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Luke 8:13 believers have faith and later fall away...their faith is nominal, lukewarm, or shallow. They have no root in themselves. Those who do have root in themselves have everlasting life (John 6:47).

No, it is talking about "the faith"....the religion of Christianity as an outward observance. People who don't have an inward relationship...who were never born again; but who nevertheless identified themselves as Christians.

Glad you asked me that... Psa 19:9, The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether. According to this scripture, it doesn't look like that is a possibility.

No...they are departing from the faith of Christianity...the faith, being defined as the religion as an outward observance.

These were disciples of Jesus who were not born again of the Holy Spirit (see John 7:39)...and thus not sealed with the Holy Spirit.

Right... Going back to Jeremiah 32:38-40 (kjv), Psalms 19:9 (kjv) for the fiftieth time...those who have the fear of the LORD (who heed the warnings) shall not ever depart from Him.

He seals true believers until the day of redemption, according to scripture (Ephesians 1:13-14, 2 Corinthians 1:22, 2 Corinthians 5:5).

How so?

Life that will last for ever (your last breath on earth is your first breath in heaven)...that begins at the moment of first faith (John 5:24 (kjv)).

No, I care to substantiate it scripturally. The Holy Ghost is "the Spirit of truth"... So if He dwells in a man, He will give that man the knowledge of the truth in due time (John 16:13).

everlasting life...

Not automatically...eventually.

You first...

I have always agreed with what you are saying right now, as you are now saying it. I would merely say that because I am sealed by the Holy Spirit unto the day of redemption (Ephesians 1:13-14, 2 Corinthians 1:22, 2 Corinthians 5:5), I will... Endure unto the end.... REMAIN in Him (for ever...1...

Someone who is washed in the blood will eventually fall on one side of any of those issues rather than the other... Next...

If I believe on Him, I "have" everlasting rather than temporal life. What about that is so hard for you to understand? You need to take the holy scriptures at face value or you will never understand how they coincide.

The body of Christ is unified by the blood of Christ (see Romans 5:9)...regardless of any disagreement that they may have concerning peripheral issues in doctrine.

You need to somehow show that Jesus does not give everlasting, but temporal life. But to do so, you would have to contradict Jesus' Verily, verily, statement in John 6:47. To @BreadOfLife.

None of them adequately address my contention... In other words, what you have posted has been inadequate to be able to convince me of your pov... And yes, if you had a convincing enough argument, I would indeed be convinced.

What I do is take every scripture at face value and seek to understand them individually before going on to the next scripture. Then, when I read the next scripture, which may be in contrast to the one that I have previously read, I don't nullify the meaning of the first scripture because the...