Let's just see how it's not possible for us to keep or even earn our salvation. Scripture is clear:
Rom 3:10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
The point is, is that we sin regardless. If you are a Child of God, you sin. If you are not a child of God, you sin. There is not one person that is righteous in God’s eyes, except what Christ has imputed to us.
Ecc 7:20 For
there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
So here we see that there is nobody just and we all sin. Again, if we can lose our salvation; if we commit some type of sin, the scripture clearly teaches that every person sins, so therefore, none of us can keep salvation, therefore, again, this places us ALL going to hell, if in fact, salvation is conditional.
Isa 64:6 But we are all as an unclean
thing, and all our righteousnesses
are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
The fact remains is that none of us are righteous, except what Christ has imputed to us, and what righteousness we do have, in and of ourselves, are as a filthy rag. We all fall short of the glory of God, and why we need a Savior to bring us ETERNAL salvation.
Rom 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
So, based on the Word of God we have just read, this can be our conclusion:
- No one is righteous
- No one is just
- No one does good
- Everybody sins
- We are all unclean
- We all are in iniquity
- All fall short of God’s Glory
Based on the facts in the Word of God, it is impossible for any of us to think that we have something to do with keeping our salvation. If anything, thus far, we are ALL unable to keep salvation, thus placing us all in hell if it’s conditional.
1Jn 1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
1Jn 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us
our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1Jn 1:10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
Again, we are all sinners. It doesn’t matter if you have been a child of God for 1 year or 60 years; you have sinned. If you say that you don’t sin, then you are deceived and the truth is not in you. The good news is that if we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us those sins.
Thank God for sending His only Begotten Son, Jesus Christ to save a wretch like me.
HALLELUJAH YESHUA HAMASHIOCH
Rom 7:24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
Rom 7:25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.