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I can give you twice as much on not being able to lose salvation but you would obviously not take them , however there are no contradictions in Bible so if you don't set your bad presuppositions straight there is no point in arguing further .
How long does eternal life last ?
The verses that pertain to not being able to lose salvation are saying that outside forces cannot take away a person’s salvation. They do not say a person cannot fall away or turn away from God.
I am the true grapevine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch of mine that doesn’t produce fruit, and he prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more. You have already been pruned and purified by the message I have given you. Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful unless you remain in me. “Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing. Anyone who does not remain in me is thrown away like a useless branch and withers. Such branches are gathered into a pile to be burned.
John 15:1-6
A person must remain in Christ to receive salvation. In order for someone to not remain in Christ they would have to first be in Christ then turn away from Him.
The Book of Life
“All who are victorious will be clothed in white. I will never erase their names from the Book of Life, but I will announce before my Father and his angels that they are mine.”
Revelation 3:5
“For every child of God defeats this evil world, and we achieve this victory through our faith.”
1 John 5:4 NLT
“And all the people who belong to this world worshiped the beast. They are the ones whose names were not written in the Book of Life that belongs to the Lamb who was slaughtered before the world was made.”
Revelation 13:8
“Erase their names from the Book of Life; don’t let them be counted among the righteous.”
Psalms 69:28
My friend a person’s name can be erased or blotted out of the book of life. We must continue to walk in the Spirit in order to receive salvation. We have received forgiveness. We do not attain salvation until we reach heaven. Just because someone is given salvation in this life doesn’t mean it can’t be taken away in this life. Salvation isn’t eternal until we reach heaven or the rapture takes place.
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