Christians cannot be reasonably assured of eternal salvation.

Thank you Microsuck for your participation. Quite honestly you have one of the best avatars I have ever seen. In regards to the "reasonably" word in my topic; if permissible I would like to simply remove it entirely and update the debate to "Christians cannot be assured of eternal salvation.", further I realise I should have defined each of my words clearly. If it is not to late I shall do that now; Christians - A follower of the person and teachings of Christ, accepting that; Jesus was the Son of God, who lived a sinless life, who died on a cross in atonement for mankind's sins in order that God and mankind could be reconciled. Assured - Satisfied as to the truth or certainty of a matter. Salvation - Deliverance from the power and effects of sin. Please note that my opponent has accepted my first 3 points without argument. Further he has turned several Bible verses against me and I shall now address them. John 6:38-40 "that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him, may have eternal life" This scripture deals with finding salvation, not how or if you can lose it. Adam and Eve could have existed eternally in the Garden of Eden had they not sinned, but once they did sin they condemned all mankind and the Earth into a sinful state. John 10:27-28 "and I give eternal life to them, and they shall never perish; and no one shall snatch them out of My hand" Unless of course if I choose to walk away from God by sinning and or rebelling. Something that would appear to be a near certainty given that once you are in heaven and residing with God you now have an entire eternity to eventually screw up. Romans 8:31-39 "nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in creation will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord" Nothing in these passages address the concept of our choosing to rebel and the circumstances and/or consequences for doing so. For the sake of convenience I accept the position of apostates. This has no bearing on the argument either way. My opponent addresses point 4 by pointing out how one obtains salvation, but fails to address the point that the Bible has clearly shown that it is possible to lose salvation, ergo eternal salvation is not assured. The matter of debate before us is not the when, who, how or why of obtaining salvation. Rather it is the point that Christians cannot be assured of eternal salvation when all can see clearly and from the bible that created beings have lost their salvation. A sinful choice in Heaven would be far greater a crime then here and now on Earth. What excuse could be given at this time for failure? At least on earth we can say we are weak, we are tempted, we are flawed. Once in Heaven no excuse would be available and eternal damnation would be the result of the first mishap great or small. Anything less then perfection is just that; simply not good enough to meet the standards of God. Given an infinite amount of time and the knowledge that perfect beings can sin I see no way that my opponent can persuade you that Christians cannot be assured of eternal salvation. How can the God of the Christians claim to be good if he knows already that all of mankind will eventually lose eternal salvation given enough time? This bring into doubt the veracity of God's claims that he is good, just and merciful. If he does not fully contain those attributes then he is a liar and nothing that God says from that point could be counted as true, including any statements the Bible makes about salvation. Once again, thank you for reading and participating in this debate. I look forward to my opponents reply.