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The Perseverance of the Saints, Part 1 (Selected Scriptures) [Audio Only] - John MacArthur
"As you know, it was last Sunday night that we came to the final message in the epistle of Jude, that marvelous statement with which Jude closes his letter, “Now to Him who is able to keep you from falling, and to make you stand in the presence of His glory blameless with great joy, to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion and authority, before all time now and forever. Amen.” And Jude closed out his epistle with that great statement that we are kept from falling. We are kept by God, and therefore deserves all the glory.
And that introduced us to a doctrine that is known as the “perseverance of the saints.” The perseverance of the saints. True believers will persevere in faith to the end. Often that doctrine is called the “doctrine of eternal security.” Sometimes it’s sort of cryptically said, “Once saved, always saved.” And, of course, all of those things are true.
I want you to understand that this is a historic doctrine. I pointed out last time that it’s the most important component of salvation, because if salvation were not permanent, then the doctrine of election would be called into question; the doctrine of justification would be called into question; the doctrine of sanctification would be called into question; and the doctrine of glorification would be called into question; the calling of God would be called into question; and therefore, the work of the Father, the Son, and the Spirit would all be called into question as well..." from the Transcript
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