Why you can’t lose your salvation By Robin Schumacher for Christian Post
Once you become a Christian, you cannot ever lose your salvation for one simple reason: God doesn’t just purpose the beginning of your salvation; He also purposes its end.
One of the many attributes of God is that He is personal, which doesn’t mean that He has personality but rather He has intent or purpose behind what He does. Combine that with another aspect of God, His sovereignty, and you extend God’s purpose to everything that happens, including yours and my salvation.
The golden chain
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The section of Scripture that best summarizes this teaching is what is sometimes called “the golden chain of salvation” or “the order of salvation” (Ordo Salutis), which was written by Paul: “For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren; and these whom He predestined, He also called; and these whom He called, He also justified; and these whom He justified, He also glorified” (Rom. 8:29-30).
In short, Paul — speaking in the past tense indicating everything being stated has already been decided and accomplished in God’s view — says that the Father knew His chosen ones from all eternity and fore-loved them. All those that He foreknew He also predestined to be a Bride for His Son. He then effectually called them, justified them through the death of Christ, and glorified them to spend eternity with Him.
The golden chain demonstrates how God purposes both the beginning and end of our salvation. Jesus reiterates this when He says: “This is the will of Him who sent Me, that of all that He has given Me I lose nothing, but raise it up on the last day. For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day” (John 6:39–40).
