Once Saved - Always Saved? True or False?

Here is what God says in Ezekiel 18:21 about the "righteous man":

"When a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity (sin), and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, shall he live?  ALL the righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered; because of the unfaithfulness of which he is guilty and the sin which he has committed, because of them he shall die." 

In Ezekiel 18:25, God says the following about the "wicked man":

"If a wicked man turns from all his sins (lawlessness) which he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is lawful and right, he shall surely live." 

If our preachers say that the righteous man can "commit iniquity" and still live, (which goes against God's Word in Ez. 18) - then preachers MUST also BE CONSISTENT when it comes to the verses on the wicked man.  They would then have to say if the wicked man "turns from all his sins" - he would still die  (which goes against God's Word in Ez. 18).  Our preachers cannot change the verses about the righteous man without also changing the verses regarding the wicked man!  This goes completely against the practice of good Bible teaching.

So, what is righteousness?  Verse 25 above tells us that when a wicked man turns away from his wickedness, "keeps all My statutes (laws)" and does "what is lawful and right", he is considered righteous and will live.  If you do what is "lawful", you must have a set of "laws" to live by.  The set of laws God has given us are His statutes, the Ten Commandments.  However, if we are being taught in our churches that God's law has "been done away with", that means our preachers are actually teaching us to be unrighteous people!

It's interesting that I John 3:4 states that "Sin is lawlessness".  Lawlessness means "we are not under law" because there is no law.  Hmmm - where have I heard that one before?

Before I close, I want to clarify that we cannot earn our salvation by good works or by keeping God's laws.  Jesus Christ purchased our salvation through His blood which was shed on the cross for us.  If we choose to accept this gift of salvation, it also means we choosing to turn our lives over to Christ and His laws which He expects us to obey.  We are taught that salvation is a "free gift", but even that is a false teaching!  It cost Jesus Christ His very life, and He tells us that if we accept His gift of salvation - it will cost us our lives as well!

In conclusion, God's Word tells us that the theology that teaches us "Once Saved - Always Saved" is a false teaching.  It not only does away with our need to obey God's laws, but it also takes away "the fear of the Lord" from before our eyes.  Solomon gave his conclusion in Ecclesiastes 12:13,14:  "Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is man's all.  For God will bring every work into judgment, including every secret thing, whether good or evil."