Eternal Security is a True Christian Doctrine

Part of the reason I love debate is not that I might convince others of my views but that my own reservations that keep me from the truth when I am wrong get put to the fire. After reading through Pro's arguments it would almost leave you thinking anyone who would take my position in this debate must be hinging the idea of there salvation on there works in some way. I do not. I understand Salvation to be as my opponent described it at the close of his arguments "God's love and forgiveness only has one condition, and that is to believe in the one he sent, our Lord Jesus Christ. No other conditions are applied to his limitless love. " But a person who is saved at one point in time could later lose that state of grace still. And like the way it is was not a matter of merit or works that got that person saved, it is also not merit or works that takes it away. It's the rejection of the name of Jesus Christ. When a believing Christian later in life declares himself an Atheist, which is essentially rejecting the salvation they once accepted. To me, the person who's house burns down in the parable but built there house on a solid foundation is the kind of person who believes in the Eternal Security my opponent does and has used it as License to Sin. "I'm saved, and can't get unsaved, no matter what sin I do". True as that is if you live your life in sin, in rebellion to Gods will but still cling to "I'm relying on Jesus efforts not mine" you will be saved, but as the one whom only barely escaped the fire. An atheist that once was Christian though is not like the person that built on the good foundation with straw and termite rotted wood. He is more like someone who strait up moved to another house built on another foundation, on the sandy beach of New Orleans. Pro uses a passage about God's commitment to his covenant with Abraham to state salvation cannot be lost, or this would mean God is not up to keeping his commitment. In Rebuttal I offer a link to another passage, Exodus 32: 7-14 . http://www.biblegateway.com... At this point in the story in Exodus, Moses had not even got off the mountain yet when God gave him the 10 commandments before Israel was already breaking the first one, worshiping a Golden Calf. The Lord's response was to destroy Israel, with the exception of Moses and through Moses alone would he make the great nation that he promised Abraham in his covenant. But Moses gave a petitioneiry prayer, asking God to spare Israel, and the Lord relented, changing his course of action. To me this is one of the most powerful scriptures that shows prayer really does work. Because if one can argue God only say's yes if he was already going to do that anyway, it was in his plan from the start, what is the point of prayer. It can have no point because God will do what he will do in indifference to our prayer. But in Exodus 32 we see God's plan of course of action and we see it altered after prayer. And make no mistake God could have really destroyed everyone at the bottom of that mountain, even Aaron, and started over with Moses. The covenant with Abraham would still be kept, Moses descendants are Abraham's descendants. It would have taken a little longer for Gods nation to be established, and there may have ended up a slightly different set of 12 tribes that made it up, but that would be okay. But Moses asked God to do otherwise, and make his nation out of all of the people he brought out of Egypt not just Moses. And the Lord did. Though God is unchanging in character and makes good on all his promises, his covenants, that does not mean he does not ever change course of action. The fact that prayer works is a positive example of this fact, our breaking our covenants with him is just a negative example of this same fact. Should we reject Jesus name, even if we once accepted it, we are terminating the covenant on our end. God has done nothing to cancel his promise of salvation in such events, we have. This debate is not over the relationship between salvation and our works, its between the relationship of salvation and our wills. God so loved Adam and Eve that he allowed them to return that love in a meaningful way even if that meant permitting the possibility to chose to sin. He gave us Free Will. 2 Peter 3:9 "God is long-suffering toward us because his will is that none should parish. " And though he wills that none will enter hell many will because there wills was against there chance for salvation. This same factor of our Will that is behind what gets in the way of those who are lost to begin with and stay lost does not go away for us who are saved. Obviously our free will from god still exist or so many saved Christians would not have to deal with why they are still sinning even after they are saved. As free as we were and have to be to accept Jesus as our personal savior, that freedom is not gone when speaking of our ability to withdraw from that relationship. Here is some actual biblical New Testament commentary on Moses and the Israelite's as well in Hebrews 3:7-19 . http://www.biblegateway.com... Hebrews author's warning in verse's 12-13 particularly make no sense if you are to think he believed in eternal security. If he did, how could he even call his reader "brother and sister" if he thought they were not 'truly' saved and could possible turn away from the Lord. Clearly the author is talking to saved believers, and clearly he's still warning them to not fall away from God and to not let there hearts turn to rebellion. Clearly the author thinks there hearts can turn. I think that's all need to put for this round. If I missed an argument that needed addressed please point it out to me. I await my opponents response.