Dear Victorious,
I know God's love and forgiveness is for everyone, but sometimes it seems people can be so evil or so messed up that you wonder how on earth God could salvage them. Can anyone be beyond God's salvation?
Myra R. - Ravenna, OH
Dear Myra,
Of course the Biblical answer is no - God's saving grace is for every man, woman or child who ever lived on this planet. You mention wondering how on earth God could save some people. That's just it - He doesn't do it on earth. God's saving grace is divine and supernatural. It is not of this world. If it were it would be severely limited in what it could accomplish. So God's salvation is truly for everyone.
That said, I can think of two situations where someone might, of their own choice, put themselves beyond salvation. In both cases, it is when someone has rejected Christ and given themselves no more options to accept him.
The first one is obvious - dead people. Those who have already lived their lives rejecting Christ and died from their earthly life are now beyond salvation. They cannot consciously choose Christ (that we know of).
The second one is when people fry their brains on drugs. It's rare, but it has been known to happen - when someone so abuses drugs that they incapacitate themselves mentally. It is possible that in doing so they have wiped out their mental ability to choose Christ. If that were to happen, I suspect they would be beyond salvation. (And this is different from people who never had the mental capacity in the first place.)
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Just a quick response to the response you posted about a drug-addict possibly losing their salvation because of a mental-capacity issue. I am a biblical believer with a good grasp of scripture. My perspective is a little unique in this situation. I'd like to suggest some scenarios in which your response may lack some thought. (Please, I mean no disrespect here, just encouraging some thought in some other directions)
ReplyDeletePerhaps in a situation where someone has "fried" their brain on drugs, there may be some other perspectives. Some I would like to mention: 1) Most people who are addicted enough to drugs to actually "fry" their brain are likely not people with a sound mind and likely lack loving people around them. Most addicts are so hurt and broken it is the reason they are where they are. I believe that God is the only one who can sort that one out. 2) If someone who is hurt and wounded from life in general and people, makes decisions that have ruined their capacity to make a choice towards faith and obedience in Jesus Christ, perhaps drug-use would be considered an unforgiveable sin. Or perhaps doing something knowingly to incapacitate oneself is unforgiveable. I thought that Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit was the only unforgiveable sin? 3) Perhaps someone who loses mental capacity in a car accident is no longer eligible for salvation as well.
Just some thoughts. I like the blog. I appreciate your adherance to the Bible.
Thanks,
Sean in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada