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Originally Posted by epignosis
The point is that the bible makes it clear that it is only the ones that endure to the end that will be saved. So a person’s final salvation is not determined at the moment that he begins to put faith in Jesus.
Matthew 24:13 (King James Version)
13But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
Psalm 37:29 (King James Version)
29The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.
Proverbs 2:21 (King James Version)
21For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
Adam and Eve were perfect and were intended to live forever on the earth.
So 'perfect' people, can still go against God. So salvation is a matter of endurance to the end. And the hope of mankind is of the earth.
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There are quite a few Passages you are overlooking:
Ephesians 4:30:
And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
2 Corinthians 1:22:
Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
We are sealed by the Holy Spirit of God "unto the day of redemption." It protects us from falling away again.
John 10:28-29:
And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.
No man is able to "pluck us from Jesus' hand" once Jesus gave us eternal life.
Romans 8:38-39:
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
There is nothing on this world that can separate us from Jesus' Love, once we have accepted Him as our Lord and Savior.
Romans 11:29:
For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.
If God called you to be Saved™, you are Saved™, because God doesn't repent about that.
Philippians 1:6:
Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
God will finish the Work He has begun in us until the last of days. He will prevent us from falling away.
1 Peter 1:5:
Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Again, it is God who makes sure that we keep believing in Him and are Saved™. To say that Saved™ people can fall away again is to deny God's Power to keep us from doing so.
So you see, once a person is Saved™, God will make sure that that person remains Saved™. Are you doubting His Almighty Power?