Well yeah, but that's only because I try to stay biblically accurate. ;^)
There is an infinite variety of spiritual paths to salvation.
If you mean each person travels a different road to get to Jesus then I can probably agree with you.
However if you are really saying that Jesus is only one way of many to get salvation then I disagree completely.
I've known many who have rejected the faith and belief of their youth and reject it, profaning the church whenever they can. Are they saved?
I'm not God so I don't know. Are they dead yet?
'Once saved, always saved' is a ridiculous heresy. Anyone can distance themselves from the Lord anytime they choose.
I suppose if you believe that you are the one that gets yourself to God then it only makes sense that you could actually distance yourself from God if you wanted to.
Me, I'll stick with thinking that what God does stays done . . . which includes my salvation.
(You don't read Galatians much, do you.)
Actually, I prefer the Gospels where the Lord teaches to keep his commandments to have eternal life. He even gave a new commandment to love your neighbor.
For me, belief, self examination and repentance is the start of the process of salvation. Faith is a combination of belief, shunning evils and goodwill to the neighbor. Salvation is a result of the Lord giving a new will (changing a heart of stone to a heart of flesh) after being born again.
Galatians is a nice Epistle but I'll take the Lord's Word over Paul's every time.
Yep...A son may stray from the Father...But the Father doesn't stray from the son...