If that's what you choose, that's what He will do. Remember it's never God that walks away, it's us. Once we decide something evil/sinful,dark/worldly is worth walking away from God for, He doesn't stop you from walking away. He gives you over to it, and blots out your name. "For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come, and then have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance, since they are crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding him up to contempt. Hebrews 6:4-6

2 Peter 3:9 The Lord does not delay his promise, as some understand delay, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish but all to come to repentance. Everyone who is born is added to the book of life. God is not willing that any should perish. So everyone is added to the book of life. But! Unfortunately, there are many who reject God and reject his salvation through our God Jesus. Matthew 10:32“Therefore, everyone who will confesses me before others, I will also confess him before my Father in heaven. “But whoever denies me before others, I will also deny him before my Father in heaven..." Those who deny Christ will lose their place in the Lamb's book of life. They will be blotted out in the last day. Revelation 3:5 In the same way, the one who conquers will be dressed in white clothes, and I will never blot his name from the book of life but will acknowledge his name before my Father and before his angels." Revelation 20:15 And anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire. So in summary, God doesn't want any to perish and evidence for that is that everyone alive has their name in the book of life. But if you deny Christ, he'll deny you before the Father, and then your name will be blotted out of the book of life. Our names are NOT added when we get saved. Our names are added when we are conceived. Names are removed because they deny Christ.

@christwithken So, then you CAN lose your salvation if a person chooses to walk away from God, correct?

@christytrammell6239 1 John 2:19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, that it might become plain that they all are not of us. In other words, if you walk away from God, it's because you were never of God. So this verse helps demonstrate that this isn't the loss of salvation but this is evidence they were never saved to begin with. Those who are truly saved do NOT choose to walk away from God.

​@EricCouture315 thats not who hes talking about. 1st john isnt about believers. It's about those who profess Jesus within the church at the time but ultimately deny christ or some aspect of essential doctrine like sin. That is what Jhon is dealing with people who believed that we have no sin.

There are a number of “if …then” statements that point to the conditional nature of salvation. “If you continue in My word” “if you continue to abide in the faith” “if you remain faithful unto death” are a few examples.

@@jcsman4244 Oh that's right. You said it better in fewer words with THE Word. Another one that stands out from Jesus himself is "Whoever loves me will keep my commands" and the dreaded "I never knew you."

@@itskenlang Interesting Jesus didn't say, "I knew you once, but now I no longer claim you as my own." He said He "never knew you". Compare this with Jesus saying in John 10:28-30, "I give them eternal life, and they will never perish; no one will snatch them from my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one can snatch them from my Father’s hand. The Father and I are one.” Just because someone claims to be a Christian or even acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God is saved. Even the demons believe that and tremble. We don't have to fret, though. Jesus says we can know we are saved because we will bear fruit. James states the same when he states faith without works is dead. It doesn't mean works are required but rather works or fruit demonstrate outwardly what has transformed us internally. It's the Holy Spirit that helps us to remain connected to the Vine.

@@jadtucker1972 On that 1st statement you make a fair point but we're now mincing over words. But my point was the possibility of falling away after receiving salvation will always be there while we're here on Earth. While we can know by assurance that we will be saved as we continue in faith, none of us are saved yet as long as we're still here on Earth, not until Jesus comes back. Our free will gives us the option to endure in our faith to the end or turn back to our sin and our old ways. It says "The one who endures to the end will be saved" (Matthew 24:13) and there are also people like the man I mentioned in my 1st post who was a believer that is now living in a gay relationship who still believes he is saved. Many like him unfortunately without even realizing it have thrown away their assurance of salvation because again sin is the one thing that does separate us from God. He was bearing fruit by the Holy Spirit, now he may be bearing fruit by the Spirit of man or the enemy. Even the lost can bear fruit like love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,, gentleness and self control, but may not come from the spirit of God. In his case, he might go the rest of his life believing he's still saved while disobedient to God's Word, and it is written "For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come, and then have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance, since they are crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding him up to contempt." (Hebrews 6:4-6) I get it. Its so much easier to spout things like once saved always saved, we are saved by grace not works, I can do anything I want because God will forgive me and has already sealed me. I get it. It's so much more attractive and pleasing to accept the more positive scripture while ignoring anything that speaks of discipline, consequences, falling away or anything else with a negative connotation. We say things like "salvation? savior? Oh give me that I gotta have that..repentance? surrender? Lord of my life? Giving up control? Nah I don't believe in that." But it is SO important engrave the whole of God's Word in our hearts and not cherry pick only the ones we like or want to hear while throwing accusatory comments towards other believers trying to sharpen you and label them as religious or hateful. This is so important. Our people are destroyed for lack of knowledge, but THE truth not half truth, will set them free.

I agree 🙏

Fruit that we can bear? Is there a verse that has brought this question up? Not sure I understand or follow.

Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control. The literal fruits of the spirit.

Galatians 5:22-23 "The Fruit of the Holy Spirit is love, joy peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self control. Against such things there is no law." This is the fruit we bear as we walk in the Spirit. A lost soul may show these fruits but they like the lady who donates to charity all her life but doesn't know Christ, she bears them by the spirit of man or of the enemy. It's important to have the discernment God gives us to identify if someone is bearing fruit from God or if the spirit of their fruit comes from man or the enemy. That is why You need to repent, fully surrender your life to Jesus, be baptized in water and spirit so that God gives you the Holy Spirit to indwell inside you and you can perfectly bear these fruits.

Yeah, those are the obvious fruits I thought they was talking about. Wasn't sure if they were going a different direction in the question.

Yes you can. Even in marriage, God forbids divorce is unless the case of adultery happens. So especially in an engagement it is absolutely ok to take that ring back.

Jesus is returning for a pure bride, not an adulteress.

We can do that but our headahip Jesus in whom we stand by grace and with home God mate the covenant with never cheats. We stand not in our faithfulness but His and we through a mirror see the glory of our savior and are transformed into His image by faith.

Yes. We have free Will!! God didn’t create robots to worship Him!! We ourselves and only ourselves can reject Gods free gift of Salvation ! Man’s greatest enemy is himself! Only a person can turn his back on God Nothing else can separate us from the love of God.

If you start living like the world with understanding of the truth . Did you really believe?