Salvation - 4.29.09 1045 (Part 4)

Can you lose it? Can you toss the gift aside? I think you can. Not by merely messing up or making mistakes, but by simple apostasy. Abandonment. Saying you no longer want to be a part of God's people. Some ask that if you were able to cast aside such a wonderful gift, did you really accept it in the first place? Only God knows. The results are the same whether you had it and gave it up or whether you never had it in the first place. But it would be a weird thing if God respected free-will and allows us to choose to be part of the covenant and then, once accepted, to take away your free-will to reject or throw away your gift. I think the status of being forgiven of all sins is dependent on having a relationship with God. No relationship? No forgiveness.