Originally Posted by
Phoenix
You explained that well, IMO. But it comes down to three possibilities that I can see:
1-- OSAS is a true doctrine,
or
2-- it is possible to become one of the elect but if you don't endure to the end in faith--if you later reject and renounce Christ your name, which had been in the book of life, gets taken out of it,
or,
3--- (the option I believe is the true and biblical one), eternal life is a destination that you arrive at, after you have shown a lifetime of loyalty and faith from the time you started on the path that leads to eternal life when you accepted Christ and promised to follow Him.