MizDoulos:
No , I havn't changed the subject whatsoever. Let me explain if I can, please.
We were save by grace - Ephesians 2:8 , and to "fall from grace" is to loose one's salvation by grace.
Our sins of our past "have been" forgiven, but if we willingly want to continue in sin, then we sow corruption, and we shall also reap corruption from what we sow.
We are not to be deceived; if we continue in sin, then sin is death, and not life eternal. We "were" ( past tense ) cleansed from all unrighteousness, but we still have free will, to walk in righteousness, or unrighteousness. Walking in unrighteousness, is sin, and sin is death - Romans 6:23.
I Corinthians 15:56 - "The sting of death is sin ; and the strength of sin is the law" -- Because if God didn't call it sin by way of the Law, then it would not be sin. Because sin, is that which is against the will of God.
James 1:15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.<> Death - not eternal life.
1 John 5:16 If any man see his brother sin a sin [which is] not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.
1 John 5:17 All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.
What this means , is that all sin is death, but some sin can be forgiven after one commits a sin. All they have to do is ask for forgiveness > I John 1:8 thru 10 and I John 2:1 & 2. Although, there is also sin, "unto death",and it can not be prayed for, because this sin is unto "eternal death". "Murder" is one of those sins, that is unto "eternal death" > I John 3:15.
You see, it is still "free will", which is something we will have forever.
If "we" choose sin , which is death, over eternal life, then we can loose our salvation which was by "grace" and not of our works, lest any man should boast.
Love IN Christ - Hervey