We may live in a culture that believes everyone will be saved, that
we are “justified by death” and all you need to do to go to heaven is
die, but God’s Word certainly doesn’t give us the luxury of believing
that. Any quick and honest reading of the New Testament shows that the
Apostles were convinced that nobody can go to heaven unless they believe
in Christ alone for their salvation (John 14:6; Rom. 10:9–10).
Historically, evangelical Christians have largely agreed on this
point. Where they have differed has been on the matter of the security
of salvation. People who would otherwise agree that only those who trust
in Jesus will be saved have disagreed on whether anyone who truly
believes in Christ can lose his salvation.
Theologically speaking, what we are talking about here is the concept of apostasy.
This term comes from a Greek word that means “to stand away from.” When
we talk about those who have become apostate or have committed
apostasy, we’re talking about those who have fallen from the faith or at
least from the profession of faith in Christ that they once made. Continue at R. C. Sproul
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