Perseverance Of
The Saints
"I know that, whatsoever God doeth,
it shall be forever: nothing can be put to it, nor
anything taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him"
(Eccles.
THIS IS THE
DOCTRINE OF HOLY SCRIPTURE: All who truly believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, all
who are born of God, shall continue to believe on Christ and continue in the
grace of God until they enter glory. "THEY SHALL NEVER PERISH" (John
Many do fall from grace, from the doctrine
of salvation by grace alone (Gal. 5:4), but they never were truly in the grace
of God. Many do depart from Christ (John 6:66). Many who profess to be his
disciples cease to follow him when the cost of following him becomes evident.
But those who do never really knew him. They were disciples in name only.
"They went out from us, BUT THEY WERE NOT OF US: for if they had been of
us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out that they
might be made manifest that they were not all of us" (I John
OUR IMMUTABLE GOD IS A GOD OF IMMUTABLE
GRACE. Once bestowed, the grace of God is never retracted! Because God changes
not, the sons of his grace shall never perish! Sin shall never be charged to
them. Temptations shall not destroy them. Satan shall not devour them. Grace is
our assurance and our security!
Don Fortner