Loss of salvation.
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I love that you brought this up! In order to find unity in Scripture, I have thought and prayed over the same thing.
We need to be renewed in the spirit of our minds, the works has been accomplished in Christ, but now we must put to death the old to see the evidence of it (Romans 12:1-2).
Ephesians 4:20But that is not the way you learned Christ!—21assuming that you have heard about him and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus,
Paul is about to explain the finished work of what Christ did. This is our bird's eye view into what they taught new believers.
22to put off your old self,[SUP]f[/SUP] which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, 23and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, 24and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.
When he says, "former manner of life" Paul is explaining the old has passed away.... and then he says the new has come... but notice we are simply being renewed in "our minds" because the work has been done, but now we are growing in maturity to be able to see what has been done. The key here is understanding that we are now in Christ and we are being taught by Holy Spirit what has been given to us.
1 Cor 2:12 Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God.
Notice it says, "freely given", Christ paid for it and Holy Spirit helps us understand it.
We need to be renewed in the spirit of our minds, the works has been accomplished in Christ, but now we must put to death the old to see the evidence of it (Romans 12:1-2).
Ephesians 4:20But that is not the way you learned Christ!—21assuming that you have heard about him and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus,
Paul is about to explain the finished work of what Christ did. This is our bird's eye view into what they taught new believers.
22to put off your old self,[SUP]f[/SUP] which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, 23and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, 24and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.
When he says, "former manner of life" Paul is explaining the old has passed away.... and then he says the new has come... but notice we are simply being renewed in "our minds" because the work has been done, but now we are growing in maturity to be able to see what has been done. The key here is understanding that we are now in Christ and we are being taught by Holy Spirit what has been given to us.
1 Cor 2:12 Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God.
Notice it says, "freely given", Christ paid for it and Holy Spirit helps us understand it.
It would apply when Messiah was just a weak pethic nothing and His blood was worthless. Or you live than 1 second after salvation and only have one second to sin. So all who did not die immediately after salvation according to some you will go to hell. I sugest go get sved again and die right away.... Lutricus? Yes!!!! So is losing your salvation....
In the OT, this is exactly what happened in the Temple...... the Glory departed. Ichabod.
The NT has something a little similar.
1 Corinthians 6:19 (NASB)
[SUP]19 [/SUP] Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? 20For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body.
1 Corinthians 3:17 (NASB)
[SUP]17 [/SUP] If any man destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him, for the temple of God is holy, and that is what you are.
The NT has something a little similar.
1 Corinthians 6:19 (NASB)
[SUP]19 [/SUP] Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? 20For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body.
1 Corinthians 3:17 (NASB)
[SUP]17 [/SUP] If any man destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him, for the temple of God is holy, and that is what you are.
What Ephesians 4:22 really says is to put off our former pattern of behavior, which Paul describes as "the old man". He's not referring to a state of being, or a person, but how we formerly conducted ourselves in life due to a degenerate heart and corrupted mind. The "old man" can flare up at anytime because our bad nature hasn't gone anywhere. It's simply a matter of whether we do its longings or the longings of the holy spirit. Putting off the old man is not doing the flesh's will, and conversely putting on the new man is doing the holy spirit's will. This is a more literal translation of verse 22:
There is also some question whether the aorist verb create in Ephesians 4:24 is correctly translated as past tense (created). Present tense makes more sense (being created), but I won't get into that other than to say that the traditional rule to always translate aorist as past tense is incorrect, as numerous scripture verses attest.
for you to put aside according to the former behavior, the old man, the one being corrupt according to the desires of the deception; Ephesians 4:22
There is also some question whether the aorist verb create in Ephesians 4:24 is correctly translated as past tense (created). Present tense makes more sense (being created), but I won't get into that other than to say that the traditional rule to always translate aorist as past tense is incorrect, as numerous scripture verses attest.
Be sure to give yourself kudos for pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps and continuing to believe/trust in Him. 
R
Be sure to give yourself kudos for pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps and continuing to believe/trust in Him.
If you received not the spirit of the world then you would understand that the things freely given is because if you received the word of God then you would receive the Spirit of Truth which gave the seed being freely sown.
For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe. 1 Thess 2:13
So when you received the word of God, then did you believe it was the truth? If you did then why you receive it freely, I will tell you why it is freely given see Proverbs 23:23
For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe. 1 Thess 2:13
So when you received the word of God, then did you believe it was the truth? If you did then why you receive it freely, I will tell you why it is freely given see Proverbs 23:23
R
The guarantee is for what the Holy Spirit secures, not that you will always have the Holy Spirit.
The Holy Spirit in salvation is secured through trust in Christ. A return to unbelief will cause you to eventually lose the Holy Spirit. You have to have the Holy Spirit to have that which the presence of the Holy Spirit guarantees.
Well, we sure didn't establish ourselves. But that hardly means we didn't do anything to be established by God. We had to trust in Christ. And that is how you will stay established--through your trusting. Not through your working, but through your trusting. Work is just how you can tell if you are really trusting.
You go back to your old self when/if the Holy Spirit leaves your body. The Holy Spirit is secured through believing/trusting. So keep believing so you don't lose the Holy Spirit because of unbelief.
The old man was not a literal living organism of some kind. The old man is the old you, your way of thinking, what you value, etc. Without the Holy Spirit you'll just go back to being that old 'you' with your old ways of thinking and behaving.
Correct.
If you go back to unbelief, like the Galatians did, and God decides you've played your games long enough he makes it so you can never come back to repentance. Then all you have left to look forward to is the wrath of God reserved for his enemies.
Because you no longer believe in Christ He can't save you at the judgment. The condition for salvation is present tense believing. If you don't have that, or don't have it anymore, you forfeit the justification/salvation that believing secures.
So you understand not the fragments?
17 And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened?
18 Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?
19 When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve.
20 And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven.
21 And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand?
Mark 8:17-21
17 And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened?
18 Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?
19 When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve.
20 And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven.
21 And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand?
Mark 8:17-21