This is not salvation., that you stated.
What you are describing... is the place that is to be maintained, as = right faith.......and right faith is understood as....>>"Jesus who saved me, KEEPS me saved".
He does that.........not you., because "God is faithful to complete our salvation".
Salvation, is Christ on The Cross, paying for your sin so that God can give you the eternal spiritual birth.
You dont "walk in that"...... you RECEIVE This........and that is what is known as being "SAVED".... "born again".
So, all of your argument is........ "yes, Jesus started my salvation, but now let me show you all the theology that i dont understand, that im trying to describe as the Charismatics teach it..... that is my idea of how i stay saved, if i do it RIGHT".
And what is that?
That is NOT Faith in Christ.......that is faith in SELF.
Yes, its worse for the believer who is caught up in carnality, then it is to have never had any freedom from it.
Thats true........but once again, this verse is not teaching that you lose your Salvation.
And again, you are teaching that this person has not kept themselves saved... and in fact.... no person keeps themselves saved.
You can no more keep yourself saved, then you could pay for your own sin and give yourself the new birth.
So, you do not understand "THE GIFT of Salvation" as you keep reducing it, to.....>"Let me show everyone what you must DO, to then stay saved"...
= That is "self saving".......LEGALISM.
And you are filled with it.....and will keep on teaching more of your "I MUST DO".. "I MUST NOT DO">. So that 'I I I I I I...me, me ,me me.. can keep trying to save ME".
That is no faith in Christ.
That is BROKEN Faith....>"Fallen from GRACE"
So, on any given Sat or Sunday, if im talking to unbelievers, and i give them the "holy Commandment".......and they hear it and turn away from it AGAIN........like they did the last 12 years.......then its better to not have heard it., because given time....the heart hardens against the Gospel message, so that the Heart loses its ability to hear the Call of God.....and noone knows when that heart can no longer HEAR the Spirit's call.
Once that line is crossed, then there is no remedy.
They will be among the millions who died and went to Hell, and are there now.....thinking....>"oh, i new it was true.....>I knew to believe........why did i keep WAITING" !!!
Your verse is not talking about Eternal Life.
You are falsely putting it in the verse, because you have been taught that Salvation is you working to keep it.
And that is faith in SELF...........not Faith in Christ.