we must persevere in our confession of faith in order to reach final salvation. If a person ceases to give allegiance to the Christ entirely—abandons any attempt to render faith unto the Christ—that person is no longer part of the saved community because they have rejected the gospel (1 Cor. 15:2; 1 Tim. 1:19–20; Heb. 3:12–14; 6:4–6).
