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One of the big debates in Christianity is over whether a believer can lose their

salvation. On one side, we have proponents of what is known as the doctrine of eternal security

or what's sometimes euphemistically referred to as once saved, always saved. And on the other

side, we have what's known as conditional security. What exactly do those terms mean,

first of all? And on what side of the debate, DeWundness Pentecostals fall? And maybe most importantly,

or definitely most importantly, what's the Bible have to say about this question?

Well, let's talk about the views you've expressed. The idea of unconditional eternal security

or once saved always saved

is that once a person is saved, no matter what they do in their Christian life, no matter what

sins they commit, whether they repent of those sins or not, they're still going to be saved

in the end. I don't believe that's biblical. That is Calvinist,

and it's not what Pentecostals believe either. What I would like to describe is we can have

assurance of salvation. So it's conditional in the sense that if you, even after you're saved, if you repudiate God, if you walk away from God, if you denounce God, you break the relationship.

No, you're not going to be saved.

But if you continue to walk by faith, and even though you might sin, but immediately, as 1 John chapter 1 talks about it,

if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us

from all in righteousness.

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