Hi Keezie, thanks for your comment that highlights the fact that not all Baptists believe one can lose their salvation—you are right. However, eternal security is a belief commonly found among other Baptists.

“…All true believers endure to the end. Those whom God has accepted in Christ, and sanctified by His Spirit, will never fall away from the state of grace, but shall persevere to the end. Believers may fall into sin through neglect and temptation, whereby they grieve the Spirit, impair their graces and comforts, and bring reproach on the cause of Christ and temporal judgments on themselves; yet they shall be kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation.” — Section 5, The Baptist Faith and Message, Southern Baptist Convention, 2000.

Hi Sunny, thanks for your comment. The article was originally published 2018-06-12 and was last updated 2020-08-28

Hi Romano. The reason why the article switches from “Christian” to “Protestant” is that both Protestants and Catholics are Christians. So I had to clarify that and get more specific so I could meaningfully describe the differences in beliefs between the two. Moreover, most who reject the “Protestant” label and exclusively label themselves as “Christian” nonetheless have Protestant roots and beliefs.