Little Red Book Ministry

This time limitation causes some confusion because the Bible gives a lot of information about the age that immediately follows the Church Age. This age starts with the tribulation and includes the millennium. In these periods the need for faith is virtually eliminated because concrete proof of the existence of Jehovah God/Jesus Christ will be readily available. Scriptures that refer to salvation in the Millennial Age give evidence that works become the test for loyalty to God and that people whose works are evil can lose their salvation. These passages are often improperly applied to the Church Age, thus leading to the belief that one could lose salvation in the Church Age.

There are other, less reasonable causes of error that also must be mentioned. By studying the following statements with the verses referenced, as recorded by Merrill F. Unger, you should be able to understand the most common errors in judgment.

A. Passages dispensationally misapplied
Ezekiel 3:17-21; Matthew 18:23–35; 24:13; 25:1–13

B. Passages concerning false teachers for the last days of the church that concern apostates or those who were never saved
1 Timothy 4:1–3; 2 Peter 2:1–22; Jude 7–19

C. Passages comprehending no more than moral reform: for example
Luke 11:24–26

D. Passages relating to loss of rewards and chastisement
John 15:2; 1 Corinthians 3:15; 9:27; 11:27–32; Colossians 1:21–23; 1 John 1:5–9; 5:16

E. Passages relating to falling from grace, that is leaving the grace way of life for the legalistic way of life
Galatians 5:4

F. Passages containing various admonitions
Hebrews 6:4–9; 10:26–31