Yes, it is the remaining in Him that keeps us strong because He is our strength. I don't agree though that since God isn't unfaithful, that we can't ever lose faith - we still have free will to choose to not keep going with Him.
I know you and I won't ever want to leave Him and will never do it - but it's because we really do willfully choose - and continually do willfully choose everyday to forever - to always be with God.
But it must be acknowledged that there are people who for reasons I can't understand - will fall out of love for God and willfully don't want to remain in Him. I don't know why that happens, but it does.
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“I don't know why that happens, but it does.”
“And
this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and
men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
But
he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.”
John 3:19-21
aid you offer a hero in addict who loves the feeling of the high it gives them a cure and tell them you can o longer have tbat high feeling you love ….
the message isn’t always received because they don’t see the perspective of the people not on heroin tbat it’s destroying them and thier body and mind and life. And is going to bring death eventually they are just in love with the feeling of the high so the messsage “ stop getting high it’s going to eventually kill you sort of falls on def ears
but then there’s some who want to get off the heroin because they have moments of clarity where they realize “ this isn’t good it’s destroying me “ the message of a cure for the addiction and same message “ you can no longer get high and have that feeling “ it is received differently by the hearts preparation the broken ones will accept it the ones who still love sin and the feeling of the pleasures it give man aren’t going to want the message.
Same with following after we believe look at this parable it gives us a few reasons people stop following Jesus
“The sower soweth the word.
And these are they by the way side, where
the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts. And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground;
who,
when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness; and
have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended.
And these are they which are sown among thorns;
such as hear the word, and the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as
hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.”
Mark 4:14-20 KJV
It’s not that some can’t hear the message but as we persevere hearing eventually it begins to call for things from us like repentance and obedience to Jesus through the gospel . So we want the promise but not the condition is eas made with by him “ I’ll take salvation but if it means I have to change my ways that I like and do and enjoy them it’s not for me “
The wrong message is “ there’s nothing you need to do now your saved already don’t think you need to repent like he said or obey the gospel as he said no your already saved don’t worry about it he doesn’t ask anything if you you don’t have to stop what you are doing that you know is sinful “ you’ll never be judged you can’t be ect ect that’s all the opposite of the right message we find in scripture of be diligent in Gods things serve the lord willingly and fervently love for Jesus and not yourself lay down the pleasures of the flesh and excesses the love of money ect ext because those who live that way will be judged by them
doctrine is so important we should stick to what Jesus and his apostles taught in thier words false doctrine leads to destruction of those who would be saved
“But there were false prophets also among the people, even as
there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even
denying the Lord that bought them, and
bring upon themselves swift destruction.
And
many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.”
2 Peter 2:1-2
They being the destruction upon themselves and the others then follow them into thier ways and begin bekng tirned against the truth . See this could only happen to people who initially beilieved others wouldn’t be learning in chrich from false teachers if they had rejected the gospel not believing