I said:
"My question is about whether your view is that IF one does "turn on Jesus for the world like Demas did" would result in loss of salvation."
I think that would be a yes.
OK. So you believe that any person who has believed, and has received the gift of eternal life, and has been sealed with the Holy Spirit CAN perish.
However, Jesus said those He gives eternal life shall NEVER perish. The words "CAN" and "NEVER" are quite different.
Also, 2 John 2 says: " because of
the truth, which lives in us and will be with us forever:"
If you're curious about what John was referring to by "truth", just read 1 John 5:6 - This is the one who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. And
it is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.
Do you think John had 2 different kinds of "truth" when he wrote these 2 verses? I don't.
A person doesn't give up free will upon accepting Jesus as Savior. They can turn their back on Jesus.
I fully agree with this. Of course one is free to change their mind.
What do you think about the parable of the sower?
Mat 13:3 And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
4 And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:
5 Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:
6 And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.
7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:
8 But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.
9 Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
I prefer the wording of Luke's account about the 2nd soil:
8:13 - Those on the rocky ground are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root.
They believe for a while, but in the time of testing they fall away.
Many make the mistake of equating with ceasing to believe with ceasing to be saved.
Do you know the Bible specifically tells us who will be condemned?
John 3:18 - Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but
whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.
2 Thess 2:12 - and so that
all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness.
Since Jesus said the second soil believed, they will not be condemned, even though they fell away.