The scriptures teach that a child of God can't fall (eternal security or "once saved always saved")

"i thought your proof text was First John 5:16. "Am I only allowed one proof text? If the Bible backs me up in several places rather than just one, would it not be advantageous to use them? I'm not sure where you're going with your accusation. There are two kinds of death mentioned in Scripture: Physical death, which is a separation of the soul from the body, and spiritual death, which is a separation of the soul from God. That's why it says in Hebrews that we're only meant to die once, and then judgment. The first death is physical, the second death is spiritual (i. e. an eternity in Hell). Also, I fail to see my opponent's reasoning that I was making an assertion that under circumstances unconfessed sins will be forgiven. If a Christian dies before he has a chance to repent, nothing in Scripture indicates that Christian will be kept out of Heaven. As I stated, the book of Hebrews tells us that Christ died once for all of our sins. We repent to get back into good standing with God, but not repenting doesn't leave a genuine believer in a lost state. As I also said, if you could walk away from our salvation, that would not be losing it. You don't lose something on purpose. Losing salvation indicates that you did something so bad, God took it away. Either that or you misplaced it. But the Bible is quite clear that Jesus gives us eternal life, we will never perish, and no one can pluck us from God's hand (John 10:28). To say that we can lose our salvation is to say that God is not powerful enough to keep us from stumbling, which directly contradicts Jude 24. Again, if we can leave the faith of our own free will, this is not losing our salvation. If someone has known and understood the ways of God, if they leave they cannot be brought back. No one is forcing this upon them, and they are not losing anything. We have a free will, and we can choose to accept the faith or reject it. I am curious, you make a distinction between one who falls short and can be restored, and one who falls for far he cannot be restored. How far is too far for a believer to fall until they can't be restored? As I have already indicated, you can believe but never really be saved (as the demons do). You can belong to the association of believers but never really be saved (like Judas Iscariot). If you "fall away," you were never saved in the first place because God is able to keep us from stumbling, and there is no sin, save the unpardonable one (blasphemy of the Holy Spirit), that cannot be forgiven. If a Christian "falls away," you may be sure their faith was never genuine (as in the parable of the sower). I will reply to your statements. You can't fall off the roof of a building if you have never been on that building, but you can fall off the roof if you were never a part of the building. A ship cannot crash if it never began the journey and stray off course, but beginning the journey does not mean you complete the journey. You can believe but not be saved. You can fall from grace if you never had "grace," because to "fall of grace" simply means to lose your good standing. We don't start out life in a right relationship with God. We start out as sinners and sin comes naturally to us. It's not until we are saved and repent that we can enter into a good relationship with God. Sin separates us from God for eternity (as the unrepentant will go to Hell for eternity), but sin can also separate the believer from God for a time. God is so holy He can't be around sin. This is why He briefly forsook Jesus on the cross, because He was bearing the sins of the entire world on His shoulders. As such, believers need to realize that sin is very serious to God and God will not answer our prayers until we repent of our sins. Perhaps if the Instigator would stop being so judgmental towards those who disagree with him and try to have an honest dialogue, he may one day come to understand what others believer (rather than just assuming he knows everything). I have never said that you can be a little saved or a lot saved. You're either saved or you're not. But God has not left us wondering if perhaps we're saved, or perhaps we will be saved. he gave us the Scriptures so that we can be sure of our salvation (1 John 5:13). Eternal life means eternal. Once we have eternal life, there's nothing we can do to make it non-eternal. Also, I have never said I was Calvinist. The Instigator has proven time and again he does not even understand the doctrine of eternal security, and he assumes that everyone who believes in eternal security must be a Calvinist. Again, if my opponent would stop making assumptions, he may actually learn something about people. ". .. but do not dare look at context or complete passages because it will destroy them. "Actually, you have not shown a single instance in which I have allegedly taken a Scripture out of context to say something it did not intend. In fact, I believe you are doing that, yourself. We don't debate to convince the opponent, we debate to convince the reader. The Instigator has made himself out to be God. He assumes I am not listening, and am only speaking, simply because I disagree with him. Sorry, but there is only one God and I will take the words of the God I believe in over the Instigator. I have already answered his questions, but I will do so now for clarity's sake.1. 1 John 5:13, Matthew 12:31-32, Jude 242. I have already shown that one can fall away from something without being a part of it, and one can fall from grace without being saved because to fall from grace means to lose your good standing. Now, a couple questions of my own:1. Show Scriptural references for sins that cannot be forgiven, other than the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit.2. How far is too far for a believer to fall before He cannot be restored? I look forward to our next round.