More On Losing Our Salvation

Q. Ezekiel 33:12 says, “The good works of righteous people will not save them if they turn to sin, nor will the sins of evil people destroy them if they repent and turn from their sins.”   Does this passage go as far to say you can lose your salvation? I thought once He started a good work in you He would finish it? This sounds as if timing is the key, not a commitment you are unable to withhold under your own mortal strength?

A.  Ezekiel 33 highlights the limitations of the Law.  You can keep it perfectly for years and then make a mistake and wipe out a lifetime of good works.  That’s why we need a savior and that’s the incredible blessing of God’s grace.

Unless you are striving to merit salvation by your own works and have declined the pardon Jesus purchased for you at the cross, you needn’t fear the outcome Ezekiel described.  The cross changed everything. You’re saved by Grace, not by works.