WHY IS THERE SO MANY WARNINGS FROM GOD'S WORD ABOUT LOSING SALVATION IF IT IS NOT POSSIBLE??
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So to go back to the OP,I already knew
Yes, according to scripture, persons can, indeed, lose salvation and eternal life. As two examples, for a witness:
OT - King Saul
NT - Ananias and Sapphira
The sanctuary services of God teach the same in Leviticus 16 & 23.
God's own character, of Love, demonstrates that persons can indeed turn from God as they choose, using the choice given them by God.
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Some have attempted to "wrest", 2 Pet. 3:16, the text of John 10:28 by misusing the word, "pluck" (vs 28; G726), for it means by 'force', see Matthew 13:19; John 10:12, "catcheth" (as to steal by force).
To force out of the hand is not the same as leaving the hand of one's own will/choice. That is two things, not one and the same thing.
Hence, even Lucifer left his 'first estate' (arch office; Jud. 1:6) and position that God gave him (Eze. 28:14) of his own free will, and was not taken away by any force.
Likewise, Adam in the garden chose freely, and no one forced him to eat.
To force out of the hand is not the same as leaving the hand of one's own will/choice. That is two things, not one and the same thing.
Hence, even Lucifer left his 'first estate' (arch office; Jud. 1:6) and position that God gave him (Eze. 28:14) of his own free will, and was not taken away by any force.
Likewise, Adam in the garden chose freely, and no one forced him to eat.
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