Well, titanites, I haven’t closed the door. Each year I live I grow closer to Him and to what He’s called me to be.
But that's not the point. As those posted Scripture verses warns us, there is no assurance that we won't. We share in Christ if only we hold our first confidence firm to the end. If we don't we don't share in Christ. We must persevere to the end but there is no assurance that we will.