A Christian race to eternity (Salvation)?

HOLY AND BELOVED OF CHRIST:
TO BE HONEST WITH OURSELVES ABOUT OUR JOURNEY TO THE KINGDOM OF OUR HEAVENLY FATHER.
SALVATION CAN ONLY BE ATTAINED IF WE ENDURE TO THE END.
JAMES, 1:-12 “BLESSED IS THE MAN THE ENDURETH TEMPTATION: FOR WHEN HE IS TRIED, HE SHALL RECEIVE THE CROWN OF LIFE, WHICH THE LORD HATH PROMISED TO THEM THAT LOVE HIM.”
SOME ARE FAKELY SCORING THEMSELVES HIGHER MARKS ON DAILY BASIS CONCERNING THEIR PERFORMANCES; AND THEY ARE SO SURE OF THEIR SALVATION NO MATTER WHAT.
THE RACE TO SALVATION ENDS WHEN WE RECEIVE THE GLORIOUS CROWN PROMISED BY OUR LORD JESUS.
MATT. 24:-13 “BUT HE THAT ENDURE UNTO THE END, THE SAME SHALL BE SAVED.”
IF THE BIBLE IS TO BE TAKEN SERIOUS, THEN WE ARE STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RACE TO ETERNITY.
THE CROWN OF VICTORY IS FOR THOSE THAT ENDURES THE PERSECUTIONS OF THE ATHEISTS AND THE AGNOSTICS TO THE END.
IN OTHER WORD; SALVATION IS AN ONGOING PROCESS. IT CANNOT BE ACHIEVED WITH LITTLE OR NO EFFORT.
EVEN THE LUKEWARMS AND THE BACKSLIDERS ARE CLAIMING TO HAVE ALREADY SECURED SALVATION IN CHRIST.
THIS IS THE WORD OF APOSTLE PAUL IN THE BOOK OF PHILIPPIANS, 3:-12-14 “NOT AS THOUGH I HAD ALREADY ATTAINED, EITHER WERE ALREADY PERFECT; BUT I FOLLOW AFTER IF THAT I MAY APPREHEND THAT FOR WHICH ALSO I AM APPREHEND OF CHRIST JESUS.”
BETTER TO REMAIN FOCUS AND IGNORE ALL SORTS OF DISTRACTION THAT WE MAY PRESS ON TOWARDS OUR GOAL. THAN TO BE SELF ASSURED OF WHAT IS NOT YET ATTAINED.
A GOOD START DOES NOT GUARANTEE A GREAT FINISH.
NOW, UNTO HIM THAT IS ABLE TO KEEP US FROM FALLING, AND TO PRESENT US FAULTLESS BEFORE THE PRESENCE OF HIS GLORY WITH EXCEEDING JOY, TO THE ONLY WISE GOD OUR SAVIOR, BE GLORY AND MAJESTY, DOMINION AND POWER, BOTH NOW AND EVER. AMEN.