RHM's Interactive Poll Results - Does One Sin Damn The Soul?
BY RYAN HICKS
© 1999-2001 Ryan Hicks



The first interactive poll began on this site as of July 1, 1999. It was ended on July 15, 1999 and the poll question and results were as follows:

RHM's Interactive Polls
Does One Sin Damn The Soul?
YES 96.9%
NO 2.6%
Don't Know 0.4%

Total Votes: 456
Yes = 442
No = 12
Don't Know = 2

So out of a total of 456 votes the overwhelming majority (96.9%) believed the Bible's clear teaching on what it takes to damn (defile) the soul. The Bible clearly teaches that the born-again believer is to live righteously and DOES do righteously, even as the Lord Jesus is righteous (1 John 3:7). As long as we are in Christ we cannot commit sin, because in Him is no sin (1 John 3:5, 9).

1 John 3:4-10
4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.

God set some boundaries that remain the same for all people of all covenants and dispensations. The Law of God has always been "the soul that sinneth it shall die" (Ezekiel 18:4, 20). Even from the very beginning of the Adamites all it took was one sin for Adam and Eve to be cut off from God (Genesis 2:17; 3:1-24). All it took for the Old Covenant saints to be cut off from God's salvation was one sin (Ezekiel 18:4, 20). The New Testament is just as clear in revealing that all it takes is ONE single sin to damn one's soul for all eternity (Romans 6:23; 8:6-10; James 1:14-15; 5:19-20), and this is irrespective of whether or not that person was ever saved, for the Scriptures say, "But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons" (Colossians 3:25).

The Bible teaches for all to understand that ALL sin is damnable, and that we must repent or we will likewise perish (Luke 13:3, 5). The few that did not know or answered "No" to this poll need to spend time studying the word of God. It is very likely that all of the people who answered "No" did so because they have another gospel (Galatians 1:6-9) that allows them freedom to sin (Jude 4) and not the true gospel that gives them full freedom from sin (Matthew 1:21; John 8:31-36; Romans 8:1-2; 1 John 1:9; 3:1-10)!


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