I am a Baptist Believer and I have a question. What happens to a Saved believer that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose on the third day. A tragic comes into their life and they loose faith, what happens
to their soul? This was a question asked in Bible Study.
Wyvonne |
Dear Wyvonne,
In response to your question about what happens to a soul when a person is saved and later on loses their faith, according to your Baptist theology, nothing. This is because the theology says, once a person is saved, they are always saved. Of course, this theology is grossly in error and has no basis in Biblical fact. However, I would have to say in answer to your question that it actually depends on the nature of the sin.
In Hebrew, there are two categories of sin. The first category is the willful sin for which there is no provision made for atonement. The person who commits the willful sin is simply cut off. Of course, we are talking about total apostasy. Someone might ask, what is a willful sin? And, the answer is that it is not the sin, it is the condition of the heart - when there is no desire for repentance or for atonement.
The second category of sin is weakness of the flesh or missing the mark. For those sins, there are provisions made for atonement; i.e., sacrifices and the ceremonial washings - for instance, the Lord's Supper and baptism are the antitype. One can basically say that there is no such thing as the unpardonable sin as long as a man seeks pardon.
I don't know if this is sufficient to answer your question, but it at least should get a good argument started.
Roy
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