Can You Lose Your Salvation? A Critique of Calvinism's Answer
(I updated this post November 2024. This is a bit rambly, but when am I not rambly.😁) I believe the Bible shows that if someone is truly a believer, sealed with the Holy Spirit, then it's not possible for them to lose their salvation. It's no secret that I disagree with and hate Calvinism - the idea that God predestines who goes to heaven and who goes to hell. CALVINISM IS NOT BIBLICAL! It's full of twisted Scripture, "secret" word meanings, presumptions about how God acts, etc. - all so it can try to support its own misconceptions of God and salvation and the Gospel. But there is one area that we can agree on: a true believer cannot lose their salvation. However, I see it much differently than they do. So I couldn't even call myself a 1-Point Calvinist. (Maybe a 1/4-Point Calvinist? But why would I even want to do that!) Calvinism believes that God picks who goes to heaven, that He causes us to believe in Hi...