TFL:"Perseverance of the Saints, Parts A and B" **
- Berkhoff’s definition of the perseverance of the saints: “Perseverance is that continuous operation of the Holy Spirit in the believer by which the work of divine grace that is begun in the heart is continued and brought to completion.”
- Saints refer to those who believe in Jesus
- Perseverance of the Saints is the perseverance of God : perseverance = Preservation
- There is no perseverance without faith and it those who have faith who persevere
- Alistair revisits the question of 11/14/07 – a believer cannot be lost
- Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.
- Faith is a gift from God
- To persevere: do not look to yourself, do not look to others, look ONLY to Jesus
- Packer: “You are not strong enough to fall away as long as God is resolved to hold you.”
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