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Is once a Christian always a Christian?

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often that is the case,
though very rarely there are conversions to different religions.
Many people lapse from the faith, either to agnosticism/atheism or to other faiths.
Although one cannot 'undo' a baptism, it can be denied. Denying one's Christianity is a rejection of Christ, and as such would be seen by Christians as a bar to entry to Heaven.
2 Timothy 2:13 If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.
No amount of denying or rejection of Jesus Christ AFTER someone is saved will make that person unsaved.
This assumes that being baptised - usually without consent - 'saves' a person. Surely "faith" is required. That can be rejected. One can (and many do) reject the works and words of Jesus, and in doing so, one is surely not a Christian.
This question is not about being "saved" after death. This question is about "being" a Christian - a status in this life, and not about any possible afterlife.

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