I know that all of God's elect
are preserved by the grace of God in Christ. Not one of the chosen shall be
lost. Not one of the redeemed shall be damned. Not one of the called shall
perish. Not one true believer shall come short of eternal glory. But I also
know that true believers never quit. They never stop following Christ. They
never cease to seek the way of God, the will of God, and the glory of God. They
will be tried. They will be tempted. Satan will roar against them, but he
cannot devour them. The world will press them and caress them, calling them
away from Christ. But the believer, like Jephthah of old, has opened his mouth
to the Lord, and cannot go back. He will persevere. Those who forsake Christ
never knew Christ, for if they had known him they could not have forsaken him.