Revelation 14:11, Can A Saved Person Receive The Mark?

No, a born again Christians can NEVER lose God's gift of eternal life. A gift is free without any obligations or stipulations, otherwise it couldn't be a gift (Ephesians 2:8-9; Romans 6:23). The Mark of the Beast must include a denial of Jesus. Already today we see celebrities everywhere showing their allegiance to the coming Antichrist.

The unsaved world likes to show whose side they're on, Satan's. I humbly think the Mark of the Beast will be similar. I see women everywhere today in America covered in ugly tattoos. This is all in preparation to get people to receive the Mark of the Beast. I am not sure if the mark will be a 666 barcode, or something else.

No Christian can ever lose salvation. The Bible is clear that whoever takes the mark will be cursed. The Bible gives us a key clue in Revelation 14:11, "And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name." Carefully notice that those who take the mark WORSHIP THE BEAST, as I indicated earlier with the collage of photos.

We read in Revelation 22:19, "And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book." Those who corrupt the Word of God are effectively rejecting Jesus, who is THE WORD OF GOD (Revelation 19:13). I believe the same will be true of receiving the Mark of the Beast, it will effectively be a rejection of Jesus Christ.

1st Timothy 4:1, Some Shall Depart From The Faith

1st Timothy 4:1-3, “Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.”

My humble interpretation of "depart" in 1st Timothy 4:1 is that they were never saved at all. Everybody examines the Christian faith first from a distance, to see if it interests them. That is what the Bible means in Hebrews...

Hebrews 6:4-6, "For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame."

They merely "tasted" of the heavenly gift. They were enlightened to hear THE TRUTH, but they didn't want it, so they rejected it, which effectively is like crucifying Jesus afresh. Many Bible students get this passage wrong, assuming that it teaches you can lose God's gift of eternal life; but that's not what it means at all. This passage is about lost sinners who have heard the Gospel truth, but didn't believe and were not saved.

1st John 2:3-4

1 John 2:3-4, “And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.”

Knowing him in 1 John 2:3-4 is NOT talking about salvation. There are a lot of backslidden and carnal Christians who do not keep God’s commandments. Knowing God is talking about being close to God in fellowship. If you are close to God as a saved person, then you are obedient to God, His inspired word and His commandments. If you are not obedient to God as a saved person, then you do not know God in a close way.

Put another way, when we got saved our POSITION in Jesus was forever settled by faith alone. But our CONDITION is conditional upon our continued obedience to God's Word. Our CONDITION changes from day to day as we change, but our POSITION is set in rock because it is grounded in God's unchanging promise of eternal life to them that believe (1st Corinthians 1:21; Titus 1:2).

If you are saved, then you are saved. Amen. But that does NOT mean that you will be obedient to him and close to him. We should be obedient to him and seek to know him and be close to him. We need his word, the King James Version Bible. God loves you and I do too. Thank you for reading my blog.

How Are Children Sanctified In 1st Corinthians 7:14

I often use BibleHub.com, which is a helpful resource. Pastor John Ellicott (1819-1905) says this about 1st Corinthians 7:14 in his Bible commentary:

The children of such ​[Christian] marriages were considered to be Christian children; and the fruit being holy, so must we regard as holy the tree from which it springs.​ ​It must be remembered that the "sanctification" and "holiness" here spoken of is not that inward sanctification which springs from the action of the Holy Spirit in the individual heart, but that consecration which arises from being in the body of Christ, which is the Christian Church (Romans 9:16.)​ SOURCE

In his The Strand Study Bible, on page 1885, Pastor Brad Strand comments concerning 1st Corinthians 7:14:

“​God's view of a home changes whenever there is a Christian within the household. Because of the presence of a believer within the home, God sanctifies that home in a positional sense. That is, the couple will share in God's blessings because of the saved spouse.” —Pastor Brad Strand, 'The Strand Study Bible,' p. 1885; Rood Scholar Press, © 2009

I found a free online .pdf version of The Strand Study Bible. I recommend that you download it to save. It's about 170 MB in file size. This commentary sells as a hard copy on Amazon.com for $138.

1st John 3:1-3

1st John 3:1-3, “Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.”

I think 1st John 3:3 simply means that if we abide in the Scriptures, that is, in God's promise of the Second Coming of Christ, then we are going to live as such in anticipation of His coming. The Lord Himself made this clear:

Luke 12:37-40, “Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them. And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants. And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through. Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.”

Jesus said if they had known when their master was returning, they wouldn't have been caught off guard not doing their jobs. The great biblical doctrine of the Rapture (Jesus' return for His saints) is one of the primary motivations to be faithful to live the Christian life.

1st John 3:3 is not saying that every believer is faithful, for we know that most are not. We see this truth taught in Luke 8:10-15 in the parable of The Sower And The Seed. Luke 8:10 says the “seed” is God's Word. There are four types of soil upon which the seed fell. There are four groups. The first group didn't get saved, because Satan took away the seed. The second, third and fourth groups all got saved, because the seeds began to grow.

The second group had shallow roots and didn't grow. They quit and lived wasted lived.

The third group was choked by the cares, riches and pleasures of this world (I think this group describes 90% of saints).

The fourth group took heed to God's Word, obeying The Great Commission to go soulwinning bearing precious seed. They bear fruit and please God. This describes less than 1% of saints today. Our text passage says that the world does not recognize Christians as God's children, because they do not know God. John 14:17, “Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.”

The parable of The Sower And The Seed is not upon getting saved; but rather, about maturing in Christ to become a soulwinner. This is abundantly clear from Luke 8:15, “But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.” Soulwinning is every Christian's job.

The television, job, family, social media, video games, hobbies, politics, agendas, et cetera, hinder believers from serving God. Preaching the Gospel is every believer's duty according to Luke 8:15, Matthew 28:19-20 and John 15:5.

Acts 15:1-5

Acts 15:1-5, “And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved. When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question. And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren. And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them. But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.”

I do believe the Pharisees in Acts 15:5 were saved because the Bible calls them “believers.” THEY BELIEVED. They weren't trusting in works; but rather, I think they were errantly requiring the Gentile believers to keep the Jewish ceremonial laws (the law) to please God. In Acts 15:24 the Apostle Luke explains that the disciples didn't teach these things, false teachers did.

The group in Acts 15:1 weren't saved because they added works to faith, which clearly identifies them as unsaved. I think the Pharisees in Acts 15:5 were theologically confused, still caught between grace and works concerning sanctification (i.e., becoming Christlike).

If a man is wrong on the Gospel he is NOT saved. They were wrong on the Christian life, not salvation in Acts 15:5. That is my humble opinion. I don't think anyone is saved who is trusting in Jesus PLUS something else.

1st John 2:1-2, God's Court Room

Revelation 12:10, “And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.”

1st John 2:1-2, “My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.”

Gods court room is different than our. Imagine Satan as the prosecutor (a person, especially a public official, who institutes legal proceedings against someone). Then imagine Jesus as your defense attorney (lawyer). He represents you and presents evidence for your legal defense before the impartial judge (God the Father).

By the way, there is no trial by jury in Gods courtroom, just bench trial (i.e., trial by judge only, no jury). Since God is omniscient (all-knowing), He doesn't need a jury to determine ones guilt or innocence's (Proverbs 24:10). Nothing ever escapes the eyes of God (Hebrews 4:13). Every human being must one day in eternity stand before God, to be judged for every good and evil work (Ecclesiastes 12:14), every word (Matthew 12:36), and every thought (Proverbs 24:10). No man has ever escaped God's righteous judgment (Hebrews 9:27).

The prosecutor (Satan), will charge the defendants (you and me), with specific crimes and then present evidence establishing our guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Our defense lawyer (Jesus, if you are a born-again Christian) has the responsibility to defend His clients against Satin's charges.

Here’s the amazing thing—God Himself will be our the judge. If Jesus is our defense attorney we cannot lose. We can just sit back and watch the proceedings with joy and assurance that all is going to work out okay (Romans 8:28). Kindly said, if you do not have Jesus as your Savior (which also makes Him your lawyer), you are ALREADY GUILTY (John 3:18, 36) cannot win and you will pay for all eternity for them in a burning Lake of Fire (Revelation 20:11-15, 21:8).

The final judgment by God in your case depends entirely upon you, right NOW, whether or not you are chargeable for your sin. If you've trusted Jesus as your personal Savior dear reader, then He has taken away all of your sins. At the moment of the new birth, God credits (imputes) our SINS to Christ's record, and credits Christ's RIGHTEOUSNESS to our record. Someone has called this "The Great Transfer." I like that truth. This happens by simple childlike faith (reliance, trust) in the GOOD NEWS (Gospel) that Jesus is the Christ who died on a cross, was buried, and then three days later bodily resurrected from the dead (1st Corinthians 15:1-4). BELIEVE the Gospel and be instantly, irrevocably and forever saved (Romans 1:16).

Please beware of all the theological garbage that is circulating on social media today. For example: I found this junk today. Notice that the author of this publication calls it "the Gospel," and yet there is absolutely NOTHING in this presentation about Jesus' death, burial and resurrection (which is the true Gospel according to 1st Corinthians 15:1-4).

Will you let Jesus take your penalty for your sin, or would you rather pay for your own sins in Hell forever? The choice is yours alone to make dear friend. The Bible describes the horrifying future scene at The Great White Throne of Judgment, when the dead (damned) will be judged by God the Father for their works, and then they shall be cast by the angels into Hell forever to be tormented day and night without rest (Revelation 14:11, 20:11-15, 21:8).

I THANK GOD for the precious blood of Jesus that washed all my sins away in 1980 at age 13, when I trusted Jesus as my personal Savior. (1st Peter 1:18-19; Revelation 1:5). I am now clothed solely in Christ's righteousness, which is by faith alone in Jesus Christ (Romans 10:3-4; Philippians 3:9). Faith is the only righteous thing that I can do!

2nd Corinthians 5:21, “For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.”