I'll make it simple for you. If you don't have eternal security then you ain't secure. Jesus is the Author and Finisher of the faith needed in salvation. No other faith will do and Jesus faith never changes.
I would suggest that you go back and fast for another 10 years but you would miss the point.
For the cause of Christ
Roger
Roger. your statement is not biblical. you have taken scripture out of context with the rest of scripture and given it a meaning that God never intended it to mean!! If you were honest enough, and cared at all about what the truth is: you would read the Holy Spirits doctrine that i have posted! If you continue on your present course: it is more than likely that you will never fear God! and you will never turn from your sin! and you will be deceived by Satan into believing that you are saved when in fact you are not! People have died. gone to Hell, and seen pastors there that taught what you teach! The false doctrine called eternal security, as it is taught in our churches today: will gaurantee, that the vast majority of those who believe it; will end up in Hell! that is why it is absolutely imperative that you read the Holy Spirits doctrine that i have attached to this post! God will not excuse willful ignorance! the scripture says:
2Th 2:10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
2Th 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
One of the lies that is believed in many churches is that you cannot forfeit your salvation once you truly have it! the study that i have attached soundly refutes the lie of eternal security with teachings of Jesus, Paul, Jame, Peter, and John! In order for you to continue to believe in the doctrine of eternal security: you must deny 38 passages in the new testament that say that you CAN forfeit your salvation!
So you are left with two choices at this point: 1. repent, and read the doctine of the Holy Spirit that i have attached. and then have the fear of the lord enter you in such a way that you will truly repent of your sins and receive eternal life. 2. Harden your heart and stiffen your neck, put blinders on your eyes and refuse to love the truth and go to hell when you die! the choice is yours!
2Co 7:9 Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing.
2Co 7:10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
If you have never had godly sorrow that worked repentance in you: you are still in your sins and are not saved! Repentance is essential for salvation! this is what Jesus taught, this is what Paul taught, this is what all the apostle taught! I pray that you would repent so that you can be saved. Please read the attached study! I through the Holy Spirit have answered all questions, and all objections in this study!
oh by the way, when paul says that it is by grace you have been saved and not by works... he is speaking to pharisees who thought that if they kept the law they would go to heaven. and that they did not have to believe in jesus. Pauls letters make it plain that there are works that have to do in order to be saved: (like confession of sin, repentance, believing that jesus is the son of god, believing that he died on the cross for our sins and rose again from the dead, etc.)
READ THE STUDY!