psalms109:31 said:
Scripture is either a lie or the truth.
Jesus is no deceiver we must endure to the end to be saved.
People have probably already pointed all this out to you, but what the heck.
Matthew 24:13 But he who endures to the end shall be saved.
1. The context of this is end times, and a period of deception and tribulation.
2.
shall be saved is future. You are arguing as if this means you have to maintain your salvation, but this verse says they
shall be saved, with the assumption being they are NOT saved, but
shall be saved IF they endure.
Personally, I think it is obvious that this is not referring to salvation as in "eternal life". This is saying that those who endure will make it through this rough period intact. Regardless, even if you disagree, you're stuck with the problem of "shall be", which doesn't fit what you're trying to prove.
psalms109:31 said:
14So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to be found spotless, blameless and at peace with him. 15Bear in mind that our Lord's patience means salvation, just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him. 16He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.
If I were you, I would pay careful attention to the part about distorting the scriptures.
psalms109:31 said:
We are to work out your salvation with fear and trembling.
Immediately after which, the Bible says, FOR [BECAUSE] It is God who works in you to will and to do according to His good pleasure. Personally, I interpret this passage to mean "If you're so stupid as to think you can work out your own salvation, then you'd better do so with fear and trembling, because it isn't you, it's GOD who works in you to will and to do according to HIS good pleasure, not YOURS." You don't have to agree with that interpretation, and I'm not saying it MUST be the correct one. But you still can't discard the clear verse that follows. BECAUSE it is God who works in you to will and to do according to His good pleasure.