http://www.templetime.org/index.cfm?i=4142&mid=25&blogid=2047 Before this question is answered, the term 'Christian' must be defined. A 'Christian' is not a person who has said a prayer, or walked down an aisle, or been raised in a Christian family. While each of these things can be a part of the Christian experience, they are not what 'makes' a Christian. A Christian is a person who has, by faith, received and fully trusted in Jesus Christ as the only Savior (John 3:16; Acts 16:31;Ephesians 2:8-9). So, with this definition in mind, can a Christian lose salvation? Perhaps the best way to answer this crucially important question is to examine what the Bible says occurs at salvation, and to study what losing salvation would therefore entail. Here are a few examples: A Christian is a new creation. 'Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!' (2 Corinthians 5:17). This verse speaks of a person becoming an entirely new creature as a result of being 'in Christ.' For a Christian to lose salvation, the new creation would have to be canceled and reversed. A Christian is redeemed. 'For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect' (1 Peter 1:18-19). The word 'redeemed' refers to a purchase being made, a price being paid. For a Christian to lose salvation, God Himself would have to revoke His purchase that He paid for with the precious blood of Christ. A Christian is justified. 'Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ' (Romans 5:1). To 'justify' means to 'declare righteous.' All those who receive Jesus as Savior are 'declared righteous' by God. For a Christian to lose salvation, God would have to go back on His Word and Radiant WebTools