Evangelism and Perseverance of the Saints

Perseverance of the Saints – is the biblical doctrine which teaches that God’s elect are not only secure for eternity—but the proof of their election and the evidence of their security is the on-going work of sanctification in them which causes them to persevere in the life and practice of true faith.

Chapter 17 (para. 1) in the 1689 London Baptist Confession in part reads,

‘Those whom God has accepted in Christ the Beloved, and effectually called and sanctified by His Spirit... can neither totally nor finally fall from the state of grace, but they shall certainly persevere in grace to the end and be eternally saved.’ – Ps. 89:31,32; Mal. 3:6; John 10:28,29; 1 Cor. 11:32; Phil. 1:6; 2 Tim. 2:19; 1 John 2:19.

Proof texts: John 10:27-29 … Colossians 1:21-23 … 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 … Hebrews 3:6, 14… 1 Peter 1:2-5… Jude 24-25…

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