No — a genuinely saved believer cannot lose their salvation.
Les Feldick teaches that once God has elected a person and that person has genuinely responded to the Gospel, no one can lay anything to the charge of God's elect. Romans 8 shows that neither tribulation, distress, persecution, nor any other circumstance can separate believers from the love of God in Christ Jesus. Since salvation is an act of God, it cannot be undone by the believer or by anyone else.
Romans 8:33 — This verse asks who can lay any charge against God's elect since God justifies them, directly addressing whether a believer can be lost.
Romans 8:35-39 — Paul lists every possible hostile circumstance and declares that nothing can separate believers from the love of God in Christ.
Paul opens Romans 8 with a foundational promise: "There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit." He then asks, "Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth." In the closing verses, Paul asks, "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?" He answers, "Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us." Then he gives the absolute conclusion: "For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."
Les Feldick places this question in Romans 8:31-39. He says these verses "absolutely hammer home" that once God has put His finger on a person and that person has responded and entered into God's salvation, no one can successfully bring a charge against God's elect. He directly confronts the view that a believer must hope he makes it, work hard to hang on, and avoid any sin that could cost him salvation. Les says these verses "fly in the face" of that kind of thinking. He distinguishes genuine salvation from church membership, walking an aisle, or following a procedure by rote repetition. For the person who has genuinely come under the power of the Holy Spirit and believed the gospel with all his heart, the Scripture says there is no condemnation and that person is a child of God and always will be. He uses the illustration of a family relationship: no matter where a son roams, his parents' blood is in his veins, and once someone is a bona fide child of God, that relationship cannot be changed. He also teaches that salvation is God's finished transaction placing us in Christ and that we cannot take ourselves off that cross. Les insists that trusting these promises is not license — "grace is not license."
Les shows that God did not spare His Son but gave Him up to be crucified, and because of that, no one can lay anything to the charge of God's elect. He then reads Romans 8:35-39 as the conclusion that believers do not need to be afraid of circumstances: tribulation, distress, persecution, famine, nakedness, peril, and sword are all listed, and the chapter asks who can separate us from the love of Christ. Les calls this "that tremendous chapter of our great salvation" and tells believers to read it, read it, and believe it, and believe it.
Les addresses the group of people who say you cannot be assured of salvation, that you have to work like the dickens to hang on, and that you must be sure you never sin in such a way that you will lose your salvation and end up in hell instead of heaven. He says the verses of Romans 8 simply fly in the face of that kind of thinking. Once a person has genuinely entered into the relationship and become a bona fide child of God, no one can change it, and God will not kick that person out of the family.
Les says he always follows the subject of security with the warning that grace is not license. Believers can come to a place of trusting God's promises, but that trust does not mean God has hamstrung them or that they have permission to sin. The Bible promises security, but Les is careful to say this promise is not an excuse for license.
Les does not buy the idea that people become Christians by a set system, church membership, or rote repetition of things. He says a person who has genuinely come under the power of the Holy Spirit and has genuinely believed the gospel with all his heart is saved and secure. For that person there is no condemnation. Les emphasizes that security belongs only to those who have been genuinely saved.
God's Elect Cannot Be Charged
Les explains from Romans 8:32-33 that since God did not spare His own Son, no one can lay a charge against God's elect once that person has responded to God's election.
Romans 8 Contradicts Fear of Losing Salvation
Les shows that Romans 8:35-39 flies in the face of denominations that say you cannot be assured of salvation and must work to keep it.
Genuine Salvation Means No Condemnation
Les distinguishes genuine salvation from church membership and rote repetition, and says the person who truly believes the gospel is a child of God and always will be.
A Child of God Cannot Be Removed from the Family
Les uses the blood relationship of a son to his parents to show that once someone becomes a bona fide child of God, that relationship cannot be changed.
God's Finished Transaction
Les says a believer cannot take himself off the cross of Christ because salvation is an act of God that places the person in Christ and provides no condemnation.
The Tremendous Chapter of Our Salvation
Les points to Romans 8 as a tremendous chapter of our great salvation based on what Christ has done, and he urges believers to read and believe verses 35-39.
Security Is Not License
Les warns that trusting God's promises is not a license because grace is not license.
The Error of Trying to Keep Your Own Salvation
Les challenges the idea that believers must keep working and striving to hold on to salvation, asking how you would even know what could take you out.
Romans 8:1: There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
This is the foundation for the believer's security: being in Christ Jesus means there is no condemnation.
Romans 8:33: Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.
This verse answers who can accuse God's elect after God Himself has justified them.
Romans 8:35: Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Paul lists every outward hardship and asks if any of these can separate believers from Christ's love.
Romans 8:37: Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
Paul answers that even in suffering, believers do not lose Christ's love but are more than conquerors through Him.
Romans 8:38-39: For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
This is the climactic declaration that absolutely nothing can separate the believer from the love of God in Christ.
No. Les Feldick teaches from Romans 8 that once God has elected a person and that person has genuinely responded, no one can charge God's elect with anything, and nothing can separate them from the love of God in Christ.
Les rejects the idea that believers must be careful not to sin in a way that would cause them to lose salvation and end up in hell. He says the promises of Romans 8 fly in the face of that kind of thinking.
Les is clear that grace is not license. Eternal security is not permission for sin; it is a promise to rest on, but it never gives a believer license to sin.
Les says genuine salvation is not church membership, walking an aisle, or repeating a procedure by rote. It is coming under the power of the Holy Spirit and genuinely believing the gospel with all your heart.
Watch the Teaching: Romans 8:31-39 Explained — Why Nothing Can Separate You From God