Security of Believers

[308 words] One of the basic doctrines of Calvinism is the impossibility of apostasy. This teaching says that once a person becomes a Christian there is nothing he or she can do to be lost One man went so far as to say that even if he murdered someone in cold blood he could not be lost. This is not the kind of security that is taught in the Bible. For the Christian, eternal life is based on faithfulness throughout life. Peter said to those who add the “Christian Graces”: “For if you do these things you will never stumble” (2 Peter 1:10). This is a conditional statement. Never stumbling is dependent upon doing what God requires. However, there is security in that promise. Other statements are equally reassuring. John makes it clear that those who keep loving others are assured of life. “We know that we have passed from…