Perseverance of the Saints

Peter’s Principles

Turn to 1 Peter 1-5

Elect- Chosen by the Father before the foundation of the world

According to the foreknowledge of God- the Father had a special love

Biblical to “know” is to have intercourse with some one

Adam knew Eve and she conceived Gen 4 1

Through sanctification of the Spirit- Irresistible Grace, Drawing,

Convicting the heart, changing our wills, Born from above

Obedience Because of faith we obey

Chosen to obedience

Sprinkling of blood of Jesus

Eluding to the death of Jesus

The resurrection of Jesus is our only hope

if Jesus did not raise would signify that He was not good enough

We were raised with Him, unto eternal life

to an inheritance incorruptible… Reserved in Heaven for you

Being protected, we are being protected

Who are kept by the power of God through Faith

1 Peter 5 8 adversary the devil, wants to devour faith

V 9 stedfast in faith

Luke 22:31 AV

And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:

Satan, the roaring lion,wanted to take away his faith

Luke 22:32 AV

But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.

Jesus prayed for Peters Faith- the prayers of Jesus are always answerd

when not if you turn back strengthen others… that’s what he is doing in 1 Peter

Jesus’s Prayer

loss of faith is the sin that will kill us

taking away faith is what satan strives to do

Turn to John 17

Jesus prayer

read 1-2 Jesus again saying what he said in 6 37-40

Eternal life to all, not conditionally, not temporary life

read 3-9 pray for them the apostles, except for Judas

not for the world

pray for- thou hast given me - the elect

read 10-16

Pray to keep from the evil one - preserve their faith

V 17 sanctify

sanctify set apart continual Christ likeness

John 10 28 -29 Jesus gives eternal life, never perish

John 6 37-40 Lose no one but raise all up in the last day

Paul’s Precepts

Romans 8:35–39 AV

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Nothing can separate us from Jesus

Philippians 1:6 AV

Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

Romans 8:28–30 AV

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

“The Golden Chain.” Those whom God foreknew, predestined, called, and justified will be glorified. Every link in the chain is forged by God 1

1 Schreiner, T. R. (2012). Promises of Preservation and Exhortations to Perseverance. In M. M. Barrett & T. J. Nettles (Eds.), Whomever He Wills: A Surprising Display of Sovereign Mercy (p. 192). Cape Coral, FL: Founders Press.

Preservation of the Saints

PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS—their certain continuance in a state of grace. Once justified and regenerated, the believer can neither totally nor finally fall away from grace, but will certainly persevere therein and attain everlasting life.

Easton, M. G. (1893). In Easton’s Bible dictionary. New York: Harper & Brothers.them through thy word

Jesus prayed for our faith to remain

Jesus promised to bring all to Heaven

Jesus promised eternal life to the elect

Jesus promised us in marriage

God gave the elect to Jesus as a bride

But what about verses like

Hebrews 10:26 AV

For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,

And all the rest of the verses in the Bible that talk about losing faith

or losing salvation?

are all those warnings real?

if they are how can it go both ways?

Next week

Take heart every thing spoken of this morning is the truth