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Perseverance
by Augustine
by Loraine Boettner
by John Bunyan
by Jonathan Edwards
By John Owen
by A. W. Pink
by C. H. Spurgeon
Perseverance - Defined
From the The Five Points of Calvinism by David N. Steele & Curtis C. Thomas
All who were chosen by God, redeemed by Christ, and given faith by the Spirit are eternally saved. They are kept in faith by the power of Almighty God and thus persevere to the end.
(John 3:16, John 6:35-40, John 6:44, Philippians 1:6, Philippians 2:12-13, Jude 24-25, Ephesians 1:13-14, Romans 8:28-30, Romans 8:35-39).
"It is pleasant to look back to Calvary's hill, and to behold that bleeding form expiring on the tree; it is sweet, amazingly sweet, to pry with eyes of love between those thick olives, and hear the groanings of the Man who sweat great drops of blood. Sinner, if thou askest me how Christ can save thee, I tell thee this—he can save thee, because he did not save himself; he can save thee, because he took thy guilt and endured thy punishment" (Spurgeon, Sermon: Salvation to the Uttermost).
". . . he shall save his people from their sins. From the punishment of sin . . . . Saves 'em from all the bad effects of sin . . ."
(Jonathan Edwards; Mt. 1:1).
Scriptural support
Perseverance
"You number my wanderings; Put my tears into Your bottle; Are they not in Your book?
(Psa 56:8).
"...and, lo, I am with you Always, even unto the end of the world. Amen" (Mt 28:20).
"Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life" (Jn 5:24).
"And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, ut raise it up on the last day" (Jn 6:39).
"In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,
who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory" (Eph 1:13-14 ESV).
"For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified" (Heb 10:14).
"...for he hath said, I will Never leave thee, nor forsake thee" (Heb 13:5).
"If one believer may be broken off from Christ, then, by the same rule, why not another. Why not all? And so Christ would be a head without a body" (Thomas Watson, Body of Divinity).
""I am the Lord, and there is no other;
There is no God besides Me" (Isa 45:5 NKJV).
