Possible Spiritual Tragedies Between
Initial and Final Salvation

eternal security refuted



Don’t be deceived!
According to Scripture,
it is possible to:

  • drift away (Heb. 2:1)
  • wander away (Mt. 18:12,13)
  • wander away from the faith (1 Tim. 6:10,21)
  • wander away from the truth and destroy the faith of others (2 Tim. 2:18)
  • lose your saltiness (Lk. 14:34,35)
  • fall away (Mt. 11:6; Mk. 14:27,29)
  • fall away from grace (Gal. 5:4)
  • stop believing and fall away in time of testing (Lk. 8:13)
  • turn away from the faith (Mt. 24:10)
  • wander away from a pure heart, a good conscience and a sincere faith and turn to meaningless talk (1 Tim. 1:5,6)
  • turn back and no longer follow Jesus (Jn. 6:66)
  • have your faith shipwrecked (1 Tim. 1:19)
  • leave the straight way and follow the way of Balaam (2 Pet. 2:15)
  • be like a branch that is thrown away and withers (Jn. 15:6)
  • go astray (Jn. 16:1)
  • turn away to follow Satan (1 Tim. 5:15)
  • depart from the faith (1 Tim. 4:1)
  • turn your ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths (2 Tim. 4:4)
  • acquire a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God (Heb. 3:12)
  • fall away to the point where you can’t be renewed to repentance (Heb. 6:6)
  • turn away from him who warns us from heaven (Heb. 12:25)
  • become lukewarm and get spit out of the body of Christ (Rev. 3:15,16)
  • not remain faithful and be hurt by the second death (Rev. 2:10,11)
  • have God take away your share in the tree of life and in the holy city (Rev. 22:19)
  • be carried away by the error of lawless men and fall from your secure position (2 Pet. 3:17)
  • be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings (Heb. 13:9)

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