1 Cor. 5:1-5 Does Not
Support Eternal Security
Dan Corner
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There is nothing in 1 Cor. 5:1-5 or anywhere else in the Bible that teaches the deadly doctrine of eternal security. On at least three counts eternal security is not taught in 1 Cor. 5.
1. The unnamed man of 1 Cor. 5:1 was guilty of sexual immorality. This same person is referred to in v. 13 as wicked.
Expel the wicked man from among you (1 Cor. 5:13).
The same Greek word translated wicked in that verse is also found in Mt. 13:49,50:
This is how it will be at
the end of the age. The
angels will come and
separate the wicked from
the righteous and throw
them into the fiery
furnace, where there will
be weeping and gnashing
of teeth.
Hence, the unnamed man of 1 Cor. 5:1 couldn’t be saved and be headed for the fiery furnace at the same time like that man!
2. Also, the same word translated sexual immorality in 1 Cor. 5:1 is found in Gal. 5:19-21:
The acts of the sinful
nature are obvious: sexual
immorality, impurity and
debauchery; idolatry and
witchcraft; hatred,
discord, jealousy, fits of
rage, selfish ambition,
dissensions, factions and
envy; drunkenness,
orgies, and the like. I
warn you, as I did
before, that those who
live like this will not
inherit the kingdom of
God.
This passage in 1 Cor. 5:5 that has been violently twisted, in a deadly attempt to allow for saints (or holy ones) to be sexually immoral, shows the license for immorality that eternal security really is. We can produce numerous quotes from respected and esteemed so-called “Christian” teachers that teach this poisonous doctrine of eternal security. For example, Dave Hunt wrote:
The man who had “his father’s wife”—a terrible sin—didn’t lose his salvation thereby.
All eternal security teachers are very dangerous people, with no exception. Please read our other supporting article on this http://www.evangelicaloutreach.org/esteachers.htm
God’s Truth
The truth is: There are not two types of sexually immoral people as the eternal security teachers want us to think—one that is saved because in the past he was regenerated and one that is unsaved because he never was regenerated. There is only one type of sexually immoral person and he is always an unsaved person headed for the fiery furnace and in desperate need of forgiveness.
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The eternal security teachers have
distorted 1 Cor. 5, which teaches
the sexually immoral man was
unsaved, into the exact opposite of
what it really says. That has
opened a door for multitudes of
immoral people to think they are
still saved even though they are now
in this same type of wickedness.
Where are the true teachers that
will stand opposed to the big
names and this doctrine of
demons?
To be forgiven, turn from your sins and place your submissive faith (trust) 100% in the Jewish Messiah, Jesus of Nazareth.
MUCH more related information on eternal security is found in our never-to-be-refuted book, “The Believer’s Conditional Security.”
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