IS Ez. 18 relevant on this topic?
Ezek. 18:24: - 24 "But when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, shall he live? All the righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered; because of the unfaithfulness of which he is guilty and the sin which he has committed, because of them he shall die {the second death}.
The chapter speaks of the second death and also of sinners who have turned away from their evil and repented, shall no longer die the second death but they shall now live in eternity.
Believers, (while they ARE believing) are accounted “righteous”.
They ARE righteous FOR believing.
Because they ARE Believing.......the Lord IS “WITH” them.
Believers CAN Fall away.
When a believer Falls Away he has “committed iniquity”.
I have recently posted several comments on this topic, it’s called “TASTING” the Word of God.....and then “Spitting it out”.
When a man is no LONGER believing, he is no Longer “WiTH” the Lord.....and the Lord is NO LONGER......”WITH” them.
^ That IS possible, Because the man is KEEPING or LOSING “BELIEF”, by the mans “own Power”.
^ There are WARNINGS, for men to BEWARE of Falling Aways....
BECAUSE, men Routinely respond to, go along with INFLUENCES
of this world.
^ That is NOT a man having Received Salvation.
ALL men who have “NOT” Received their Salvation (believers or not), are always at Risk of Losing their Salvation.
Jesus’ REMEDY for a man To Receive and KEEP his Salvation (BY...the POWER of God IN him).... is a man that IS Converted, “IN” Christ, and the Spirit of God IS IN that man....and FOREVER the Lord God will BE “WITH” that man.
That man CAN NEVER Fall Away. (Ie OSAS).
Ezek gives some knowledge on the topic of Conversion.
Ezek 11:
- [19] And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:
Ezek.18
- [31] Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
Ezek.36
- [26] A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.