The Basis for Condemnation: John 3:18 - Irrefutable Evidence for Eternal Security
38John 3:18
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.
We find the basis for positional condemnation in John 3:18. Those that are not condemned (regenerated and therefore predestined for glorification) are those that have believed.
When a person trusts Jesus Christ for everlasting life, they are passed from death unto life (John 5:24). This means believers are in the life now. This refutes the notion that says everlasting life is not something the believer has until future. Eternal life is the present possession of the believer. The Bible says "now are we the sons of God" (1 John 3:2). The aspect of salvation that is future is final sanctification (glorification). This is the salvation of our bodies (Romans 8:23). Believers are justified (legally declared righteous). We are born again (regenerated). We are being sanctified (set apart). And we will be glorified (final sanctification). Glorification is when our condition fully conforms to our position in Christ. The moment someone is justified, they have a new destiny. And that destiny is to glorification (Romans 8:30). God will not abort the work that He has begun in believers. God justified. He regenerated. And He will glorify.
The basis for condemnation is belief. Those that are condemned are those that "hath not believed" (John 3:18). This means we have two positional categories. These categories comprise those that have believed and those that "hath not believed" or have never believed. John 3:18 puts an end to the once saved always saved versus conditional security debate.
Those that hold to conditional security (the false doctrine that says a believer can lose his regeneration) argue that when a born-again Christian stops believing (will a believer stop believing is a greater question), or walks too much in the flesh (resulting in too much sin), they will lose their regeneration. They assert that a believer can go from life back to a state of death. John 3:18 (which gives us the basis for condemnation) provides us with two positional categories. To reiterate, the two categories are those that are condemned (have never believed) and those that are not condemned (the believing ones). Where is this hypothetical category of people who apparently believed, got saved, stopped believing and therefore lost of their salvation? Positionally, we have those condemned (for having never believed) and those that are not condemned (having believed). The moment someone trusts Jesus Christ and His finished work, they have everlasting life. This is life that never ends.
Proponents of conditional security have an impossible challenge in interpreting this important text in light of their doctrinal starting point. John 3:18 precludes conditional security from being true. This passage alone effectively falsifies the soteriological position of conditional security. It is impossible to argue that somebody could lose their salvation since they would first have to believe, then stop believing, and as a result become condemned again. But you could not say that these people "hath not believed". This is simply because they did believe. And condemnation (going to the lake of fire) is reserved for those who have never believed. And so even a person experiencing a lapse of faith cannot be said to be condemned, since they fall into the first category, which is the category of the "believing ones".
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