I agree with who is right MMD.
And you and those who believe in eternal security are wrong all around.
Leaving aside the bible, it's plain common sense.
If I return to a life of sin, how could I still be saved?
A life of sin and the Holy Spirit cannot live together in the same space.
As is evidenced in 1 Corinthians, Romans, Mathew, James, Peter, EVERY BOOK IN THE BIBLE.
Eternal Security has come about only in the past few hundred years. Christianity has been around for over 2,000 years.
Does this tell you nothing? You suppose ALL THE THEOLOGIANS before Calvin WERE WRONG?
This idea of not our salvation may comfort you, but it's INCORRECT.
§check out all the IF's in the N.T. the next time you go through it. There are PLENTY. This is a conditionl word, as you well know.
How do you get passed that?
Because you've gone from one extreme to the other.
When the RCC is wrong, it's wrong.
In this case IT AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF PROTESTANT CHURCHES, are correct. Salvation CAN be lost.
it's good that Christians know this so that they think twice before abandoning God.
If they listen to YOU, they abandon God and lose their salvation since salvation is only IN FAITH.
What if they die? You have their soul on YOUR conscience.