Can a Christian Fall from Grace?
Overview
From the Preface: To see this great arrangement, and action of God for the present and eternal salvation for all mankind mutilated, limited, and destroyed by the pen knife, and theories of religious modernists, and false leaders and teachers of the many heresies of our day is due cause for the biblical truth of this book to wing its way into the hands, minds, and hearts of every one who will pause to read its pages.—Lawrence J. Chesnut
- Man Created a Free Moral Agent
- Salvation is Universal
- The Conditions for Salvation
- The Spiritual Birth
- Can the Spiritual Birth Be Lost?
- The Bible Plainly Declares that Some Did Fall from Grace
- Falling from Grace Taught by Example
- Scriptural Warnings Against Falling from Grace
- Some Objections Considered
- Eternal Security
- Backsliding
- Will the Backslider Eventually Come Back?
- Predestination
- Absolute Final Perseverence
- The Doctrine of Individual Predestination Refined
Top Highlights
“that whosoever believeth in him should not perish,” (source)
“In interpreting this 29th verse it is to be read forward and not backward as the Calvinistic interpretation would require.” (source)
“Salvation does not destroy man’s free moral agency, nor make a machine out of him. But leaves him the power of choice. He can choose evil and fall from grace, the same as accept Christ and choose grace.” (source)
“It is only when one’s mind is previously filled with the Calvinistic view that he can suppose that theory is supported by this text.” (source)
“The intensity of this urging depends upon the moral state of the person whether his conscience be tender or seared.” (source)
- Title: Can a Christian Fall from Grace?
- Author: Lawrence J. Chesnut
- Publisher: Reformation Publishers
- Publication Date: 1975