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NASB | Colossians 1:11 strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for the attaining of all steadfastness and patience; joyously |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Colossians 1:11 [we pray that you may be] strengthened and invigorated with all power, according to His glorious might, to attain every kind of endurance and patience with joy; |
Subject: Confident Expectation in God's Promises |
Bible Note: The doctrine of the perseverance of the saints is to the effect that they whom God has regenerated and effectually called to a state of grace, can neither totally nor finally fall away from that state, but shall certainly persevere therein to the end and be eternally saved. ... The Canons of Dort, after calling attention to the many weaknesses and failures of the children of God, declare: 'But God, who is rich in mercy, according to His unchangeable purpose of election, does not wholly withdraw the Holy Spirit from His own people even in their grievous falls; nor suffers them to proceed so far as to lose the grace of adoption and forfeit the state of justification, or to commit the sin unto death or against the Holy Spirit; nor does He permit them to be totally deserted, and to plunge themselves into everlasting destruction.' [V, Art. 6.] ... "In John 10:27-29 we read: 'My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me; and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out my hand. My Father, who hath given them unto me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand.' Paul says in Romans 11:29: 'For the gifts and the calling of God are not repented of.' This means that the grace of God revealed in His calling is never withdrawn, as though He repented of it. This is a general statement, though in the connection in which it is found it refers to the calling of Israel. The apostle comforts the believing Philippians with the words: 'Being confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it unto the day of Jesus Christ,' Philippians 1:6. In 2 Thessalonians 3:3 he says: 'But the Lord is faithful, who shall establish you, and guard you from the evil one.' In 2 Tim. 1:12 he sounds a note of rejoicing: 'For I know Him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that He is able to guard that which I have committed unto Him against that day.' And in 4:18 of the same Epistle he glories in the fact that the Lord will deliver him from every evil work and will save him unto His heavenly kingdom." --Louis Berkhof (1873-1957), from his Systematic Theology, chapter XI, section A |
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