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Paul's words on whether you can lose your salvation or not; read Colossians 1:23: "...(your saved) If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister..." God wants believing loyalty!
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The word "if" here is not ean, an unfulfilled, hypothetical condition used with the subjunctive mode, presenting the possibility of a future realization, but ei with the indicative, having here the idea of "assuming that you continue in the faith."
That is, continuance would show that the person's faith is firmly established in the hope of the gospel and they really HAVE BEEN reconciled. Just as we read in 1 Corinthians 15:1,2 - Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you--unless you believed in vain. To "believe in vain" is to believe without cause or without effect, to no purpose. The people who fail to hold fast to the word (the gospel) that Paul preached in 1 Corinthians 15:1-4, demonstrated that they "believed in vain" (did not truly believe in the first place).
Getting back to Colossians 1:23, the form of this phrase in Greek (using the Gk. particle ei and the indicative mood of the verb epimenō) indicates that Paul fully expects that the Colossian believers will continue in the faith; no doubt is expressed, yet what about "nominal" Christians whose shallow, temporary belief withers away?
It's only natural that Paul would speak this way, for he is addressing groups of people who profess to be Christians, without being able to know the actual state of every person's heart. How can Paul avoid giving them false assurance here that they will be eternally saved when in fact they may not? Paul knows that faith which is firmly grounded and established in the gospel from the start will continue. Those who continue in the faith show thereby that they are genuine believers. But those who do not continue show that their shallow, temporary belief was not grounded in the gospel to begin with.
That is, continuance would show that the person's faith is firmly established in the hope of the gospel and they really HAVE BEEN reconciled. Just as we read in 1 Corinthians 15:1,2 - Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you--unless you believed in vain. To "believe in vain" is to believe without cause or without effect, to no purpose. The people who fail to hold fast to the word (the gospel) that Paul preached in 1 Corinthians 15:1-4, demonstrated that they "believed in vain" (did not truly believe in the first place).
Getting back to Colossians 1:23, the form of this phrase in Greek (using the Gk. particle ei and the indicative mood of the verb epimenō) indicates that Paul fully expects that the Colossian believers will continue in the faith; no doubt is expressed, yet what about "nominal" Christians whose shallow, temporary belief withers away?
It's only natural that Paul would speak this way, for he is addressing groups of people who profess to be Christians, without being able to know the actual state of every person's heart. How can Paul avoid giving them false assurance here that they will be eternally saved when in fact they may not? Paul knows that faith which is firmly grounded and established in the gospel from the start will continue. Those who continue in the faith show thereby that they are genuine believers. But those who do not continue show that their shallow, temporary belief was not grounded in the gospel to begin with.
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I am SOOOO EXCITEDDDDDD ..THERES A PARTY GOING ON TODAY IN HEAVEN N ONE AT DISCOVERY CHURCH! 11 people BAPTISED TODAY AS AN OUTWARD DISPLAY/ACT OF OBEDIANCE OF THIER PROFESSION OF FAITH How AWESOME is GOD?????? 
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BINGO! The Israelites were referred to by God as "My servant whom I have chosen" (Isaiah 43:10) even though not all of the Israelites were saved.
*Additional follow up* -- Also in Leviticus 25:55, we read - For the children of Israel are servants to Me; they are My servants whom I brought out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God. Yet they were NOT ALL SAVED.
*Additional follow up* -- Also in Leviticus 25:55, we read - For the children of Israel are servants to Me; they are My servants whom I brought out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God. Yet they were NOT ALL SAVED.
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We must remember that what Jesus accomplished on the cross was for everyone, not one excepted....that is justification and is applicable to all..from the foundation of the world...it is the reason we are alive, have food, rain, sunshine, etc.
Justification by faith is receiving Christ and when one receives Christ that one is a new creature, new man, all things new. The typical evangelical gospel (just believe) is not true, not because "just believe" is not true, but because "believe" is relegated to a mental ascent and not a radical transformation. Justification by faith may be thought of as "let this mind be in you which is in Christ Jesus". Think about what one who has the mind of Jesus would actually be like....no room for sin...and that is the gospel.
I think you mean well by your question. Remember, what Satan said to Jesus in the wilderness of temptation? He said "if" you are the Son of God..…. and Jesus knew right away what He was dealing with. "If I can stop being a sinner on earth"...………..there is no if. The gospel is pardon and power, forgiveness and restoration, cleansing/new life, etc. If we do not have the faith that will stop us from sinning, we do not have the faith that can be taken to eternal life. At Jesus second coming God is not going to turn a screw in our head so that now we are a sinless robot. Longer story short: the bible is absolutely clear that Jesus must reign in us...there can be no 1%-99% Jesus management and 1%-99% personal management. We must empty ourselves of self or the gospel can never be true for us. That is 100% bible truth. Now the blow. WE cannot empty SELF of SELF. So what is the bible solution? We can only CONSENT for Christ to do the work. When we start to realize what we are, we will 100% realize that if anything is to foundationally change, it will not be through our own effort, but through the merits and power of Jesus. Personally, talk to Jesus, realize your complete helplessness, and ask from Him faith, and to take your life, your mind, and mold it to His image.
There is no such thing in scripture as once saved always saved. It is a lie of Satan. Bring the dozens of verses touching on the subject together and it will be crystal clear that a person who becomes converted can fall away and these verses are in both the OT and NT. And never forget, Christ is not a minister of sin. It is simply amazing the masses of folk who want to be saved in their sin, rather than from their sin. There is zero compatibility between sin and righteousness. Again, Christ is not the minister of sin.