Can a Man Be Unborn

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It is a deep conviction of mine

that in these easy going days,

spiritually, there should be more sermons preached

on the great doctrine of Christ as taught in the Bible.

In this little booklet I am trying to hold up the great doctrine

of the believers security! (everlasting life)

I hope as you read this pamphlet on this subject,

that you will do so with an open heart and mind

that God may reveal to you the great truth of His word.

I am grateful to each one who had part

in getting this booklet prepared,

and to the wonderful people to whom I am pastor

for their support in getting it out to the public

without cost or obligation.

Eld H R Burge

816 W. Forrest Ridge Road

Mobile, AL

The most important question that ever faced a man

is that of his soul's salvation.

If any man has not settled that question with God,

then now is the time to do so at all cost.

To the man who has already been born again,

there is another great question and that is the one expressed

in the title CAN A MAN BE UNBORN?

Wherever I go, I find people troubled over this question

because they are afraid

that almost any time Satan is going to overpower them

because of their sins and they will be eternally lost,

after having been saved.

There are many passage of scripture

that doubting saved people understand to teach

that the soul can be lost after it is saved.

Let us look at some of these scriptures and see if they teach or imply

that a saved person can be unborn after he is born into God's family.

WILLFUL SINNING

Hebrews 10.26

For if we sin wilfully after that we have receive the knowledge of the truth,

there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins.

Many want to use this scripture to prove falling from grace,

but if we examine this passage closely

we see that the writer is warning us of the chastisment of God

that comes upon His people for willful sinning,

and does not imply that a person can be lost at all.

FALLING FROM GRACE

Galatians 5.4

"Christ is become of no effect unto you whosoever of you are justified by the law,

ye are fallen from grace."

This scripture is used in a big way by those who teach falling from grace,

to sow that a man can become lost.

But let us examine this passage also.

Grace is a much higher plan than the law,

and these people to whom the Apostle was writing

had been taught the way of salvation by grace through faith,

but some teachers of the law had gotten them confused

about the law and grace

and they were putting their necks back under the yoke of the law

because they had been deceived by false teachers.

Paul was trying to get them to see

that a man was justified by grace without works of the law,

because they had been deceived by false teachers.

Paul was trying to get them to see

that a man was justified by grace

without works of the law,

and any one who sought to be justified by works of the law

had fallen from, or short of grace.

THE BOOK OF LIFE

Revelation 22.19

God shall take away his part out of the book of life,

and out of the holy city!

This scripture is sometimes used to prove falling from grace also,

but if you will notice closely,

it is a child of Gods part or portion

that is to be lost and not his soul at all.

Jesus told Peter in John 13.8

that if he did not let Christ wash his feet

he would not have any part with him

and he certainly was not speaking of salvation.

The christian has something to lose for not serving,

but it is not his soul.

THE CASTAWAY

1 Corinthians 9.27

"But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection,

lest that by any means when I have preached to others,

I myself should become a castaway."

The word castaway as used in this scripture is translated

from the Greek work Adokimos and means "not approved."

Paul just simply meant he was afraid

that he might conduct himself in such a way

that he would lose his usefulness as a soul winner,

and not have the power with God that he once had.

I am sure there are a great many preachers today

whose works were once approved of God,

but by their careless living

and omitting to do the things they should have done,

they are no longer profitable to and in the service of God,

nor are they approved of Him.

JUDAS FELL

Yes Judas fell, but from what?

The Bible states that he fell from his office but not from grace.

There are those who believe that Judas was saved and became lost,

but we hear Jesus in John 6.64 say

that Judas was an unbeliever.

Again in John 6.70-71 that Judas was a Devil,

and we know a man who is a Devil cannot be saved.

Judas could not fall from grace

when he did not have any in the first place.

OLD TESTAMENT SAINTS AND GRACE

There are many who claim that some of the old testaments saints fell from grace,

but if we will study the scripture closely,

we will find that grace did not come until Christ came into the world.

John 1.17

"For the law was given by Moses,

but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ."

If these holy men of old did not have grace,

then they could not have fallen from something they did not have.

In Genesis 6.8 we find that Noah found grace in the eyes of God,

but he did not say

that he had received the grace of God as we receive it from Christ.

So we conclude that David, Lot, and others who fell into the trap of Satan

were not cast out of God's family,

but had to do much suffering for disobedience.

HOW ARE WE SAVED?

Perhaps if we can get the reader to understand how a person is saved

then he may be able to see the great keeping power of God.

In our text we ask a question.

Can a man be unborn?

Almost all denominations believe and have to agree

that salvation is a new birth,

although some believe in baptism (which is to bury)

and of course most believe that they must clean up their lives

and do good works to receive this new birth.

Since so many different ideas exist

it behooves us to go directly to the Bible

and look at the teaching of Jesus Christ on the subject.

John 3.7

"Ye must be born again."

The birth Jesus here speaks of is a spiritual one.

Vs 6

"That which is born of flesh is flesh

and that which is born of Spirit is Spirit."

Jesus explained in Vs 8 that the new birth was like the wind.

You can not see the Spirit doing the work,

but you can see the results of the work that is done.

Now we see by these scriptures

that the new birth is the work of God and not of man.

Some other scriptures that show how salvation is received,

are Romans 1.16

"The Gospel is the power of God unto salvation

to every one that believeth."

1 Corinthians 1.21

"It pleased God by the foolishness of preaching

to save them that believe."

Romans 10.21

"That is the word of faith which we preach,

that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus,

and shalt believe in thine heart

that God hath raised Him from the dead,

thou shalt be saved,

For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness

and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation."

1 John 5.1

"Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ

is born of God: . . ."

The sinner must come to God by way of Jesus,

for we hear Him saying "No man cometh unto me except he is drawn of my Father."

Then again, "No man cometh unto the Father except by me."

Again "It is the Spirit that quickens, the flesh profiteth nothing."

We can well see by these and many other scriptures,

that it is God that does the saving

in bringing about the new birth.

In Ecclesiastes 3.14 we read,

"I know that, whatsoever God doeth,

it shall be forever."

Now if whatsoever God does is forever,

then when He saves a soul it is forever.

GOOD WORKS EXPLAINED

Salvation is not the results of good works,

but on the contrary,

good works are the result of salvation.

Ephesians 2.10

"For we are his workmanship,

created in Christ Jesus unto good works."

From this passage we learn

that we were saved to do good works,

and that they did not save us.

Romans 3.27-28

"Where is boasting then?

It is excluded.

By what law? of works? Nay:

but by the law of faith.

Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith

without the deeds of the law."

These scriptures and many more

will show us that a man is saved,

not because he cleaned up his life,

or turned over a new leaf,

joined the church, or was baptized,

but we are saved entirely by the merits of Jesus Christ

and His finished work at Calvary.

For the blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth us from all sin.

ETERNAL LIFE

More than forty-five times the words eternal life,

and everlasting life are used in the Bible.

Many other times such words as, eternal salvation,

eternal glory, eternal redemption,

are used to show the power of an eternal God.

There are many who say that they believe in eternal life,

yet turn right around and say that it is not eternal

because it can be lost after having been received

Let us examine this word closely according to the scripture

and see the true meaning of it.

The word eternal comes from the Greek work aidios

and means perpetual.

That means there is no ending to it.

In eternity there was no beginning,

neither is there any ending.

Eternal salvation comes from an eternal God,

and if in eternity there is no beginning or ending,

we reason that eternal life then came from God and has no ending.

Please read John 3.16, John 4.14, John 6.47

2 Thessalonians 2.16, 1 Timothy 1.16, Matthew 19.16

John 3.15 John 10.28

along with many other passages we could look at,

but I believe any fair minded person

who will let God show them

can see the truth of eternal security

revealed in these passages of scripture.

HOW SAFE ARE WE?

We have now looked at scripture sufficient

to prove the eternal security of the believer

but let us look at some passages that clearly teach security.

John 6.37

"And him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out."

Jesus here clearly states that under no condition

will he cast out the soul that comes to Him.

Romans 8.38-39

"For I am persuaded that neither death,

nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers,

nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor death,

nor any other creature,

shall be able to separate us from the love of God

which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

But one might argue that this scripture teaches

that a child of God can not be separated from the love of God,

and does not say he can not be separated from grace.

So we define grace.

Grace is the unmerited love of God,

this means that man has never done anything good enough

to merit the love of God.

These scriptures should prove without a doubt

the security of the child of God.

. How firm a foundation ye saints of the Lord

. Is laid for your faith in his excellent word,

. What more can He say than to you he hath said

. You who unto Jesus for refuge have fled.

. The soul that on Jesus hath leaned for repose,

. I will not, I will not, desert to his foes,

. That should though all hell should endeavor to shake,

. I'll never, no never, no never forsake.

SOME SOUND REASONING

None of the arguments favoring falling from grace

can be proved by the scripture.

To prove falling from grace one must first prove

that a man was actually saved and then fell from that happy state

and was lost in hell.

Such a supposition cannot be proved.

The soul that is saved cannot sin.

1 Peter 1.23-25 declares we are born of incorruptible seed,

which endureth forever.

1 John 3.9 whosoever is born of God cannot sin.

Also read 1 John 5.18

The Apostle is speaking here of the soul and not the body,

for the body still has the law of sin in it,

even though the soul is saved.

John speaking of the body in 1 John 1.8 says

"If we say we have no son we deceive ourselves

and the truth is not in us."

Colossians 3.3

"For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God."

Ephesians 1.13 Sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise,

So we reason that if our souls are hid with Christ

and Christ is in God, and the whole is sealed with the Holy Spirit,

then we must be completely safe.

But just for argument's sake,

let us say that the Devil could get to where my soul is,

We reason that he would have to get inside God the same way that I did,

and that would be by the way of the cross.

Now neighbor if the Devil ever came by way of the cross

to get my soul,

he would be made so happy by the blood of Jesus

he no longer would want to destroy any one's soul.

== THE EVILS OF THE DOCTRINE OF FALLING FROM GRACE ==

The idea is that salvation is based on whether the child of God

can outrun the Devil or not.

It makes our salvation depend on the mercy of the Devil,

for the only way he can get a child of God is to overpower

the one who is keeping him and that is the Holy Spirit.

If Satan can overpower God then ought not we to thank the Devil

for letting us go to heaven?

This is absurd.

It declares that God was either not wise enough

or not strong or good enough

to effectually save a believer and keep him saved.

DOES IT MATTER THEN HOW WE LIVE?

Someone will say then that it does not matter how we live

since I cannot be lost,

and there is no danger of losing my soul.

How foolish a statement such as this would be.

For example I have only one daughter.

She is my flesh and blood.

Now would you say unto her that because she is my daughter

and is as secure as I can make her

that she has a right to do anything she wants?

Even if she did crush all the pride I have in her,

trample my love for her under her feet,

and bring reproach on herself and me,

or even deny that she was my child,

yet she would still be my daughter and I her father,

she cannot become unborn out of my family.

When Gods child lives a careless life

He does not disown him, but chastises him for disobedience.

Any one who willfully sins after he is saved

is going to receive the chastisement of God. Hebrews 12.5-8

May God use this little booklet to His glory

and to strengthen His people

that they may have more faith and love is my prayer.

Also may He use it to bring lost soul to the saving knowledge

of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Eld H R Burge

816 W. Forrest Ridge Road

Mobile, AL

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