There are many Bible verses that appear to teach conditional security, and to be fair there are Bible verses that appear to teach eternal security. However, in a church where eternal security is part of the doctrine, those verses that teach conditional security must be explained away, ignoring the fact that the early Christians didn’t believe in eternal security either. So, pastors sometimes preface their comments with phrases like, “The Bible teaches eternal security. In light of that, here is how to interpret this verse.” It is clear that a doctrinal lens is being used to twist Scripture into agreement with our doctrine rather than using Scripture to inform our doctrine.