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iQuestions Faculty, June Hunt 
 
 
Question: 
 
I know that I’ve been saved, but can I lose my salvation?  
 
Answer: 
 
One of the most controversial subjects from a theological standpoint 
is, “Can a person lose their salvation?” This is something that’s been 
debated for years and years. Let me just say that I grew up believing 
that you could “fall from grace”. And, I remember talking with 
someone who did not believe that. They believed, “once saved, always 
saved.” So, I said, “Why do you believe that? Because, I believe that 
you can fall from grace.” All of a sudden, they came up with a plethora 
of passages from the Bible. I was stunned because I hardly had any 
support for what I was thinking. The truth is, you can’t be “unborn”. 
 
I began to look at scripture, trying to understand what God’s heart is 
for us. What I see is, when you are His child, you are His child forever. 
He doesn’t leave you. It’s not a matter of Him being here today and 
gone tomorrow. Because He says, “I will never leave you, nor forsake 
you”. (Hebrews 13:5) Some of the most important scriptures for me to 
look at, in order to know what God says is Romans 8:1. It states, 
“There is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” It’s 
apparent to me that God wants us to feel secure and for us to 
understand that we can have eternal security. 
 
Now, someone came to me and said, “No, no, no. No one can ever 
know if they have eternal life. No matter how good you are, you just 
don’t know.” I showed this person this scripture, and it was like, “Oh, 
wow. I had never seen that.” 1 John 5:13: “I write these things to you 
 
 
who believe in the Son of God, so that you may know you have eternal 
life”. God wants you to know that you have been given eternal life. 
 
I’ve asked people before who have struggled with this issue, “Well, 
when you were saved, you were given eternal life; is that right?” 
“Yes.” “How long is eternal?” “Uh. . . . Forever?”  “Right. So, if you 
were given eternal life, and it’s forever, how can you lose that which 
has been given to last forever?”  
 
What’s so special is when God adopts us into His family, He knows that 
at times we’ll stray, just like in any human family. There are times 
when like a child we will make a wrong choice, but over time, there 
will be a maturing. He doesn’t give up on us. That’s why I’ve tried to 
put into our Biblical Counseling Keys information on the assurance of 
salvation. These are real questions that people ask. In fact, there are 
many fallacies that people believe that can be answered with facts. So, 
I have fallacy, fact. Fallacy, fact. Fallacy, fact… The bottom line is, 
when the Lord created you, He had a plan for you. He wants you to be 
secure. The reason He tells us that you’ll have eternal life is so you will 
be so aware of His presence in you. He’s living in you 24 hours a day. 
His purpose is to conform you to His character.   
 
Even though at times we will fail, even though at times we choose to 
sin, we can always say, “Thank you, Heavenly Father. You are my 
personal Heavenly Father and You haven’t given up on me. I am 
secure in Your house forever”.  
 
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