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Yes, it is possible to fall from grace.
"For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of
the Holy Ghost, And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, If they shall fall away, to renew
them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame." Hebrews
6:4-6
"For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they
are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. For it had been better for
them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered
unto them." 2 Peter 2:20-21
No, it is not possible to fall from grace.
"And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand." John 10:28
"For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things
to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ
Jesus our Lord." Romans 8:38-39
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Solution:
It is possible to fall from grace. In John 10:28, Jesus says that He will give His followers eternal life. If they continue
in the way and guidelines of that life, “they shall never perish”, and no one will be able to take away that salvation--
which requires an active faith on the part of the believer.
Likewise, Apostle Paul in Romans 8 addresses all the different threats to the Christian, yet none will be able rob them of
their faith. All the things in his list which threaten the Christian are other beings, objects, and present/future events.
All of these are outside the believer; nothing in the external world can separate the Christian from the love and security
of Jesus Christ.
Nevertheless, if a Christian decides from within that he/she doesn’t want to follow Christ anymore, but rather wants
to become an apostate, he/she can lose his/her salvation.
The relation of the believer to Jesus is a very sacred covenant. This covenant requires that the two people(the Christian
and Christ) in contract be actively involved in the agreement. The covenant can be broken, but not without severe consequences:
eternal damnation. For this reason, we should pray to God that our hearts do not become hardened-- that we keep on the straight
and narrow path.
Only through ourselves can we be in danger of losing our relationship with, and thereby our salvation through, Jesus Christ.
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