Again Entangled

2 Peter 2:20 (ESV)

For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.

Is it possible to lose one’s salvation? This verse answers yes. In the parable of the seeds sown on the different types of soil we find confirmation. The ground that receives the word with gladness, but puts down no root will wither and die under the heat of the sun. Some were overcome by the thorns of the world. 

Philippians 2:12-13 (ESV)

Lights in the World

12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, 13 for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.