No - a genuinely saved believer cannot lose their salvation by sinning.
Jesus gives His sheep eternal life, and nothing can pluck them out of His hand. Les Feldick teaches that a true child of God who sins is disciplined by the Father - and in the most serious cases may be taken home in physical death - but is never cast out of God's family. However, Les also warns that someone who claims to be a believer yet persists in sin with no divine chastening may never have been genuinely saved.
John 10:28 — Jesus' promise that His sheep have eternal life and shall never perish is the clearest scriptural answer to whether sin can undo a believer's salvation.
Romans 8:1 — Paul's declaration that there is no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus grounds the believer's security after salvation.
Jesus promises in John 10:28, 'And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.' Paul adds in 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.' These verses place the believer's security in what Christ has done, not in the believer's own performance. Scripture also shows that believers can sin and that sin has consequences. Romans 6:12 commands, 'Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.' Hebrews 12:6 says, 'For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth,' and Hebrews 12:8 warns that a son without chastisement is illegitimate: 'Then are ye bastards, and not sons.' The epistle of 1 John also mentions 'a sin unto death' - 'There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it' (1 John 5:16) - showing that sin in a believer's life can carry a severe consequence.
Les Feldick is direct: a genuinely saved person cannot lose their salvation. He points to Jesus' words in John 10:28 - 'I give unto them eternal life, and they shall never perish' - and says the promise covers the whole sphere of creation, including angelic and satanic powers; nothing can pluck a believer out of Christ's hand. He teaches the same security from Romans 8, where there is no condemnation for those in Christ. Les always adds a qualification: this eternal security belongs only to those who are genuinely saved. If a person has made a profession but never shows evidence of God's working - especially God's chastening when they sin - Les says he doubts they were ever a child of God. For the true believer, the relationship cannot be changed. Does security mean a believer can live in sin? Les says no. He acknowledges a believer can let sin reign in their mortal body - 'Can it happen? Sure it can' - but God is not pleased, and God's first response is fatherly discipline, not the loss of salvation. If a believer will not turn from a persistent sinful lifestyle, God has the prerogative to take that believer home in physical death - the sin unto death - although no believer or church has the right to pray for that outcome. Les argues that the opposing view - that some specific sin can cost you salvation - creates perpetual insecurity, since no one could ever know which sin did it. Salvation, after all, is entirely God's work: Christ died, was buried, and rose again, and the believer is justified by faith, which is not worked at.
Yes. Les teaches that when a true believer brings reproach on the name of Christ, God's first response is to chasten that believer, just as Hebrews 12:6 says, 'For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth.' If a believer refuses to come away from a sinful lifestyle, God may even take him home so he no longer dishonors the Lord's name. Conversely, Les says that if someone claims to be a child of God but lives in sin with no discipline from the Lord, that person's salvation is doubtful - because God chastens every genuine son (Hebrews 12:8).
John speaks of 'a sin unto death' in 1 John 5:16. Les teaches that when a believer will not shape up and continues walking in known sin, God has the prerogative to take that believer's physical life rather than let him drag the name of Christ through the mud. At the same time, John writes, 'I do not say that he shall pray for it,' and Les stresses that no believer or church body ever has the right to pray for the death of an erring believer. That call belongs to God alone.
No. Les reminds believers of Romans 6:12, 'Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof,' and he acknowledges that a believer can indeed let old Adam reign like a king - 'Can it happen? Sure it can.' When that happens, God is not pleased, but the believer is not therefore unsaved. God's response is discipline, and a believer who persists in known sin can even face the sin unto death. Eternal security is not a license; it is the reason God deals with sin in His own children personally.
Les points believers to the promises of Scripture. Because salvation is entirely the work of God - Christ died, was buried, and rose again, and the believer is justified by faith, which is something invisible that is not worked at - the believer can rest in the promise of no condemnation (Romans 8:1). Les also asks a pointed question: if a person could lose salvation by a specific sin, how would he know which sin was the one that took him out? That mindset leads to perpetual insecurity, not biblical assurance.
Nothing Can Pluck Them Out of His Hand
Les shows from John 10:28 that Jesus gives His sheep eternal life and that nothing in the whole created order - not even satanic powers - can pluck a believer out of His hand.
The Sin Unto Death
Les teaches that a believer who refuses to walk away from a sinful lifestyle can reach the sin unto death, where God takes him home, and that no one is permitted to pray for that death.
Sin Can Reign, But Not Unsaved
Les acknowledges a believer can let sin reign in his mortal body, but rather than losing salvation, that believer will first experience God's loving chastening.
No Condemnation vs. Perpetual Insecurity
Les contrasts the security of no condemnation in Christ with the fear that a particular sin could cost salvation, noting no one could ever know which sin did it.
Eternal Security Is Only for the Genuinely Saved
Les qualifies eternal security, teaching that only a genuinely converted, bona fide child of God is safe - and such a child can never be cast out.
Salvation Is All God's Work
Les shows that salvation is entirely God's work through Christ's death, burial, and resurrection, and that justification by faith is not something a person works to keep.
Grace Keeps You in the Family; Discipline Proves It
Les teaches that law and legalism cannot coexist with grace, and that a genuinely born-again believer can never be cast out of God's family; absence of discipline calls a profession into question.
God's Prerogative to Take an Erring Believer
Les says God may take home a believer who persists in known sin rather than allow reproach on His name, but He also warns that undisciplined professors were likely never saved.
John 10:28: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
This is the verse Les points to as the clearest promise that a sheep of Christ cannot be plucked out of His hand.
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.
Paul's declaration of no condemnation for those in Christ is the foundation of a believer's security after salvation.
Romans 6:12: Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
This warning shows that Scripture still expects believers to fight against sin even though they are secure.
Hebrews 12:6: For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
God's chastening of His children is His response to a believer's waywardness, not His rejection of them.
1 John 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.
This passage introduces the 'sin unto death' that Les explains as God taking home an erring believer.
Hebrews 12:8: But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
Lack of chastening indicates a person is not a genuine son, which Les uses to question unrepentant professors.
No. Les Feldick teaches that a genuinely born-again believer can never be cast out of God's family. Jesus promised eternal life to His sheep, and nothing can pluck them out of His hand. Sin brings God's fatherly discipline, but it does not reverse the relationship.
Yes. Les points to the 'sin unto death' of 1 John 5:16 and says that if a believer will not turn from known sin, God may take that believer home rather than allow the reproach to continue. This is discipline, not the loss of salvation, and no one may pray for it.
Les says that if the Lord does not chastise someone who claims to be saved yet persists in sin, that person's salvation is doubtful - because God chastens every son whom He receives. He often answers that such people 'never were' children of God.
Les points to the promises of Scripture rather than personal performance. There is no condemnation for those in Christ (Romans 8:1), and the believer's eternal life is a gift that no one can take away. Fearing that one particular sin cost you salvation leads to perpetual insecurity, which is not what Scripture teaches.
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