Bible on "eternal security" (as understood by promoters of this doctrine)

The following is from a debate on youtube
regarding John MacArthur teaching eternal security, in the 
comments section under the video Strange Fire Conference
Part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PaVADeH7aY

the original criticism is irrelevant to the issue of the video, the
charismatic deception. But someone put it there anyway, 
either to undermine credibility regarding rejecting tongues 
and (false) prophecy, or just to warn people not to accept John
MacArthur unquestioningly on all points just because he is right
on this one, I am not sure. This answer is the best collection of
Bible citations on the subject of "eternal security" I have seen yet.

Justina

ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE, TO ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD AFTER GETTING BORN AGAIN YOU MUST:
● Bear good fruit or get thrown into the fire (Jn. 15:6; Mt. 7:19; 3:10).

● Sow to please the Spirit to reap eternal life (Gal. 6:8).

● Do what is right to be righteous (1 Jn. 3:7,8).

● By the Spirit put to death the misdeeds of the body to live (Rom. 8:13b).

● Persist in doing good so that God will give you eternal life (Rom. 2:7).

● Live holy or the second death will have power over you (Heb. 12:14; Rev. 20:6).

● Be afraid (and not arrogant) of getting cut off like the Jews (Rom. 11:20).

● Forgive others who sin against you so that your sins can be forgiven (Mt. 6:14,15) and so you wont be accountable once again for your previously forgiven sins (Mt. 18:21-35).

● Keep yourself pure (1 Tim. 5:22) for the pure in heart will see God (Mt. 5:8).

● Continue to believe on Jesus so that you will live and never die (Jn. 11:25,26).

● Continue in the teaching of Christ or be without God and eternal life (2 Jn. 9; 1 Jn. 2:24,25).

● Hold firmly to the word Paul preached so that your believing is not in vain (1 Cor. 15:2).

● Keep yourself from idols (1 Jn. 5:21), for all idolaters will be thrown into the lake of fire (Rev. 21:8).

● Keep a tight reign on your tongue or your religion is worthless (James 1:26).

● Have your mind set on what the Spirit desires to live in accord with the Spirit (Rom. 8:5).

● Hold firmly till the end the confidence you had at first to share in Christ (Heb. 3:14).

● Remain faithful to God to the very end so you wont be hurt by the lake of fire (Rev. 2:10, 11 cf. 21:8).

● Continue to do the will of the Heavenly Father to live forever (Mt. 7:21; 1 Jn. 2:17).

● Love God for the kingdom of God has been prepared for all who do (1 Cor. 2:9; James 2:5).

● Hold on to your courage and the hope of which you boast to remain Gods house (Heb. 3:6).

● Hate your life in this world to keep it for eternal life (Jn. 12:25).

● Keep making an agonizing effort to enter Gods kingdom doors for many who try will not enter (Lk.13:23,24).

● Hold on to faith and a good conscience to prevent shipwrecking your faith (1 Tim. 1:19).

● Be an overcomer and faithful follower to escape the lake of fire (Rev. 21:7,8; 2:10,11;17:14).

● Continue in Gods kindness and faith or get cut off like the Jews (Rom. 11:19-23).

● Discipline your body and make it your slave so you wont become disqualified (1 Cor. 9:27).

● Stand firm through hatred to the end to be saved (Mt. 10:22).

● Go through many hardships (Acts 14:22).



ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE, TO ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD AFTER GETTING "BORN AGAIN" YOU MUST NOT:

● Live according to the sinful nature or you will die spiritually (Rom. 8:13).

● Choose to be a friend of this world or you will become an enemy of God (James 4:4).

● Reject God by living an unholy life (1 Thess. 4:7,8).

● Think you are standing firm or you will fall (1 Cor. 10:12 cf. 2 Pet. 1:5-10).

● Defile your temple or God will destroy you (1 Cor. 3:17).

● Wander from the truth and remain unrepentant (James 5:19,20).

● Save your life or you will lose it (Mt. 16:25,26 cf. Mt. 10:28; Rev. 12:11).

● Become lukewarm and remain lukewarm or you'll get spewed out of the body of Christ (Rev.3:15,16).

● Hide your talent so you won't be thrown outside into the darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth (Mt. 25:24-30).

● Believe for a while and in time of testing fall away (Lk. 8:13 cf. Mt. 13:21).

● Sow to please the sinful nature for those who do will reap destruction (Gal. 6:8).

● Live according to the acts of the sinful nature or you will not inherit the kingdom of God (Gal.5:19-21).

● Depart from the Father to a life of unrestrained sinning or you will become spiritually dead and lost (Lk. 15:24,32).

● Become a drunkard, sexually immoral, greedy, a liar, etc., which will cause you to not inherit the kingdom of God but instead end up in the lake of fire (1 Cor. 6:9,10; Gal. 5:19-21; Eph. 5:5-7; Rev. 21:8; 22:15; Mk. 7:20-23).

● Worship the beast, his image or receive his mark, because all who do will be tormented forever with burning sulfur (Rev. 14:9-12).

● Take words away from this book of prophecy and have God take from you your share in the tree of life and the holy city (Rev. 22:19).

● Preach a false gospel and become eternally condemned (Gal. 1:8,9).

● Soil your spiritual clothes and stay that way or you will be unworthy to be with Jesus (Rev. 3:2-5).

● Forsake Jesus and God as your first love and remain unrepentant or forfeit your right to the tree of life in the paradise of God (Rev. 2:4-7).

● Look back now that you have put your hand to the plow or you won’t be fit for Gods kingdom (Lk. 9:62).

● Become impure, shameful or deceitful or you will not enter New Jerusalem (Rev. 21:27).

● Fall from grace or Christ will be of no benefit to you (Gal. 5:4).

● Be overcome by evil but instead overcome evil with good (Rom. 12:21).

● Forsake God and he’ll forsake you and you'll perish (2 Chron. 15:2; Isa. 1:28).

● Turn to crooked ways and get banished with evildoers (Psa. 125:5).

● Stray from the path of understanding and come to rest with the spiritually dead (Pr. 21:16).

● Turn from your righteousness and do evil or you will die spiritually (Ezek. 3:20; 18:24; 33:18; Rom. 8:13).

● Disown Christ or he will disown you (Mt.10:33).


Why would we be given all of these CONDITIONS and WARNINGS for US to heed, if there were really no free will or Hell to be concerned about?  These are clearly CONDITIONAL warnings for believers.  "Believing" in Jesus is a continuing relationship of confidence and obedience. If you stop believing and choose to sin, then you stop being a believer, and you fall into unbelief. Paul talks about that in Romans 11 a lot. He said that some Jews were cut off, and, 'you too will be cut off if you do not continue in God's kindness.'  What's the point of all these warnings?? It is not the faith you had 20 years ago that will save you, it is the faith you have at the end. Stop believing the devil’s 1st lie of Gen.3:4 that sinning Christians won’t die.