I've come to believe that one can walk away and still be His, however this is not about eternal security, but eternal grace. Quite frankly I guess eternal security does play into this a bit...we are secure eternally, as long as we stay in. If we decide to go out that's another story. He doesn't throw us out we leave on our own, but the door will never close on you. A father is always a father. A son is always a son. A daughter is always a daughter. For those of us that have children, if they left home foolishly would you disown them? Even if they were adopted children, would you un-adopt them? Throw out their clothes, remove all of their pictures from the family album? I don't think so. Years could pass and that child could still come home...and as a parent, if you didn't know where that child was you'd worry and wait for them. If it is like this with us, how much more so with the Heavenly Father? There are a lot of prodigal sons and daughters out there... many of them possible angry at God. Yet He does not forget them. He does not erase their names.
Luke 15
11 And he said, A certain man had two sons:
12 And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.
This younger son is selffish.
Luke 15
13 And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
There are many, many Christains out there just like this boy.
Luke 15
14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.
Remember this, if you leave your Father eventually famine will strike your life in every way.
Luke 15
15 And he went ad joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
16 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
17 And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
19 And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
20 And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
When you leave home the Father leaves the family room and makes His home on the balcony, or the roof top. When a child is away from home, the Father doesn't stay in there anymore. Everyday He's up watching...two years, three years, four years... When He saw this child off in the distance He didn't wait for him to reach the house and knock on the door or ring a bell.
The Father took of running. Saw His child a mile off and ran to meet His child coming home... that's grace. No whip in his hand, but His arms wide open.
Luke 15
21 And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.
22 But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes o his feet:
23 And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:
The Father restored his child's position, restored fellowship... The scriptures say that when we are faithless He remains faithful. When you walk away, He cannot deny Himself, He'll wait for you. You may walk away from Him but He'll never walk away from you. You may forget Him, but He'll never forget you.
2 Timothy 2
11 It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him:
12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:
If we deny Him... Now things are starting to come into balance. He will not cast you out unless you willfully walk away and say I don't want you. When we walk away in foolishness and ignorance the door always stays open. But if you walk away willfully...knowing full well who and what you are walking away from, saying in your heart that you don't want Him... He will deny you. Personally, I don't know of any Christian that has really met Jesus Christ, has a relationship with Him, and has come face to face with His love and has ever turned on Him. The bible says they were not of us if they leave us...the dog goes back to its vomit. I'm no dog.
Sheep never go back, but they can be lost without a Shepard. We are sheep, not dogs or pigs. Dogs return to their vomit, pigs return to their mud and manure, sheep ever go back... There have been a lot of dogs and pigs in the kingdom but they were never of us...they were never His.
2 Timothy 2
13 If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.
He is faithful. We may walk away from Him, but He'll never walk away from us. We may forget Him, but He'll never forget us. Our adoption is permanent, yet it all depends on our continual, willful yes to Him. If you have absolutely no desire to return to the life you had prior to salvation... if you would rather die than lose Jesus, then you are secure eternally. There is no way you can fall or be pulled down to Hell. For He takes you by the hand, and nothing can pull you out of His hand.
John 10
28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
May the Spirit of the Lord be with you.
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