While that might be true, it might not be the best way to ask the question, or discuss the issue. Passages that support the position that once a person believes in the person and work of Jesus Christ as God’s Son (has been ‘saved’ from condemnation), that person will remain ‘saved’ are these:
“My sheep listen to my voice; I know them , and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand.” (John 10:27-29)
“For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 8:38-39)
“We accept man’s testimony, but God’s testimony is greater because it is the testimony of God, which he has given about his Son. Anyone who believes in the Son of God has this testimony in his heart. Any one who does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because he has not believed the testimony God has given about his Son. And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.” (I John 5:9-12)
“I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.” (I John 5:13)
“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade—kept in heaven for you. Through faith you are shielded by God’s power until the coming of salvation…” (1 Peter 1:3-5)
The above passages are often used to support the slightly broader subject of the ‘assurance’ of salvation, that we can know with certainty that, as believers, we are in fact children of God through Christ. They bring great comfort to us when the enemy brings doubt into our minds. Two passages specifically speak to what can be more properly termed the ‘perseverance’ of believers – that once a person belongs to God through Christ, he/she will always belong to God through Christ.
“My sheep listen to my voice; I know them , and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand.” (John 10:27-29)
“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade—kept in heaven for you. Through faith you are shielded by God’s power until the coming of salvation…” (1 Peter 1:3-5)
There is a subtle difference in saying “I was saved and I will always be saved.” or saying “The God who saved me can and will also keep me in His hand.” While both might be true, the focus of the former often becomes “I” and focus of the latter is God. The first often gives rise to boasting (or the appearance of boasting) while the second gives God all the credit.
The bottom line, no matter how we discuss the issue, Scripture simply rules the day!
The Battle Cry 
This is good Dan, I guess it is scriptures like the following that make me think twice that we are so secure…..
Hebrews 10:26-31 “6If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, 27but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God. 28Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29How much more severely do you think a man deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God under foot, who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace? 30For we know him who said, “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,”[a] and again, “The Lord will judge his people.”[b] 31It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.”
This tells me we can choose to keep on sinning after coming to the knowledge of truth, Christ, and fall away.
Romans 11:22 “2Consider therefore the kindness and sternness of God: sternness to those who fell, but kindness to you, provided that you continue in his kindness. Otherwise, you also will be cut off.”
Again, implies that our actions can cause a reaction, after salvation.
There are several as well about being blotted out of the Book of Life, which means we were there to begin with…..
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I wrestled for a long time with the issue, but based on the clarity of the scripture passages that tell us that we are secure in the hand of God, that He will not only save us from our sin, but cause us to persevere in the faith, the scripture passages that seem to imply that we could ‘lose’ our salvation are implications and not certainties. the interpretative principle involved is letting the clear passages of scripture guide our interpretation of that which is not clear, but nevertheless could be implied if taken alone.
I emailed you some fruit of a lot of research on the issue.
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Here a link to some doctrinal material on this subject by various teachers/preachers. Both sides are presented.
Personally, I went down hard, but I have come to believe that the perseverance of believers of our salvation is one of the most clearly taught subjects in the Bible.
The purpose of this post was to encourage thought about how we who believe discuss the issue. Experience has shown that it is wise to center the discussion on the sovereignty of God in the salvation of men, rather than a personal argument, as the enemy would have us do. What does scripture have to say on the matter?
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