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15 December 2025

Once Saved Always Saved?

Once Saved Always Saved?

Pastor David: From time to time and over the years, I'm asked the question of what does the Bible say about once saved, always saved? Well, there are a couple of scriptures that stand out.

First, in Exodus, chapter 32, verse 33, the Scripture says, And the Lord said unto Moses, whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.

Well, what does the word blot mean?

The original word that was used was machah in this particular scripture, and it literally means to erase, to rub or stroke, or wipe away. So there's no question it's talking about removing a person's name from the Lamb's Book of Life. That's referenced here in Exodus 32:33. So if you put two and two together, in order for a name to be removed from the Book of Life, it had to be added to the Book of Life.

So if all have sinned and come short of the glory of God, and you accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior, and your name is then added to the Book of Life, this is a scripture that says that it is removed as a result of sin. Well, so what does it say in the New Testament, since that's the Old Testament, and Jesus came, and we are no longer under the law of Moses, according to Romans, we are now under grace because of Jesus.

So what does the New Testament say? Well, there's a good scripture in Revelation 3:5, and it says, he that overcometh the same shall be clothed in white raiment. And I will not blot out his name out of the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before my Father and before His angels.

So, he uses a different word in the New Testament instead of machah; the word used in the original text in the New Testament was exaleipho, which also means to smear out, to obliterate, to erase, blot out, and wipe away. It has the same message, except under the grace of Jesus, He says, he that overcometh the same shall be clothed in white raiment. Key word is, you have to overcome. And I will not blot out his name out of the Book of Life. Well, it doesn't vary in my opinion that Scripture is saying the same thing that we just read in Exodus.

In Exodus, he said, if you've sinned, I'm going to blot your name out. Now, the difference is that we have the blood of Jesus and His grace. We're not under the law anymore, but the punishment and wages of sin are the same.

And you need to walk in forgiveness. You need to ask for forgiveness, because all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. So as I read the Scripture and these two verses I believe sum it up, the question of once saved, always saved in Exodus 32:33, and then what we just read in the New Testament in Revelation 3:5, once saved, always saved is not scriptural.

I don't believe it is. I believe we have to continually ask for forgiveness. I believe you can be saved and backslide and turn and get away from God, and you need His redemption, which He provides and provided for all eternity through the cross that He died on and shed His blood for you and I on.

So once saved, always saved. I don't believe once a sinner, always a sinner is true. And I don't believe once saved, always saved is true, according to the word of God as I understand it. So hopefully that helps.

What do you do if you sin and you don't want your name taken out of the Lamb's book of life?

You ask God for forgiveness. That's what Jesus did on the cross. It's so beautiful. It's for all of us, you know, Father, forgive me of my sin, in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth.

I would go a step further and even say, Father, forgive me of all my sins, committed knowingly or even unknowingly. Sometimes you can do things that's a sin and not even realize it until God points it out or Holy Spirit points it out to you.

There's examples of that in Leviticus where a person made a certain expression and caused someone else to sin, and they didn't even know it. They didn't realize they were causing someone else to sin, and they were being held accountable because someone else sinned.

Just always, and I recommend start every day early with Father, please forgive me of all my sins. If you're a parent over a household like the book of Job tells us, he got up in Job one and two and asked God to forgive not only himself but all of his household. Because there's that patriarch authority, where if you're a mom or a dad and you have children or you have your spouse, you have children and grandchildren and so forth, you have the ability and the God given ability to ask God, please forgive all of my household of all of their sins.

Job did. It's in Job one and two, you'll see it. I would encourage that every day - better off, you know, overcome through the blood of the Lamb and the word of your testimony, and just try not to sin, be conscious of it.

And if you do, be really quick to ask God. Oh, please forgive me if you've hurt someone else. Please forgive me. Tell them I'm sorry. Please forgive me. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, Amen.

Amen. Have a blessed day.

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