the WORKS of THE LAW, but (Rather) by the Faith of Jesus Christ, even (that is) we have believed in Jesus Christ, (so) that we might be Justified by the Faith (faithfulness) of Christ, NOT by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall No flesh (person) be justified. (Gal 2:16)

"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who HATH blessed us with ALL spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: 4 According as He Hath Chosen Us In Him Before The Foundation Of The World, that we should be holy and WITHOUT BLAME before him in (His) love" (Ephesians 1:3-4)