The question "Once saved, always saved?" to me, as I think on it, though I never noticed it before, is a bit of an oxymoron when one understands who God is, and what His character is like. Once saved, always saved? Well yes, I suppose we are always saved. Unless one thinks God's hands are weak; unless His boat has holes; or unless God, who is sovereign in will, would throw children back who He chose to save. Unless those things are true... yes, once saved, always saved.Does God ever go back on His promises? No, He cannot. I feel I can be pretty matter-of-fact in saying that God keeps His promises. Even people who don't know God will often understand that as part one of His must-be characteristics. When I was saved... God promised me salvation inspite of my sin. I do not know what He promised you (I say this... kiddingly, He makes the same promise), but when I was saved, it was not because I was perfect, sinless, or even totally aware of how God was saving me.Now, if He gave you a promise, will He go back on that promise? I think not. Even when we are unfaithful, He remains faithful. And, Jesus said that the faith of a mustard seed will move a mountain. How much faith will He require from us to save a soul? Jesus' analogy, of course, was not a mathmatical equation that can be measured to scale to other things. Jesus was saying that it takes little to no faith, if one would just believe in what God calls them to do, then God will move a mountain even with a faith that is near nothing. Now, after the mountain is moved into the sea... If my faith, after God has moved the mountain, fails, does that faith work in reverse? Does the mountain come back out of the sea? Does the mountain go back from where it came? I think not. The mountain has been moved.I am under strong convincing that once saved... once saved, period. It is God who saves, and Our Father, I say this reverently, is no Indian giver. Neither was my salvation based on my own works; therefore, when my works run out, why should my salvation? When my works go the opposite direction, why should my salvation? A God, remember, who while we were yet sinners, died for us... and gave Himself for us... should He make such a great sacrifice that our sin, even blaintantly willful, could overpower it?