Jesus teaches you CAN lose your Salvation 

With every breath!

Unfortunately, many Catholics in positions of teaching have failed to properly catechize the faithful, and many Catholics fail to seek the truth in Christ and His church. The same can be said about protestants. "...they don't believe that God will strip a person of salvation over a single serious sin or even many sins." -- Catholics don't believe God takes away salvation. It's a gift given by grace and accepted through faith. People reject salvation by sinning. (www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p3s1c3a2.htm) CCC 1037: "God predestines no one to go to hell; for this, a willful turning away from God (a mortal sin) is necessary, and persistence in it until the end. In the Eucharistic liturgy and in the daily prayers of her faithful, the Church implores the mercy of God, who does not want "any to perish, but all to come to repentance'." There is a difference between mortal sins and venial sins. Jesus and the apostles taught this. He also taught the need for confession after sinning. A sin is breaking away and hurting God and the church. Confession is our reconciliation with God and his church. Just as someone else baptizes you, you confess to a priest who is in the person of Christ and the church. CCC 1033 and 1034: "We cannot be united with God unless we freely choose to love him. But we cannot love God if we sin gravely against him, against our neighbor, or against ourselves: "He who does not love remains in death. Anyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him." Our Lord warns us that we shall be separated from him if we fail to meet the serious needs of the poor and the little ones who are his brethren. To die in mortal sin without repenting and accepting God's merciful love means remaining separated from him forever by our own free choice. This state of definitive self-exclusion from communion with God and the blessed is called "hell." Jesus often speaks of "Gehenna" of "the unquenchable fire" reserved for those who to the end of their lives refuse to believe and be converted, where both soul and body can be lost. Jesus solemnly proclaims that he "will send his angels, and they will gather . . . all evildoers, and throw them into the furnace of fire," and that he will pronounce the condemnation: 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire!'" The CCC says, "When [contrition] arises from a love by which God is loved above all else, contrition is called “perfect” (contrition of charity). Such contrition remits venial sins; it also obtains forgiveness of mortal sins if it includes the firm resolution to have recourse to sacramental confession as soon as possible” (1452). If going to confession doesn't happen as soon as possible due to death, the contrition remains, and God can forgive mortal sins not confessed on earth. God is NOT bound by the sacraments, but we are. Not repenting from sin leads to losing salvation since sinning is CHOOSING against God. God does not force anyone to be saved and stay in grace. I hope this helps. If not, read the rest of the CCC chapters in context for the specific Bible verse! God bless!

@@brokenprayersllc As a former cradle Catholic, I am quite familiar with the difference between mortal and venial sins and the other principles you've mentioned. I consider absurd the claim that God doesn't "take away salvation" but that the person rejects God by sinning. I was taught in Catechism that missing Mass without excuse was a mortal sin. Suppose you feel like skipping Mass one weekend, and you are not sorry you did it because you enjoyed having the time to do something else, and on Sunday night you die; do you really believe that you have _rejected God_ and His gift of saving grace by one act of selfishness? By one fleshly sin, have you _apostasized_ and ceased to trust in Christ's redemptive death on the cross? What sort of weak, limp, ineffectual faith in Jesus' redemption would that be? Was Christ's propitiatory sacrifice so limited and so lousy that it can be thwarted by a single moment of fleshly weakness? This Catholic Doctrine makes a mockery of the tremendous power of the blood which Jesus shed on the cross for the forgiveness _and utter removal_ of *all guilt* of *all of one's sins,* when one has come to faith in Him. Rom 4:20 He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; Rom 4:21 And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform. Rom 4:22 And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness. Rom 4:23 Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him; Rom 4:24 But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead; Rom 4:25 Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification. Rom 5:1 Therefore _being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:_ Rom 5:2 By whom also _we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand,_ and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Rom 5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: Rom 5:13 (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law. Rom 5:14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come. Rom 5:15 But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. Rom 5:16 And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification. Rom 5:17 For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.) Rom 5:18 Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. Rom 5:19 For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. Rom 5:20 Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: Rom 5:21 That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord. When a person comes to living faith in Jesus as his/her Savior, that person is internally regenerated and indwelt by the local Real Presence of God the Holy Spirit. That person's sins, both past and future sin, are instantly forgiven. That person is counted righteous and is declared just in God's sight. The Holy Spirit testifies to that person that he/she is a child of God, an heir of God, and that the person _has eternal life_ (Romans 8:14-16; Ephesians 1:3-14; 1 John 5:13). What did Jesus say in John 6:47? Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life -unless he rejects Me by committing a mortal sin.- How can the Catholic Church tack on a caveat which Jesus never mentioned? If you do not believe that Jesus has redeemed you from *every one* of your sins, then you have not truly trusted in Jesus as your Redeemer. His sacrifice was _fully efficacious_ for the forgiveness of _all_ of your sins. God is the Creator of time itself; He is not bounded by time; He knows the sins you will commit tomorrow and next year, and He has already made full propitiation on the cross for all of them! This is God's _gift_ to you, out of His boundless love and grace, if you will simply believe that you receive it. Pro 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. Rom 6:22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. Rom 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

@@rexlion4510 Friend, what you consider absurd or not doesn't change Christ's teachings. Keep reading scripture with the understanding that it was not written in our modern times and as one closed book. It's absolutely true today as it was then and will be forever, but context is critical. It would be redundant for Jesus to tell people whom he saved to "sin no more" if sins wouldn't prevent them from eternal life. Like I've said before, the gift of salvation is eternal life, NOT eternally having the gift of salvation. Like I've said before, believing calls for ACTION, not just thinking or accepting Christ as the Lord. Romans 8 is a beautiful passage full of conditionals for the heirs of God, hence the word "if." The same is true of Romans 6. It clearly affirms what the Catholic Church teaches, yet you seem to deny it. Ephesians tells us how to behave and avoid living like before we were made righteous. 1 John 5 says, "16 If you see any brother or sister commit a sin that does not lead to death, you should pray, and God will give them life. I refer to those whose sin does not lead to death. There is a sin that leads to death. I am not saying that you should pray about that. 17 All wrongdoing is sin, and there is sin that does not lead to death." See how John speaks about BELIEVERS being able to commit a sin that leads to death? This is why reading in context is essential. You used these verses to support your claim, but clearly, there's more to it. Christ died for all of our sins, absolutely. But he did not take away our ability to sin nor the consequences of choosing to sin. Again, as we read in Ephesians, we have to walk in the ways of God as Christians. Blessings!

@@brokenprayersllc Basically the Roman Catholic Church mis-defines "sin unto death" in a way which contradicts the bulk of the N.T. teachings on sin. You claim: "There is a difference between mortal sins and venial sins. Jesus and the apostles taught this." Why don't you quote the passage where Jesus taught to distinguish between two types of sins? I will. The RCC says there is a "mortal sin" which is a "sin unto death." Jesus gave the proper definition for the "sin unto death": Mar 3:28 Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme: Mar 3:29 But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation The RCC is wrong. This isn't my opinion. Jesus tells us the difference between a mortal sin and all other sins. The mortal sin is a sin from which there is no forgiveness. Hebrews 6 says there is no repentance from this sin. Heb 6:4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, Heb 6:5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, Heb 6:6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame. A believer who has been a partaker of the indwelling Holy Spirit, who then rejects the gifts of God and apostasizes from faith in Jesus Christ's propitiation for his sins, cannot be renewed again (born again, again!) through repentance; he is lost forever. This is the "mortal" sin: blasphemy against the Spirit who was indwelling and guiding that believer, in total apostasy. All other sins are forgivable, that is, by definition they are not mortal, they are venial. So when we read 1 John in this context, we see that there is no reason to pray for someone who has committed the sin unto death, because he cannot repent and has no chance of being forgiven. But for those believers who have not committed the unpardonable, deadly, mortal sin there is assurance that they have eternal life and can be forgiven of all other sins except for that one sin unto death. 1Jn 5:13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. 1Jn 5:14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: 1Jn 5:15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him. 1Jn 5:16 If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it. 1Jn 5:17 All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death. Now, this was all in regard to BELIEVERS who commit sins. And we know that we all commit sins; we admit and confess this to God, and we have confidence that He hears and forgives us (actually He has _already_ forgiven us in Christ, but we tend to need reassurance). There is a different standard for UNbelievers, as Jesus makes plain in John 3. The unbeliever is in a state of condemnation by default, and the solution is to come to believe in Jesus as one's Savior from sin. Joh 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Joh 3:17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. Joh 3:18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but *he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed* in the name of the only begotten Son of God. I want to point out that Jesus never said, he who fails to join the Catholic Church is condemned. It's all about Jesus. It's all about trusting in His propitiatory self-sacrifice on the cross for one's redemption from all sins. Not salvation through reception of Catholic Sacraments, but salvation through faith in Christ. You refer to 'conditionals' in Romans 6. Let's look at the 'ifs'. Paul has just assured every believer, in the previous portion of Romans, of what he _has_ received (past tense): justification before God, peace with God, and saving grace unto eternal life. Now he exhorts the believers to not use their liberty in Christ as an excuse to sin. He is not saying that our performance is a condition precedent to receiving the aforementioned gifts from God; rather, he is encouraging the one who _has received_ those gifts to cooperate with God and to avoid sin (obviously out of love and a sense of gratitude). Romans 6 teaches us that the next obvious step for a believer to take is to demonstrate one's commitment to Christ outwardly to the world in a visible manner: baptism. This is set forth as an act of obedience by a regenerated believer who has already received saving grace, not as an instrumental means to receive saving grace and regeneration. Paul points out that going into the water of baptism symbolizes our death and burial with Christ, and our coming up out of the water symbolizes our new life in Christ and our promised resurrection. He advances this symbolism to give reason why we should not submit ourselves to sin. But Paul does not say that sinning will condemn us; in Chapter 7 he tells us that he himself struggled with sin constantly; his flesh and spirit fought one another and his flesh often won: "For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do" (7:19). Yet Paul follows this with the declaration, "There is no condemnation" (8:1) for the sinner who is "in Christ Jesus" through faith in Him as Savior from sin. "For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus _hath made me free_ from the law of sin and death" (8:2). He goes on to say that the 'difference-maker' in a believer is the indwelling Holy Spirit, because the one who has not been regenerated and indwelt is incapable of pleasing God, but the one who is Spirit-indwelt is led by the Spirit toward 'putting the deeds (sins) of the body to death.' The Holy Spirit 'helps our infirmities' and helps us to become more and more holy. Yet all throughout this life of being led by the Spirit in love and obedience, even when we slip up sometimes, we can rest in the blessed assurance of God's grace, mercy, and love toward us. We can know that we have eternal life. We should not live in fear that one misstep, one single sin in a moment of weakness, can cause us to lose our salvation. Whether it be skipping Mass, committing adultery, coveting our neighbor's fancy new car (or whatever!), short of apostasizing and consciously rejecting God's gift of saving grace in Christ "there is now no condemnation" and no loss of salvation, regardless of what the RCC says to the contrary.

@@rexlion4510bro what are you doing all up in her comments like that. get a job. who has time to write all that literally go smoke some weed or something.