church of Christ Sermon Outlines

Can We Lose Salvation?

The Bible clearly teaches that a Christian can fall from grace and lose salvation through sin. This lesson explains how falling away occurs, the responsibility of personal choice, and the path of restoration through confession, repentance, and prayer, bringing joy in heaven when the lost return.

Some will depart from the faith

introduction: the theme of 1 Timothy is Christian conduct. The basis of that conduct is the truth, the faith of the gospel. The text shows the necessity of the truth and how destructive religious error is. If one believes in error, he will practice error. These verses show the necessity of vigilance, both by the individual Christian as well as the entire congregation.

Text: 1 Timothy 4: 1-5

God’s people were led out of Egyptian captivity by the hand of God.  But something happened on the way to the Promised Land.  Hebrews 3:7-11  Their hearts were hardened and they turned away from God.  One can fall away today as they did.  The Hebrew writer continues on in the next three verses and tells us how to avoid this great tragedy. Text:  Hebrews 3:12-14