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1 | Theological Term: Perseverance | Matt 24:13 | DocTrinsograce | 152574 | ||
"Perseverance of the saints means that all those who are truly born again will be kept by God's power and will persevere as Christians until the end of their lives, and that only those who persevere until the end have been truly born again." --W Grudem Perseverance to the end is an evidence of a person's salvation as well as a gracious gift of God, based in: o Immutability of God's decrees (Jr 31:3; Mt 24:22-24; Ac 13:48; Rm 8:30) o Clear provisions of the covenant of grace (Jr 32:40; Is 10:29; 17:2-6) o Efficacious atonement and intercession of Christ (Is 53:6, 11; Mt 20:28; 1Pe 2:24; Is 11:42; 17:11, 15, 20; Rm 8:34) o Indwelling of the Holy Ghost (Is 14:16; 2 Co 1:21, 22; 5:5; Ep 1:14; 1Is 3:9) And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. (Is 10:28-29) For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. (Rm 11:29) Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ: (Phil 1:6) Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. (1Pe 1:5) "Those whom God hath accepted in the beloved, effectually called and sanctified by his Spirit, and given the precious faith of his elect unto, can neither totally nor finally fall fRm the state of grace, but shall certainly persevere therein to the end, and be eternally saved, seeing the gifts and callings of God are without repentance, whence he still begets and nourisheth in them faith, repentance, love, joy, hope, and all the graces of the Spirit unto immortality; and though many storms and floods arise and beat against them, yet they shall never be able to take them off that foundation and rock which by faith they are fastened upon; notwithstanding, through unbelief and the temptations of Satan, the sensible sight of the light and love of God may for a time be clouded and obscured from them, yet he is still the same, and they shall be sure to be kept by the power of God unto salvation, where they shall enjoy their purchased possession, they being engraven upon the palm of his hands, and their names having been written in the book of life from all eternity. (Is 10:28, 29; Phil 1:6; 2 Tim 2:19; 1 Pt 2:19; Ps 89:31, 32; 1 Co 11:32; Mal 3:6) "This perseverance of the saints depends not upon their own free will, but upon the immutability of the decree of election, flowing from the free and unchangeable love of God the Father, upon the efficacy of the merit and intercession of Jesus Christ and union with him, the oath of God, the abiding of his Spirit, and the seed of God within them, and the nature of the covenant of grace; from all which ariseth also the certainty and infallibility thereof. (Rm 5:9, 10; 8:30; 9:11, 16; Is 14:19; Heb 6:17, 18; 1 Is 3:9; Jr 32:40) "And though they may, through the temptation of Satan and of the world, the prevalency of corruption remaining in them, and the neglect of means of their preservation, fall into grievous sins, and for a time continue therein, whereby they incur God's displeasure and grieve his Holy Spirit, come to have their graces and comforts impaired, have their hearts hardened, and their consciences wounded, hurt and scandalize others, and bring temporal judgments upon themselves, yet shall they renew their repentance and be preserved through faith in Christ Jesus to the end. (Mt 26:70, 72, 74; Is 64:5, 9; Ep 4:30; Ps 51:10, 12; Ps 32:3, 4; 2 Sam 12:14; Luke 22:32, 61, 62)" --BCF, ch 17 "By perseverance the snail reached the ark." --Charles Spurgeon "Peter's life exemplifies what the doctrine of the perseverance of the saints means in the life of a faltering believer. Christ's present intercessory prayers assure that genuine believers will be saved to the uttermost. This is the doctrine of the perseverance of the saints. Those with true faith will not lead perfect lives, though some have attributed such a claim to proponents of working-faith salvation. The teaching of 'once saved, always saved' may carry the false implication that after 'accepting Christ' a person may live any kind of life and still be saved. That leaves out the doctrine of perseverance, which carries with it the need for a holy life. Peter in his first epistle furnishes six means through which God causes every Christian to persevere: by regenerating them to a living hope, by keeping them through His power, by strengthening them through tests of faith, by preserving them for ultimate glory, by motivating them with love for the Savior, and by saving them through a working faith." --John MacArthur In Him, Doc |
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