Falling away has nothing to do with losing salvation; it has to do with pretending to be a Christian but never having trusted in Christ. No one who has been transformed into a new creation by Christ ever falls away. They may sin and are disciplined by God, but the Holy Spirit never leaves them. The Holy Spirit may go silent in them because they disobey and won't listen, but He never leaves them.
Hebrews 12:5-7 "…5 And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you. 6 For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.” 7 Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?"
When I gave birth to my children, they remained my children in their DNA and bloodline; that was never taken from them. However, if they deny me, they do not have the advantages of an inheritance.
When Christ transforms us we gain a new family, one that is spiritual and permanent for eternity.
John 3:16: "Declares that whoever believes in Jesus will not perish but have eternal life." This does not say "until you sin."
When Jesus Christ transforms us into a new creation, we will always be His children, but we may miss blessings, and the Holy Spirit may stop speaking to us because we are stubborn.
Ephesians 4:30: "And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption"
1 Corinthians 11:32 "But when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world."
There are many Facebook users who are deceiving people into believing you must do well and be completely obedient to be saved. They say one can lose the seal of the Holy Spirit. They never tell us which scriptures explain which sins will cause us to lose salvation or at what point the Holy Spirit leaves a born-again believer. They don't explain these things because there are no passages that say such things.
God does describe those who pretend to be Christians but have never been transformed by Christ because they do not love Him and are attempting to gain heaven in their own power through their own good deeds. These people disobey more of the Scriptures than they obey because they have no conviction of their pride that leads to confession of their sinful nature. He says in His word, "I never knew you." This means that someone who says they are a Christian but Christ never knew them, that they declared themselves that rather than trusting in Christ to transform them. They often are very clever, even have all the right words and actions but remain dependent on themselves and not Christ.
Matthew 7:21-23 "21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ 23 And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’"
When Christ transforms us, we are completely different people desiring to live for Him. Even though we may falter at times, we hate that we do and confess it to be cleansed of that sin. Our Spiritual growth depends on how frequently we confess our sins and desire to be delivered from them.
Keep looking up, our home going is soon.
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