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FAQ # 111
QUESTION 111 : Is it true that you can live
a sinning life and be saved as stated here, "Samson was sexually
immoral and he's mentioned as a hero in Hebrews 11. Therefore, one can
be sexually immoral, like him, and be saved?"
While
researching the arguments of eternal security and perseverance of the
saints from Dan's sites, what I notice he and his opponents did was keep
giving references to Old Testament figures as gospel. The Old Testament
and New Testament are two different dispensations and even the Old Testament
has several dispensations within it. At one point we could have as many
wives as possible, that's how Israel came about. But today it would be
considered adultery. At one point a man could marry his relative, but
today that is considered sin. Under the law it was okay to Kill a man
under certain circumstances but today that would be murder in any case.
So juxtaposing some Old Testament figures with New Testament doctrine
can be very bad theology and even erroneous, as some contrasts and analogies
cannot be drawn from the two. For instance, using the life of Jacob to
disapprove adultery in Gal 5:19; Jacob was an unregenerated man in
a different dispensation and thus Gal 5:19 could not apply to him.
Similarly, Samson was under the dispensation whereby we couldn't overcome
the flesh (Hosea 11:7), to which our dispensation through Christ
enables us to over come it (Eze 36:27).
Living a life of the few incidents that Samson was caught in will definitely
result in a sure fiery consumption at the end of Days. As Dan stated,
"It's true that Samson is mentioned in Heb. 11:32, and why he was
included in this chapter is mentioned in verse 34. This, however, has
nothing to do with the conclusion that one can be sexually immoral and
be saved. The Apostle Paul, in no uncertain terms, stated that the sexually
immoral are wicked, impure, and God rejecters who will NOT inherit the
kingdom of God (1 Cor. 6:9,10; Gal. 5:19-21; Eph. 5:5,6; 1 Thess. 4:3-8).
Furthermore, God Himself declared that the sexually immoral will go to
the fiery lake of burning sulfur (Rev. 21:5-8)."
Moreover, you will not find a true born again believer living this lifestyle
today anyway. John tells us this, "We know that whosoever is born
of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and
that wicked one toucheth him not" (1 John 5:18). And he further clarifies
that those who do are not saved, when he said, "In this the children
of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not
righteousness is not of God" (1 John 3:10). Christ himself was so
certain of it that he said, "Wherefore by their fruits ye
shall know them" (Matt 7:20). A born again believer living godly
is not an option, it is an automated lifestyle.
Answer Notes: 1. The same can be said about Old Testament theology
being used, not rightly divided, to back a New Testament notions. For
instance, God saying one thing to the Israelites that have several clauses
and conditions don't necessarily applies to how God through Christ deals
with us now; in a specific doctrine.
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