"Remaining in God's Favor"

"And as for me, Thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before Thy face for ever." (Psalms 41:12) Touchy subjects are sometimes the things that need to be settled in our own minds, not swept under the rug, or left up in the air, as if they do not need to be determined true or not; things like, Can I lose my salvation? or If once saved, am I always saved, no matter how I chose to live my life? These are topics not spoken of very much in the open, but they are surely the topics within our conscience mind, and are the things we wonder in the night; night mostly meaning dark days, but it could also literally be the night time. I think that one of the most looked upon messages regarding this topic is the parable of the Prodigal Son, as the father never gives up watching for his son to return; and when he does return, he is not made to live like a servant in his father's house, as he thinks that he should, but is given the royal ring and coat, and there is a celebration of his return. In case you did not know, that is the illustration of God's grace; which is God's unwarranted, unconditional, and unprecedented favor upon His children; His children being those which He has called His own; meaning that He has chosen who are His children, we have not chosen Him. So then, the thing with the Prodigal Son, and what makes God's grace abound so much for him, is that he is His son; once you are His child, you will always remain His child, and there is nothing that you can do that will change that! David understood that, and he trusted God's faithfulness so much more than his own. To thine own self be true, is more than just a quote from Shakespeare, it is absolutely necessary and essential to our relationship with God; after all, God knows everything there is to know about us, so we can surely not hide anything from Him, so why would we try and fool ourselves by thinking we are hiding anything from God? Besides, here is another thing about the Prodigal Son, is that he wanted to go out into the world, and the father let him, but the world chewed him up... "For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: that sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord. What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?" (Romans 5:19-6:2)