Romans 8:28-34 (NIV)

Romans 8:28-34 (NIV)
28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
29 For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
30 And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.
31 What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us?
32 He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all--how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?
33 Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies.
34 Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died--more than that, who was raised to life--is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us.

You can read all the verses above, but pay special attention to verse 30. People ask me if I believe in once saved always saved and I say yes if the person is really saved then they will stay saved. The key is if they are saved and in the end only God knows and that person, but surely not us. A principle that is used in interpreting the Bible is that a person should always take the clearer passages over the more obscure ones. I am aware of the other passages that seem to lend themselves to losing your salvation, however upon a closer look at those passages you will see that most of them are written to the Jews who had converted to Christ. The Jews had special issues in coming to Christ. They wanted to bring Old Testament practices with them while following Christ. When you read chapter 8 of Romans, especially from verse 28 till the end, it is so clear that when God has you in the Body of Christ that He does not remove you. Look at verse 30 again and you will see that all of this salvation work is His work and it is completed. God already sees us as glorified--period. I do not find a clearer passage on this subject of eternal security. My joke is that God does not write our name in the Lamb's book of life in pencil. Look at the implications in the following verses of 31-34. Our response to this truth is one of security, because if God is for us who can be against us?! No one or nothing can be against us. We are free to move about the cabin--amen.

It is not your hold of Christ that saves you, but his hold of you!
Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834–1892)