Salvation: CAN YOU LOSE IT?

(John 10:27-30 [KJV])
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. I and my Father are one.

IF we are truly saved, we are Jesus's sheep
IF so, we hear His Voice and follow it, as sheep follow their shepherd's voice and know it, can isolate it, recognize it specifically, to the exclusion of all others
Eternal life, not temporal
"Never perishing" means always saved, guaranteed bound for heaven
We are all called, beckoned to come, by God, drawn in by God to come to God, and we never, any of us, seek Him
Life and salvation for us, is always dependent on God, not us, and it is always associated with words such as "eternal", "everlasting", "for ever and ever", "ever and ever", "forever", "sealed", etc, No temporal words are ever used to describe our salvation
So is the same "death" and "hell". Same words used for the state of hell, just opposite words for the reward(s)
No conditions listed, as always-JUST UNBELIEF on the finished work of the Cross of the LORD Jesus Christ. You do not have to sin to get to hell; you already have sinned, do sin and will sin in this life.
Unable to be taken from the Saviour's Hand
Unable to be taken from the Father's Hand, either
Since the Son is One with the Father, and we are sealed by the Spirit, then our salvation cannot be more secured, more assured
If you think you can pluck yourself out of the Hand of God, you are a fool, straight up!
Since no man can pluck them from Jesus's Hand, it means that they are saved. This includes US as well, not just other men. We are completely helpless to lose our salvation
Since Jesus the Son of God is God, and the Father is God, and they are ONE, then this applies perfectly

(John 1:17 [KJV])
For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

Jesus Christ is the Way, the Truth, the Life, and brings Grace and Truth, all of which are inseparable attributes of God.
That said, the Law, because of sin, brought only death
Life after life is eternal life, everlasting life-not temporal life. It is never called the "temporary afterlife" nor even implied in any way.
God does not break His promises
We can not and did not earn our salvation
It is a gift from the Greatest Gift Giver Himself, God
The gifts from God are without repentance
God's promises are one sided toward us as they were to Israel, regardless of us, our behavior
There is a difference between obeying God after being saved and having unbroken fellowship with Him by disobeying
God made the gospel, His message of salvation, like His Word, cover to cover, in the areas we need to know best, to us very simple and easy to understand. Further, He made that same Gospel of salvation easy to accept and/or reject, leaving that part only to us. Just the faith of a mustard seed is all tht is required. Nothing added to mess that up.
Only the enemy and mankind like to complicate it with religion, dead works.
If we break fellowship, we are still blood related as children, just like when our own kids are "in the doghouse".They are still our kids.
If we are not blood related, we are not blood related at all, not family at all, so "obeying" a God Who we do not know and Who does not know us is meaningless for salvation.
Grace is woven through Scripture, in every book, displayed through every person, nation, believers and unbelievers alike. God sheds grace on earth to all, even those who hate Him-until that day....
It is undeniably a major attribute of God and His Sovereignty
If you think that you can lose your salvation by sinning, then you cannot fully know when you unconsciously sin in your heart and actions at all times, every day until you die, so therefore you have no chance of going to heaven, since you do not know when you will die. And we all do sin and die. The death reate is one per person...no one gets out alive. And we sin constantly, knowingly and unknowingly, as Paul says:

(Ephesians 1:13 [KJV])
In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
- We trusted and did not work, all in faith
- We trusted because we heard God's Word, the saving Gospel
- In Whom we believed and did not work because He is Jesus Christ the Righteous
- We were sealed, not temporarily, but rather with a permanent seal, unbreakable by any man, only God (Jesus Christ) as God the Holy Spirit's seals cannot be broken by mankind, just like His promises
(Romans 7:16 [KJV])
If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good. Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.

THE LAW, THE FLESH, GOOD AND EVIL, SIN AND THE SPIRIT

Paul acknowledges that he does sin, which he does not want to, thereby acknowledging, verifying the Law and that it is good
He is carnal and fleshly, internal, involuntary, automatic-IT LEADS TO SIN AND DEATH.
Having nothing in us that is good, we are wicked, evil, robotic, automatic sinners who are incapable, without God, without Jesus Christ, of doing good on our own.
This is automatically our will, our want, despite not wanting to do evil
Sin (flesh, sp. in the mind) lives in us, alongside the good (Spirit), constantly at open warfare
This is even completely without outside influences (the enemy, other people in their flesh, circumstances, etc.
This warfare takes us captive, prisoners of war
On our own, we are wretched, in need of a Saviour to stop us from being declared sinners before God, spiritually
That is where Jesus Christ comes in. Because we are helpless, incapable of not sinning, He had to do it initially, and now has to be our Advocate, our lawyer after, constantly declaring us righteous before the Father

MORE ON SINNING/NOT SINNING: 1 JOHN 1

(1 John 1:5-10 [KJV])
This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

God is Holy; we are not
In our flesh we cannot walk with God (have fellowship)
IF we make the claim that we can and do, we are lying liars
IF we walk in the light (He is the light of the world), then we, as Christians, have fellowship with other believers, as BLOOD related family, but only IF we are already saved.
IF we walk in the light of Jesus Christ, we are saved, as His Blood, shed for us, cleanses us from ALL sin, darkness, the sting of death and hell itself
SINCE we are all sinners, SINCE we are only DECLARED righteous before God by faith in the shed Blood of Jesus Christ alone and not our own righteousness, we cannot claim that it is how we get saved or stay saved, or else we lie.

(1 John 2:1,2 [KJV])
My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

If we do it long enough and far away from God enough, it seems HE takes us home "early", but we still go to Heaven. We are just not glorifying Him on earth, which is our mission to do.

(1 Corinthians 11:27-34 [KJV])
Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world. Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another. And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come.
We are sealed by God the Holy Spirit.The only One who can break that seal is God Himself, who never said, implied, hinted, or suggested He would ever do such a thing
ONLY GOD HIMSELF (Jesus Christ is God come in the flesh) can break His own seals.

(Revelation 5:3-5 [KJV])
And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon. And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon. And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.
While this is the seal to open up world judgment at the end, it shows clearly that only God Himself is Sovereign over all things-salvation, judgment, world events, all while allowing man to exercise his own evil will in this life, knowingly and in ignorance
Looking at all of the patriarchs in both testaments, we see clearly, in every instance, God calls and chooses them, never the other way around.
Even Israel herself was chosen by God, who rarely ever followed God throughout all of their sordid history, but God chose to preserve them and use them, and even now has future plans for them that they did not earn, nor deserve, just like us. They originally did not choose God at all, and they rarely ever merited His love for them. Like us all.
Salvation is our hope, our only hope. If we are saved, then not saved, then saved, then maybe saved, then that is not hope at all, and certainly not a lively hope. In addition, that hope is supposed to be eternal, not temporal!
Jesus told the Jews (Pharisees, Sadducees, lay people alike) that they would not get to heaven, not because they were not religious enough, not because they did not work enough, but because they rejected Him, they did not believe in/on Him
Hebrews chapter eleven itself speaks of Old Testament people, under the Law, who lived by faith, and specifically says to, over and over. By faith they did the works, by faith were called, and were declared righteous by Who they believed, by faith, not by works, which followed precisely because they believed

JOHN 10: OUR WEAKNESS, HIS STRENGTH

(John 10:27-30 [KJV])
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. I and my Father are one.

IF we are truly saved, we are Jesus's sheep
IF so, we hear His Voice and follow it, as sheep follow their shepherd's voice and know it, can isolate it, recognize it specifically, to the exclusion of all others
Since no man can pluck them from Jesus's Hand, it means that they are saved, eternally, forever, not "until they sin". This includes US OURSELVES as well, not just other men. We are completely helpless to pluck ourselvews fro mthe Hand of the Creator and Savious the LORD Jesus Christ, in order to lose our salvation
To think otherwise means arrogance, not understanding what salvation actually is, not understanding the One Who gave it to us and declaring His work on the Cross as unfinished, thinking we can and should add to it.
Since no man can pluck them from the Father's Hand, it means that they are saved. This includes US as well, not just other men. We are completely helpless to lose our salvation
Since Jesus the Son of God is God, and the Father is God, and they are ONE, then this applies perfectly

HOPE...ETERNAL...LIFE

(Romans 10:13 [KJV])
For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved

(Titus 1:2 [KJV])
In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;

(Titus 3:5 [KJV])
Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

(Titus 3:7 [KJV])
That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

Justified because God promised it, and He cannot change that nor lie
Justification by God's mercy, His grace, not byworks, not by the Law
It is our only hope and gives us hope
This was God's plan for mankind, from before the world even existed
No mention of our works here
No mention of temporal life, conditional upon our works

(2 Corinthians 4:18 [KJV])
While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

The word "temporary" is even in the English Dictionary, the 1828 Webster's, but not used in the Word of God to describe life.....however "ETERNAL" is.
The word "temporal" is in 2 Corinthians 4:18. but it describes this life only, not the life after this life. Eternal and everlasting ALWAYS describe that.
Heaven is not seen now by our eyes on earth. Ergo, it must be eternal.

Adam and Eve
Cain and Abel
Noah
Abraham and Sara
Israel herself
Joseph
Moses
Daniel
Rahab
Paul
Hebrews 11

SUPPORTING VERSES (A FEW)

(John 5:24 [KJV])
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

We have everlasting life.We are not working towards everlasting life, because we already have it.There are no conditions given here except believing.No works.

(1 John 5:13 [KJV])
These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.

We can know that we have eternal life because we believe, without works, which are not mentioned here

(1 Peter 1:5 [KJV])
Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

If God cannot keep us and we have to keep ourselves, we are in big trouble.Also, we are saved and kept by faith, not works.

(Luke 18:26-27 [KJV])
And they that heard it said, Who then can be saved? And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.

In other words, it is impossible ("impossible with men") to save ourselves.Whwat would make us think that we could then keep ourselves saved, since we never saved ourselves inthe first place?

(Romans 8:1 [KJV])
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

The only condemnation we have is our own, towards ourselves, spiritually speaking, and even that is temporal, if we are saved.If we are not, this self-condemnation is nothing compared to eternal separation from God.While the immediate context here was a rich young man whose riches got in the way of following Jesus, the rest of the context of the Word of God clearly states that all things get in the way, and that our righteousnesses do not save us as it is.

(Isaiah 64:6 [KJV])
But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

(Matthew 12:36 [KJV])
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

(Matthew 5:27-30 [KJV])
Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

(1 Corinthians 15:50 [KJV])
Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

What the above verses clearly say is that we are incapable of not sinning, consciously or unconsciuosly
We are told by our Creator that we have a sin nature from the Fall as it is, making us flesh and blood, which cannot go to Heaven, as we are unholy in our condition, unless we are born again.

ROMANS 9:
(Romans 3:9-19 [KJV])
What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin; As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: Their feet are swift to shed blood: Destruction and misery are in their ways: And the way of peace have they not known: There is no fear of God before their eyes.Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.

Our righteousness is filthy rags
We are all unclean, in the flesh
Fading, disease, death, rotting of flesh, carries us far from God
Under sin and death
None righteous
No understanding of God
None that seek God
Gone away from God
Useless to God
None that do good
Our words of our lips, throats, all wicked, like tombs of dead bodies
Our words are poison to kill like a deadly snake (the serpent)
Nasty words, spoken in bitterness
Bloody murder in our hearts, sometimes acted with speed, reckless abandon, out with our hands, often with our mouths
We bring destruction, misery wherever we go-to God, to others
We war with our members, and do not bring peace
This is both Old and New Testament teaching

(1 Thessalonians 1:1 [KJV])
Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

We are secured..IN CHRIST

(1 Thessalonians 1:10 [KJV])
And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.

(2 Thessalonians 2:16,17 [KJV])
Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace, Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.

(Ephesians 2:8-10 [KJV])
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

(Hebrews 3:14-19 [KJV])
For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end; While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.
But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?
And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?
So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.

The first verse here indicates by "if we hold" that we could lose our salvation

(John 8:31-35 [KJV])
Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever.

The truth being Jesus, sets us free
That Truth sets us free forever, because He abides in us forever. He said so (v.35)

(Romans 8:31-39 [KJV])
What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Who can be against us? The implied answer here is ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, INCLUDING US!
Giving us all things freely (unearned) includes our salvation
Who can charge us with any crimes against God, that would stick in God's eyes (not in man's)?The implied answer again is not one soul, including ourselves
Who can condemn us, spiritually? The implied answer, once again, is not one soul, including ourselves
Jesus is stated here as our attorney, pleading forever on our behalf, interceding for us before the Throne of the Father
Can we be separated from God now, since we are justified before His eyes with Whom we have to do? The implied answer again is not one soul, including ourselves
In this list of things which cannot separate us from God's eternal l;ove, is everything there is in heaven and on earth, and under it!

Hebrews 12:14
1 Peter 1:15
Romans 6:11-18
Matthew 28:18-20
Luke 9:23
Colossians 3:10
2 Corinthians 3:18
Philippians. 3: 10-14

ADAM AND EVE: GENESIS 3

(Genesis 3)
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.

And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living. Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.

And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

God gave the first couple a perfect paradise, in Eden, by 100% grace
They were naked, but innocent, sinless
This is something we are not familiar with
God gave the first couple one commandment
God gave them free will to exercise
God gave them a tempter so that they could exercise their will for Him or against His will
Adam was to instruct Eve on the tree of the knowledge of good and evil
They broke His only commandment, falling, bringing sin into the world
They had a trial, and lost
God showed mercy and grace by killing an innocent animal, shedding blood, and covering their sin (nakedness)
This was only by His Mercy, Grace, 100% and God did not have to do it
Adam and Eve contributed nothing to this action
The LORD also put an angel to keep them from eating from the tree of life, to prevent perpetuating their sinful lives
Once again, this was only done by His Mercy, Grace, 100% and God did not have to do it

CAIN AND ABEL: GENESIS 4

(Genesis 4 [KJV])
And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?

If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.

And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper? And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground. And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand; When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.

And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear. Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me. And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him. And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

(Hebrews 11:4 [KJV])
By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.

Abel brought an animal sacrifice, a sheep from his flock, apparently according to God's command. Cain did not
Cain was not happy that God was not happy about his offering-not to mention envious that God was pleased with his brother Abel's acceptance by God
After murdering Abel, Cain was shown grace, mercy, and a normal life, released from, what later under the law, would have been the death penalty
We know this because God's Word says that there was a death penalty for killing Cain: "Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him."
God declared Abel righteous because of his sacrifice of the lambs

NOAH:GENESIS 6

(Genesis 6:8 [KJV])
But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

Grace, doing nothing to earn favor fom God
Did Noah not sin for 120 years, nor Noah's unnamed wife, nor Shem, Ham, Japheth, nor their wives? I trow not!
Yet God saved Noah through the Flood...because?Noah walked with God, believed God, not because Noah was a hard working boat builder, or not a fleshly, carnal sinner like us all of his years.
Hebrews says that this was by faith, this building for 120 years the ark, and it showed he was declared righteous by God-BY FAITH

(Hebrews 11:7 [KJV])
By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

ABRAHAM, SARA: GENESIS 12-22

(Genesis 12:1-3 [KJV])
Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

Abraham was called by God
Abraham did not seek God; God sought Abraham
The promises to Abraham are to this day being fulfilled in Israel!
God gave him gold, silver, lots of livestock, a homeland, a great name, descendants are many as the dust of the earth, the stars of the heavens, all by grace
Nothing was earned, nothing lost, all by grace through faith

(Hebrews 11:8-10 [KJV])
By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

By faith, never by works
Abraham was righteous, by faith, looking to heaven the entire time
It says that his real destination was heaven, the real promised land
A man destined for heaven need not worry about the things of earth. A man uncertain of heaven is looking to earth, worrying about if he will get to heaven or not-constantly distracted by that false line of unbelief in God's provision of eternal life

PAUL: ROMANS 7

(Romans 7:12-25 [KJV])
Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good. Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful. For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin. For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good. Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.

Paul was chosen by Jesus on the road to Damascus
Paul was the apostle to the Gentiles
Paul knew the law well as a Pharisee like a Jewish lawyer today for, say, a synagogue
Paul knew now after conversion, the nature of his flesh and that of all of us
He said we are carnal, and sold unto sin, meaning many bad things, such as we are mere flesh in our flesh and not spiritual, we are ripe for judgment, we will not get to heaven in this mortal, carnal body, meaning we cannot, in any way, at any time, stop sinning-EVER!
This is true even when and if we do not want to sin, as it is in our nature, displayed in our thoughts and actions, every moment of every day
Paul concludes by saying here (and in many other places) that Jesus saved him and saves us from this, forever, else no one would get to heaven, since we never stop going against God's perfect Law

1 Peter 3:18
For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:

OUT OF CONTEXT: HEBREWS 6

Many will use these verses to say that one can walk away from God (we can) and LOSE THEIR SALVATION
Well, one out of two would be correct. The context of this entire section is that OUR High Priest (Jesus, after the order of Melchizidek) lives forever, is holy and saves us to the uttermost, forever. The entire discussion is about the Gospel (GOSPEL=GOD + SPELL ie. God's Word) and its simplicity, as opposed by the unbelievers walking away, rejecting it, and the believers needing to go on and mature as Christians.

(Hebrews 6:1-8 [KJV])
Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
And this will we do, if God permit. For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame. For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God: But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.

He is telling them to move on to doctrinal teaching, from preaching the Gospel to Gospel rejecters
He is telling them to make more disciples from those of whom the Gospel was accepted
He is telling them that people cannot repent in their flesh, not that it is impossible to be saved, get saved. They just need to be left for God to do the work.
He is telling them that these rejecters, by their works, clearly show that have not accepted the FINISHED work on the Cross, and do not glorify God Himself on that Cross.
They are brambles, unfruitful, thorny, unsaved, awaiting hell's flames
He is not speaking of believers who sin, since all sin, believers or not.
Earlier, the writer in chapter three referred to us believers as "holy brethren" and "partakers of the heavenly calling"...hardly words for those who can simply sin and lose their position with Jesus in Heaven, declared righteous before the Throne.

The entire chapter, even the book and all other books, show that works brings death, faith brings life (Hebrews 3:7-19)

(Hebrews 3:1 [KJV])
Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;

THE PRODIGAL SON, AS OUR EXAMPLE

(Luke 15:11-32 [KJV])
And he said, A certain man had two sons: And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want. And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him. And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry. Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.
And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant. And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound. And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him.
And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends: But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf. And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine. It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

Two SONS, not a son and a non-son
No one works to be a son; they are by blood relation born to be one. We are born-born again
One son stayed and worked, one son did not, but entered into the world (fell away, apostate)
He therefore broke fellowship with HIS VERY OWN FATHER, not just A father
The father gave that son free will to do whatever, without interference
God allowed evil to come upon him to bring him home to the father, since he was not going to just go by himself
He repented, returned to the Father (sound familiar, all day, every day?)
His father welcomed him home with open arms.
He recognized that he was unworthy to be the father's son, but he still was!
The elder son was angry, seeing his brother repent and be forgiven
He lost everything his father gave him to inherit, except his sonship, his relation to the father
We can and will lose potential rewards at the judgment seat of Christ, but still be related to our Heavenly Father by the shed Blood of the LORD Jesus Christ, shed on the Cross for us to bring us to the Father as His children.