Hiya bill, if I may, may I put my input on this? Though we may disagree on the position of whether a person can “Lose ‘Eternal/ Everlasting�?Life�?SPAN>  I would take the position that something by definition something that’s “Eternal or Everlasting�?is something that “does not ‘end�?�?And with many scriptural references to go with that, but to what you said, if I may�?/SPAN>

I am not sure of the logic involved here. Christ was crucifed once for all. The question is how we respond to it.  We can accept or reject His freely given gift. It is conditional upon our acceptance and remaining in Him. We can always choose to reject Him. If we do, He is still waiting (like the father in the prodigal son parable) to take us back, but we need to come back to Him, or we die in our sins.

In concerning he “prodigal�?son in relation to his father, the point that is often “overlooked�?is that the “son�?(as bad of actions as he did) never “lost his son-ship.�?

Even looking ahead in our study of Galatians to Gal 5:4: You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace.

And this also is a common reference for those that suggest that a person can “lose salvation�?in gal 5. the “fallen from grace�?is a far cry from “losing eternal salvation.�?And if you read the first part of gal 5, (and end part of gal 4 for context) when Paul refers to “falling from grace, he is pointing out “you fall from grace To the Law.�?Nothing in the passages about “salvation, the entirety of the passages in the comparison of law vs. grace.

This states that we can become estranged from Christ and fall from grace. See also the parable of the sower and the seeds, where some fell on rocky ground, some among thorns, and some in fertile ground. The word can take root, but die if too shallow, or get choked by the cares of the world. The fertile ground are those who run the race (believe and persevere) unto the end.