Are ya SURE I can't ever lose it?

I was reading II and III John, Jude, and Philippians today and some things occurred to me.
In II John verses 4 and 8 there are some very interesting phrases, especially in light of the idea some have that you can never lose your salvation.

4 "I was very glad to find some of your children walking in truth, just as we have received commandment to do from the Father." and
8 "Watch yourselves, that you might not lose what we have accomplished, but that you may receive a full reward."

and in Jude 5-7 "now I desire to remind you, though you know all things once for all, that the Lord, after saving a people out of the land of Egypt, subsequently destroyed those who did not believe. And angels who did not keep their own domain, but abandoned their proper abode, He has kept in eternal bonds under darkness for the judgement of the great day. Just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, since they int eh same way as these indulged in gross immorality and went after strange flesh, are exhibited as an example, in undergoing the punishment of eternal fire."

All of these Scriptures give a clear indication that:
a) staying faithful is a Command of God, and
b) staying safe spiritually is not an automatic thing.
1. We each have responsibility to strive constantly toward our own reward.
2. There are plenty of examples in the Bible of people who didn't keep it (their
reward.)


The Bible is way clearer than we think it is on such matters. we have a responsibility to God to stay faithful and if we don't live up to it--in obedience to His laws--we will lose our salvation.

Just some things to ponder, y'all.

Lolly Fabulous