OSAS And Rev. 3:5

I firmly believe in once saved always saved, and the verses that once led me to doubt it, for the most part, have been explained to me. However there is one verse that I still can’t get my mind around, and that is Rev. 3:5. How do we explain that we have everlasting life if our names can be blotted out?

Q. I firmly believe in once saved always saved, and the verses that once led me to doubt it, for the most part, have been explained to me. However there is one verse that I still can’t get my mind around, and that is Rev. 3:5. Now I know that we are not suppossed to take one scripture, and use it to disprove the many that say otherwise, yet since Rev 3 is talking to the churches, how do we explain that we have everlasting life if our names can be blotted out?

A. You’re correct. We can never take a single verse, especially one who’s meaning is in doubt to us, and use it to negate all the verses we understand clearly.

But as a matter of fact, Rev. 3:5 doesn’t say that our names can be blotted out of the book of life. It says just the opposite. Take verses 4 and 5 together. He’s basically telling the unsaved in Sardis that if they put their trust in Him like some of their friends have, He will never change His mind about them. Rev. 3:5 is one more promise, right from the Lord’s mouth, that once our names are in the book they can never be erased. Once saved, always saved.