- John Murray: “It is one of the most perilous distortions of the doctrine of Grace and one that has carried with it the saddest records of moral and spiritual disaster to assume that past privileges, however high they may be, guarantee the security of men irrespective of perseverance in the faith and holiness.”
- In other words it doesn’t matter if you have been a pastor for thirty years, it doesn’t matter if you have success, giftedness, and usefulness in your career and your Christian testimony. No matter how high you may gave gone, none of that guarantees your security irrespective of perseverance in faith and in holiness
- John Owen: “A universal respect to all God’s commandments is the only preservation from shame.” Our continuance in a relationship with God does not take place irrespective of our persevering in God’s commands. It is as we heed the warnings and rest upon the promises that the Holy Spirit works in our lives a supernatural principle which cannot be acquired by the fulfilling of our duties, but is preserved by them.
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