No you refuse to acknowledge the truth of how
context reveals the intent of the author. These lost ones spoken of in the 2 Peter epistle are clearly the false prophets. Do you truly believe God was fooled by the faith of these false prophets then had to remit His HolySpirit? Salvation was/is never on the agenda for God for these condemned ones.
What a classic distraction by providing scripture that seems to contradict what I am conveying instead of addressing the scripture I provided directly.
Romans 8:14
14 For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.
Why does this not say these might be the sons of God if they endure?
Romans 8:29-31
29 For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined
to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren;
30 and these whom He predestined, He also called; and these whom He called, He also justified; and these whom He justified, He also glorified.
31 What then shall we say to these things? If God
is for us, who
is against us?
Perhaps you could explain this one? Why is the aorist tense used?
Romans 8:38-39
38 For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,
39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
God inspired Paul to insert "life" here. Not even our life can separate us from the love of God. Now that is powerful and speaks volumes to OSAS!
OK here is another one the book of Romans in that same chapter.
Romans 1:8
1 Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death.
Completely free from sin and death, amazing isn't it? The gospel is truly inspiring and instills great confidence.
What are God's words in the gospel?
Luke 15:4-6
4 “What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture and go after the one which is lost until he finds it?
5 “When he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
6 “And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!’
John 1:12-13
12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God,
even to those who believe in His name,
13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.
Do you see whose will these are born from? Not their own because it was not the will of man.
John 3:14-18
14 “As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up;
15 so that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life.
16 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
17 “For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.
18 “He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
No judgement. Notice what it is that gains entrance, belief.
John 6:37-40
37 “All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out.
38 “For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
39 “This is the will of Him who sent Me, that of all that He has given Me I lose nothing, but raise it up on the last day.
40 “For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day.”
These all speak to the assurance of salvation for those who believe. God is the One who is the assurance of salvation, because salvation is built upon His promises from an unconditional New Covenant, not like the one made to those who were lost in the wilderness spoken of in Hebrews 10:26-27.
Now I want to present the gospel, in it's entirety so no one can dispute the truth therein.
Romans 10:8-13
8 But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart”—that is, the word of faith which we are preaching,
9 that if you confess with your mouth Jesus
as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved;
10 for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.
11 For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes in Him will not be disappointed.”
12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same
Lord is Lord of all, abounding in riches for all who call on Him;
13 for “Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
According to you verse 10 should say might result in salvation :unsure:
Lets look into the everlasting covenant a little more...
Jeremiah 32:38-40
38 “They shall be My people, and I will be their God;
39 and I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear Me always, for their own good and for
the good of their children after them.
40 “
I will make an everlasting covenant with them that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; and I will put the fear of Me in their hearts so that they will not turn away from Me.
These words of God's completely trump anything you attempt to present from texts that seem to imply lose of salvation.
Please speak to the passages, and explain them in context showing me how I have interpreted them improperly. Please do not grab another verse out of context and attempt to apply it to these verses. Lets start here then maybe I can be convinced someone can fall from God's grace, that He initiated, is protecting, and has promised to see fit until the end.