In traditional theological debates, this question often centers on "once saved, always saved" versus the possibility of falling from grace. Because salvation is a process of conjunction with the Lord, rather than a one-time legal decree, it depends on the ongoing state of our will and the choices we make using our as-of-self agency.
To understand if salvation can be lost, we must understand that salvation is the actual presence of the Lord within our higher mind. When we shun evils as sins, the Lord builds an internal rational mind that is capable of receiving heavenly life. This "new creation" is what saves us.
However, the Lord never forces us to stay in this state. He always protects our spiritual equilibrium, which is our ability to choose between heavenly loves and the selfish loves of our proprium (the ego). If we intentionally turn back to our old selfish loves and begin to confirm them as "good" or "justified," we are technically closing our internal mind and disconnecting from the Lord.
The only way to truly "lose" salvation in a permanent sense is through profanation. This is the most dangerous technical state a human mind can enter. Profanation occurs when a person has genuinely understood and loved divine truths, but then later turns away and begins to live a life of evil, treating those holy truths as worthless or deceptive.
When this happens, the truths and the evils become "mixed" in the mind. Since the Lord cannot separate them without destroying the individual’s humanity, the person remains in a conflicted state that makes conjunction with heaven impossible. This is why the Lord often allows people to remain in "external" worship or even in a state of ignorance if He sees that they would eventually profane the truths if they were given them.
It is important to note that the Lord is an expert at saving us. He stores up "remnants" of good and truth from our childhood and our moments of genuine worship. These remnants are the "raw materials" of salvation. As long as we have a spark of genuine desire to do what is right because it is from God, the Lord has a "foothold" in our mind to pull us back toward heaven.
Salvation is not lost through a single mistake or a moment of weakness. It is lost only through a deliberate, sustained, and confirmed choice of the will to love self and the world more than the Lord and the neighbor. The Lord never leaves us; it is we who move away from Him.
Once a person has completed the process of sanctification/ regeneration and entered the spiritual world, their state becomes fixed in the joy of the Lord. In heaven, the "old things" of the proprium are moved so far from our thoughts that they no longer have any power to disturb the soul. In that sense, once you have reached the state of an angel, you can never lose your salvation because your very nature has been made one with the Lord.
Can we lose salvation? Technically, yes, as long as we are on earth, we have the freedom to reject the Lord’s gift of regeneration. However, the Lord’s entire Divine Providence is designed to prevent that from happening. As long as you are using your as-of-self agency to fight against your selfish tendencies and look to the Lord for strength, you are in the process of being saved, and the Lord will never let you go. A favortie verse Christians quote is, Mattheew 24:12-13 "Because of the multiplication of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold. But the one who perseveres to the end will be saved."
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The above post is an accurate description of salvation for those undergoing sanctification. I fully agree that every Christian who truly desires to follow Jesus, who grieves over sin, and who keeps returning to Him in repentance is safe in His keeping, even when they stumble. God’s arms are always open to the prodigal who turns home. But Scripture also speaks to the person who once professed faith, was baptized, and tasted the heavenly gift, yet now deliberately and persistently walks away. Paul is blunt in 1 Corinthians 6:9-10: “Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral… nor adulterers… nor prostitutes… will inherit the kingdom of God.” The very next verse (11) says “and that is what some of you were, but you were washed.” The implication is clear, if someone returns to that lifestyle with no repentance and hardens their heart, they are no longer walking in the reality of that washing. Hebrews 6:4-6 and 10:26-29 are even stronger. It is possible, after receiving the knowledge of the truth, to fall away to the point where renewal to repentance becomes impossible while they keep on crucifying the Son of God afresh. Jesus Himself warns in Matthew 12:31-32 that blasphemy against the Holy Spirit (the final, defiant rejection that calls good evil and evil good) will not be forgiven in this age or the age to come. So yes, we proclaim the astonishing grace that receives every returning sinner. At the same time, we dare not lie to the person living in deliberate, unrepentant rebellion and tell them “you’re still fine.” Love warns. Love says, “If you continue on this path and your heart becomes fully fixed against the Lord, you can forfeit the inheritance you once received.” When someone reaches that point of final rejection, they no longer even identify as a Christian and could not care less about resisting sin. Salvation is not lost in a moment of weakness; it is lost when weakness is chosen as a permanent home and the Spirit’s pleading is silenced forever. Grace is greater than all our sin, but grace is never a license to crucify Christ afresh. The door stays open from God’s side until the very last breath, but we are free to walk out and bolt it from our own. That is the sober biblical warning we must give alongside the glorious promise.
To those who still have questions after reading my comment:
I hear you loud and clear; salvation is indeed complete the instant we are justified by faith, washed clean, adopted, and sealed by the Holy Spirit as a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance (Ephesians 1:13-14). That purchase is irreversible from God’s side; no one can snatch us out of His hand (John 10:28-29). The price is fully paid, the verdict is “not guilty,” and nothing can separate us from His love. Yet the same Scriptures that promise the purchase also warn the purchased. Hebrews 3:14 says, “We have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original confidence firm to the end.” Colossians 1:22-23 declares He has reconciled us “in order to present you holy… if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel.” The purchase is secure, but the purchaser Himself tells us to “remain in Me” (John 15:4-6) and warns that branches that do not remain are cut off and burned. Sanctification is promised, yes, but it is a cooperative work. Philippians 2:12-13 says, “Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.” God does the decisive work, yet He does it in us and with us, never without us. The same Paul who shouts “nothing can separate us from the love of God” (Romans 8:39) also pleads, “Do not receive the grace of God in vain” (2 Corinthians 6:1) and warns that deliberate, persistent rebellion after receiving the knowledge of the truth leaves “no sacrifice for sins… only a fearful expectation of judgment” (Hebrews 10:26-29). So the purchase is finished, the inheritance is guaranteed, and the Spirit is at work to complete what He began (Philippians 1:6). But the Bible refuses to let us separate justification from the lifelong walk of faith, repentance, and abiding. The security is real, yet the warnings are real. The child of God who keeps returning to the Father is forever safe. The one who finally and defiantly walks away and dies in that rejection discovers too late that grace can be forfeited, not because God changes, but because we do. We rest in the finished work, and we work out that finished work, every single day.