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None of those verses say it is impossible for a Christian to become an apostate. Again, an apostate, one who falls is one who's position has changed and none of the verse you cite does away with apostasism

No, it means one has moved from a previous standing. A 'never saved' person standing does not change. A already fallen person cannot fall yet Christians can fall from a saved standing.

The Greek word for apostate is apostasia. Strong's Greek: 646. ἀποστασία (apostasia) -- defection, revolt It means to move away from one's previous standing. If one was "never saved" then his standing never changed. An apostate then is one who's standing changed from saved to lost. As Paul...

Off the top of my head I cannot think of one. Under the OT law a Jew was physically born into a covenant relationship with God, yet the Jew still had to remain obedient to God to be saved. Most did not and God gave them up to their rejection of Him and cast them off from being His chosen...

No, people can fall, become apostates. The idea of he was "never really saved" would render the word 'apostate' a meaningless, useless word.

Once when I was baptized and had my sins remitted since then I have continued to walk in the light (1 John 1:7) and have not abandoned that walk altogether. Some do abandon that walk and leave Christ becoming lost and remain lost unless, until they repent and return back to walking in the...

The verses leading up to Philippians 2:12 speak of Christ's obedience..."Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made...

Context clearly says first day of week. 1 Corinthians 16:2 is a commandment. Cannot carry out this commandment if not meeting on the first day of the week. I have consistently posted Christ did away with ALL the law including the Sabbath keeping. Christians therefore do not keep the Sabbath...

One can quit wanting by the same volition one started wanting.

1 John 1:7 begins with the conditional word "IF". There is no guarantee a Christian will continue (present tense) walk in the light.

There is no such person in the Bible who found grace in the eyes of God while remaining rebellious and disobedient to God. There were those who sinned as David, but he obediently repented and God forgave him. The issue you are avoiding was that his house would not have been saved by grace...

There is no promise of salvation to anyone who does not do the will of the Lord. Salvation is only for those who continue (present tense) the will of the Lord. Faith is what man develops in his heart when he hears the word Romans 10:17. Many verses warn about losing faith Hebrews 3:12...

Again, money was taken to the poor in other places than Jerusalem. The mention of Jerusalem was only incidental for the poor are required by God to be helped anywhere not just in Jerusalem. When Jesus died on the cross He took all the OT law out of the way, nailing it to His cross thereby He...

2 Thessalonians 1:8 shows one is lost unless, until he does obey the gospel of Christ. Obeying the gospel is not just mere belief and nothing more. ---2 Thess 1:8 those who do not obey the gospel will be in flaming fire. ---what is the gospel that one must obey then? ---1 Corinthians 15:1-4...

It is prescriptive when God is the one bringing Christians together. And yet a divine appointment doesn't negate any of God's other divinely appointed laws. That would be the fallacy of the non sequitur. Paul also points out that they are to gather up funds for the saints in Jerusalem. How...

I would agree with you that Sabbath keeping has been done away with for when Christ died on the cross he took ALL the OT law out of the way making it inactive, ineffective. He replaced the OT law with His NT, Hebrews 10:9. The OT law regulated the religion of Judaism while the NT law regulates...

Can you then show me one example of a rebellious disobedient person who found grace in the eyes of God while remain rebellious and disobedient to God's will? Hebrews 11:7 "By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house...

Salvation is impossible without obeying the gospel, 2 Thessalonians 1:8. Again, 'obeying' and 'accepting' would be the same thing. No one can rightly claim that have accepted the gospel if they have not obeyed the gospel. One is rejecting the gospel until they obey it. Romans 10:17 faith...

As long as one conditionally continues to doeth the will of the Lord he will abide forever. If one quits doing the will of the Lord He will become lost. 1 Peter 1:5 "Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time." Kept through faith. As...

Many over look the present tense of verbs for it undermines the idea of unconditional salvation.