In my opinion....It is IMPOSSIBLE to embrace the doctrine of "conditional salvation" and "eternal security" at the same time.
I agree, these are completely at odds with each other. And if salvation, having 'been received', is in fact conditional, then there is only one conclusion that follows. It's on you. Because Jesus will not fail. So if someone fails, it's you. So then you have to mind yourself so you do not fail and in failing, lose your salvation.
It's the Poison Pill, and its administered by those who want to glory in your flesh. If they can turn a faith/grace child of God into a legalist like themself, they can know the power of inflicting pain. That's another of those "mental drugs". You do it a lot, you get addicted. That's a sadist.
And some may want to paint a pretty coat over the top of it, but this is not Holy Spirit behavior, it's fleshy, demonic.
Take someone from trusting in Jesus, and His work, and get them to try to trust in their own work. That is from the devil.
GRACE is NOT free license to sin... it is NOT an excuse to be bad... it is NOT something that encourages dis-obedience and or luke-warm behaviour of any kind... nor is it something that promotes repetitive sinning. GRACE is the pure and precious action of forgiveness for our sins.
The fact is . . . God's grace frees us from the power of temptation. We are already freed from sin. In trusting in the power of Jesus, we can walk free from sin. It's when we think that we are required to play a part in our continued reconciliation to God, that's the legalist thinking. That we have to maintain our being reconciled to God. AS IF there were anything we could actually do!
And yet it infects our thinking, and suddenly we're living in the effort to "stay right with God", which is simply trusting in ourself, which means we are no longer relying on the Spirit. And in the flesh we will fail.
Some say we hold up Grace as some permission to sin. I say I hold onto grace as freedom from sin. I say if you deny grace you will end up fighting sin on your own. And the fruit of that will be evident.
Much love!