How could a person, in the face of such love and glory, accept the grand Divine pardon and then live unto himself, trusting that God in His mercy will overlook his continued insincerity and disobedience?

Should we not lay aside all else and press forward in Christ so we might grasp that for which Christ has grasped us?

Many times people ask us, "Will I be saved anyway even though I fail God?"

We can understand that an individual would seek the assurance that even though he is weak, God will deal with his shortcomings and save him from his sin and rebellion. The Scriptures teach us that God will work tirelessly to strengthen the bruised reed and renew the smoking flax. The Sun of righteousness will arise with healing in His wings.

God will deliver those who seek Him diligently.

But another type of individual is asking if he will be saved whether or not he chooses to serve God in the world, or if it is possible for a person having once been a Christian to end up being lost to the Kingdom of God.

This inquirer is seeking to make a deal with God. He is attempting to determine if he can love the world and still not be cast into Hell. He wants to live like the world but not suffer the fate of the world. He wants to have fellowship with Satan, to worship Satan, to do the works of Satan, but not suffer Satan's punishment.

He does not love God. There is little of the love of God in him. He loves the world and the things of the world. He is an enemy of God.

He has been taught that if he will acknowledge (as the demons acknowledge) that Christ has been raised from the dead, he will be saved and cannot be lost in the Day of the Lord. He makes the Word of God of none effect by his traditions.

Neither he nor the demons will be saved in the Day of Christ.

He does not love God, Heaven, or the saints. He loves and practices sin. He loves the ways of Satan. He is a child of Hell, not a child of Heaven.

He desires to know if he will go to Heaven when he dies, even though he lives his life on earth according to the ways of Hell.

If the truth be known, he does not really care what God's attitude is toward him, if he is pleasing God or is not pleasing God. His only concern is that he will not be punished.

There are many preachers and teachers who will assure him he is saved by his "faith" in Christ and can never be lost.

We are lifting up our voice in warning: This individual and the multitude of professing Christians whom he represents are lost. They are not saved. They love the things of Hell and are filled with the spirit of Hell. Will their profession of "faith" save them?

To be continued.