Because it is a doctrine of man. Because of the ADVERSARY. Because of the lambs.
We are given a gift, "unmerited" God has given it.
No matter what happens AFTER that point, NOTHING will never change the fact that that gift was given, just as promised.
You accept that gift and love it and treat it with respect, that gift is yours. Yours to keep, yours forever. As long as you don't mock God. Can you totally mess up? Yes, God made it way more accepting of not being "perfect" THROUGH THE WORK OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. And He tells us, so we are not in any way deceived that the Word of God pierces so deep that it will divide the soul and spirit and discern the thoughts and intents of every one. And, He will not be mocked. We may fool each other, not one will fool Him. Remember that Wedding guest, cast out.
No, I do not believe any true child of God will ever lose their salvation.
Bu, t for some unknown reason, and God is screaming at us EVERYWHERE in the Word, all of Gods children don't seem to want to fight the devil amongst us. They want to ignore the fact that the adversary is here and is going to use every single loophole he can, to "rip and tear" Gods children out of Gods hands. And YOU AND I ARE supposed to be wiser than the serpent meaning, WE should be closing up any teaching that may allow this to occur at any point in a persons life especially one who has not been filled with the Holy Spirit, ESPECIALLY if they believe they have AND THEY SOULD NEVER be able to believe they have and to be sure that if they "believe" it they know they will lose it if they don't stay with it.
You keep teaching sheep, like the lambs don't exist, when you should be teaching lambs like the sheep don't exist. I am trying to teach the LAMBS, along with the sheep. If people who have "never really been saved" believe in OSAS, WE LOSE them. Can you hear that? WE WILL LOSE the chance to keep them from Satan, who WILL USE THAT to "keep them believing in a lie" . IF, on the other hand, we teach that "you can yourself lose your salvation by turning your back on God, when Satan gets a hold of that person, they don't have some false sense of comfort. When they do get carried away with the things of this world, they are in complete knowledge that they will be held responsible for those sins and they can go to far.
FEED MY LAMBS.
To go about getting to the "truth" of Gods word when you have been studying it for ever, is just dessert really. But it best not be the main meal. That is what "the learned men" thought and did. If you are completing disregarding the presence of the adversary and what is really going on in the flesh world, you are not helping God find all those souls He has been longsuffering for to find and bring home. Go, teach, Baptize.
If you are not teaching in a manner "wiser than the serpent" and there is a possibility that there are lambs receiving false hope because they think someone telling them "Jesus Saves" is all it takes, and that falls under "Faith come by hearing and hearing by the Word of God", we are in a lot of trouble. You know who is running wild with that teaching? The adversary. Give it to them easy, and complete and they will never open up the Bible a day in their lives. You know, God is love. Maybe that is how we got into this mess of Christians not knowing much or giving more than a hour a week in a pew for their entire lives when someone should have been screaming out
"WE ARE BEING OFFERED ETERNAL LIFE, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS WORTH?"
Man can't "work" for any gifts, because all glory for our salvation and all that is good and all that is righteous, goes to God. All glory for all goes to God, boasting men don't please Him.
Ephesians 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith, and not of yourselves it is the gift of God
By the grace of God, we find the Word,
Romans 10:16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?
Romans 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
And faith comes from hearing, and you learn to hear by the word of God. So how much do you need to hear to have faith? ALOT more than what Satan is selling. We are losing people by the 1000s to him because of an "easy" row to hoe.
BUT NOT ALL OBEYED THE GOSPEL. FEED MY Lambs.
Satan didn't like that gift, Satan, went against everything God stood for. Satan tossed out that gift in favor of doing things his way. God will not be mocked. Deny and you will be denied. I never knew you. You know, the list goes on and on and on. And I do not deny that some of the explanations are very good and some true, but common sense and knowing what Gods plan is tells me, "Don't leave anything to chance or Satan will use It". Yes, I believe that once a true child of God has been saved it is for ever. What I don't believe is the "doctrine" man has put forth, that shortens the entire process down to OSAS, allowing the influx of demons into the true saving process of God.
For us to teach that because God gave you a gift, He is now indebted to you forever, no matter what you do with it, Mocks the Word of God.
God says I will not be mocked. How much sin is tooo much sin? I could not, nor could anyone else, presume to tell you what is "one to many steps away, " just as no one can tell you when it will be "one day to late". That is up to God. ALL I AM SAYING, IS HE SAYS THERE IS" ONE" TO MANY.
Yes, we are given a gift, "unmerited" . God doesn't take it away. The gift remains given. But if the person no longer wants it, or breaks it, or throws it away, It doesn't change that the gift was given. They received it. They beheld it, it was theirs to do with it what ever they wanted. God never said "once you have accepted it I will make sure all your decisions will be such that you can't lose It".