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I don't know what to say here, what you said is just wrong. I've given you plain and simple verses that explain this, but you ignore them. If you are not a good and faithful servant, God will NOT call you a good and faithful servant. It's that simple. Read the verse from Acts again and...

So do you believe go will call someone a "good and faithful servant", if their faith is dead? What about Acts 20:29-30 "For I know this, that after my departure savage wolves will come in amoug you, not sparing the flock. Also from among YOURSELVES men will rise up, speaking perverse things...

Good. Then must agree that if you faith is dead and you die, which seals your eternity, you are not saved. Pretty simple huh.

And if they lose that desire to do good works, what happens to their faith? Is it dead or alive?

Ok, so you're saved by grace through faith. But James said that faith without works is dead. A faith that is dead implies that it was alive at some point, or else we would have no faith. Do you believe the Lord will call you a good and faithful servant if your faith is dead?

Mark 7:6 "He answered and said to them, "Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written: "This people honors Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me." It's about a lot more than mere words.

What are your thoughts about the "stumbling brethern"?

Good point!! Paul stressed endurance many times in his writings. This verse, along with many others, makes it clear that you must continue to be faithful to Christ until the end. James said that faith without works is dead. Please explain to me how you can be justified by dead faith.

Even with your interpretation, what's the point of the warning if we are always saved? If we can never fall away, why is the Hebrew writer worried so much about us drifting that he addresses it here. Romans 14:21 talks about the "stumbling brethern". Why should be worry about the stumbling...

Hebrews 2:1 warns us against drifting. If we are permanently saved, why does the Hebrew writer warn us about drifting? Hebrews 2:1 "Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away."