WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES OF LIVING IN CARNALITY?
March 26, 2019
1-2-minute READ TIME
ETERNAL SECURITY — PART 5
QUESTION: “Dave, what about those believers who aren’t living like a Christian; who are living a carnal lifestyle. If they don’t lose their salvation living in that way, what are the consequences for that person?”
ANSWER: There are at least 19 significant consequences for a believer living a carnal lifestyle. Read below for more details:
19 Consequences for a Believer Living a Carnal Lifestyle
My buddy Dr./Pastor/Professor Andy Woods discusses in his Soteriology class (http://www.spiritandtruth.org/teaching/46.htm), that if a genuine believer is living a carnal lifestyle (in carnality), this doesn’t result in loss of salvation, but there are 19 consequences. He expands on each of these.
- Lack of power (Gal 5:16; 1 Thess. 5:19)
- Grieving the Holy Spirit (Eph 4:30-32)
- Loss of joy (Ps. 51:4, 12; Gal. 5:22-23)
- Loss of spiritual sight (2 Pet. 1:8-10; Luke 15:18-19)
- Lack of growth (1 Pet. 2:1-2)
- Carnality (1 Cor 3:1-3)
- Unfruitfulness (John 15:5, 8)
- Lack of purpose (Eccles. 1:2-3, 8; Mark 8:35)
- Lack of stability (Gal. 3:3; 2 Tim. 2:17; 2 Pet. 3:17)
- Conviction (2 Pet 2:7-8; Ps 32:1-5)
- Divine discipline (Heb 12:5-11)
- Premature death (Acts 5:1-11; 1 Cor 11:30; 1 John 5:16; Rev 2:22-23)
- Loss of reward (1 Cor 3:15; 9:27; 2 John 8; Rev 3:11)
- Loss of fellowship (1 John 1:9)
- Excommunication (1 Cor 5:4-5; Matt 18:15-17)
- Temporal consequences (Gal 6:7-8)
- Unanswered prayer (Ps 66:18; 1 Pet 3:7)
- Loss of testimony (Gen 19:14)
- Loss of leadership privileges (1 Tim 3:1-13; 2 Sam. 12)