Colossians 1:23
23 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister; KJV
Once again you are attempting to draw a conclusion from one verse taken out of what Paul is teaching, which actually starts at verse 9. You are also assuming you can judge the heart of an individual who decides for whatever reason that continuing in the faith will cost more than walking away from the faith.
As to using 1 Corinthians 15:1-2 to show prove that once one has faith they can never loose faith that is simply your opinion, which is not born out by what Paul wrote.
1 Corinthians 15:1-2
15:1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. KJV
In verse 1 Paul writes that those in Corinth have received and stand. He then warns them in verse 2 that if the Corinthians depart from what he taught then they have believed in vain. Paul does not teach that those who believed in vain never believed in the first place. In other words (Omega) you are
interpreting Scripture in an attempt to prove what you want to believe and in an attempt to establish a false doctrine.
Jesus taught:
Matthew 24:4-14
"See to it that no one misleads you. 5 "For many will come in My name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will mislead many. 6 "And you will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars; see that you are not frightened, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end. 7 "For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes. 8 "But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs. 9 "Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations on account of My name. 10 "And at that time many will fall away and will deliver up one another and hate one another. 11 "And many false prophets will arise, and will mislead many. 12 "And because lawlessness is increased, most people's love will grow cold. 13 "But the one who endures to the end, he shall be saved. 14 "And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world for a witness to all the nations, and then the end shall come. NAS
OSAS labels Jesus a liar since Jesus plainly states that some will fall away. OSAS also labels Paul and the Holy Spirit liars:
1 Timothy 4:1-5
4:1 But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons, 2 by means of the hypocrisy of liars seared in their own conscience as with a branding iron, 3 men who forbid marriage and advocate abstaining from foods, which God has created to be gratefully shared in by those who believe and know the truth. 4 For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it is received with gratitude; 5 for it is sanctified by means of the word of God and prayer. NAS
Omega wrote: Aineo, it seems that anything you disagree with is considered the tactic of "pulling verses out of context". I can consider the same for you and Conditional Security adherents but I won't use that response
Perhaps the reason you won’t use that response is because you cannot show that those who teach and believe in conditional security pull Scripture out of context?