That's our part...What about Jesus' part???
Jesus came to live within us...
He sealed his Holy Spirit in us...
He performed a Spiritual operation where our soul/spirit (where there is no sin imputed) was cut away from our body/flesh ( which is corrupted and exceedingly sinful) to make us two of one man/woman...
Once you belong to Jesus you are a part of the family, even if you're the red-headed step child...
Getting saved is not a contract that can be broken...It's a spiritual event that lasts for eternity...He'll drag you home, kickin' and screamin' if he has to...
In my experience those who lose faith and go back to the world do not stop believing ON Jesus...You still remember the day you got saved but sometimes things happen and for whatever reason, the world gets in the way...Regardless of what Jesus says, sometimes you think he isn't helping or won't help you out of your dilemma and you go where things make your flesh feel better (physically or emotionally)...
But I'm here to tell ya, when you hit the bottom and look up, and you can see your Father a far way of, with his arms raised and you can just make out that voice that is saying, 'Come Home', that's the sweetest sound you will ever hear...Sweeter than when you first believed...
Losing faith does not mean losing belief...I for one don't accept the notion that you can lose belief once you've been saved...
That is pure delusion. Nowhere is saving faith or a believer described as this "belief," but in contrast faith is described as that which effects characteristic obedience (and repentance when one is convicted of not doing so), and believers as being those who do.As has been clearly shown in my posts above, but the grace of God.