Philippians 1:6 (HCSB)
[SUP]6 [/SUP]I am sure of this, that He who started a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
Jude 1:24 (NIV)
[SUP]24 [/SUP] To Him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy--
John 14:15 (NASB)
[SUP]15 [/SUP] "If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
John 10:26-30 (ASV)
[SUP]26 [/SUP] But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep.
[SUP]27 [/SUP] My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
[SUP]28 [/SUP] and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand.
[SUP]29 [/SUP] My Father, who hath given them unto me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand.
[SUP]30 [/SUP] I and the Father are one.
John 17:14-16 (NKJV)
[SUP]14 [/SUP] I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
[SUP]15 [/SUP] I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one.
[SUP]16 [/SUP] They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
John 17:11 (NASB)
[SUP]11 [/SUP] "I am no longer in the world; and yet they themselves are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name which You have given Me, that they may be one even as We are.
So tell me, WHY do you have trouble TOTALLY TRUSTING THE LORD GOD TO KEEP YOU FROM FALLING? That is what the Jewish definition of the word "Believes" is, you know? That word means to PUT YOUR WHOLE WEIGHT on what you claim to believe in, and YET, those who think they can lose their Salvation NEVER put their whole weight on JESUS CHRIST, they keep one foot on the ground, trying to do what they can to keep their Salvation themselves.
Here are those who FELL AWAY FROM THE TRUTH, and it even tells us WHY THEY CAME UP SHORT, when they ALL thought they were Christians:
Matthew 7:13-14 (NASB)
[SUP]13 [/SUP] "Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.
[SUP]14 [/SUP] "For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it.
That small narrow gate is TOTAL TRUST IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, but those on the Broad Road want to trust in their own works.
Matthew 7:20-23 (HCSB)
[SUP]20 [/SUP] So you’ll recognize them by their fruit.
[SUP]21 [/SUP] “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord!’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but ⌊only⌋ the one who does the will of My Father in heaven.
[SUP]22 [/SUP] On that day many will say to Me, ‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in Your name, drive out demons in Your name, and do many miracles in Your name?’
[SUP]23 [/SUP] Then I will announce to them, ‘I never knew you! Depart from Me, you lawbreakers!’
HERE IS TOTAL TRUST IN JESUS CHRIST:
Galatians 2:20 (ISV)
[SUP]20 [/SUP] I no longer live, but Christ lives in me, and the life that I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
NOW if you REALLY BELIEVED it is CHRIST IN YOU doing to WORK because HE SAVED YOU, then you would have NO PROBLEM CONTINUING IN THE FAITH, because that KIND OF FAITH HAS ENABLED the Holy Spirit to PUT ETERNAL LIFE IN YOUR HUMAN SPIRIT (born again) which gives you the ability to TRUST HIM FOREVER. TO fall away shows that person had LESS THAN SAVING FAITH IN THE FIRST PLACE, thus they never were Born Again.