Remission.

If you have had any close brush with disease or cancer the word 'remission' reverberates with hope. It is what you long to hear on the lips of the doctor looking at the test results.

But when it comes to our faith 'remission' can signal death.
To step back from the One full of life [Jesus Christ] is to step back from life, eternal life. In our faith life remission is something we need to avoid at all costs. This can be done by maintaining our spiritual health which is something that Peter addressed in one of his letters:

"For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ." 2 Pet 1:5-8

We do not guard our lives from the remission of our faith by simply having these qualities. Faith is all about growth, we should desire to see these qualities increase in our lives.

Take James and John as your role models [if you dare], the 'sons of thunder' as Jesus nicknamed them. They were full of passion, so much so that on one occasion when a town refused to accept Jesus they demanded Jesus to reign down fire upon them! Jesus pulled them up on this saying that they had great zeal but little love.
Later we find John referred to as the Apostle of love. Had his thunderous qualities vanished? No, but he had been adding brotherly love to his faith in increasing measures. He avoided remission.