If your name is written in the book of life, what is the penalty of sin?

Question:

If your name is written in the book of life and never removed, what is the penalty of sin?

 


In other words, if a saved person can never lose his salvation, what are the consequences of sinning after one is saved?



Answer:

“Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap” (Galatians 6:7).  “For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep [that is, have died]” (1 Corinthians 11:30).  God does not allow His children to play games with Him.  While a true Christian cannot lose his salvation (see John 10:27-29), he may lose the joy of his salvation (Psalm 51:12) and the blessing of true fellowship with the Lord while going on in unconfessed sin (Psalm 66:18; Deuteronomy 28:23).