TULIP - Perseverance of the Saints

Perseverance of the Saints

When you understand the doctrines of grace, you get blessed with humility

It impacts all of life

Life

Death

Evangelism

Understanding these truths changes us

We have no intrinsic value by ourselves. Our value comes from God and what He’s done.

Just and unjust - creation

Just - God loves us

Jesus is the perfect image of God

God is taking us and forming us to the same perfect image

God gets all glory for our righteousness

Why does God allow false prophets?

One reason is it gets the Church to get around the word of God and learn more about Him

Gnosticism = creation created by imperfect spirit, Jesus isn’t God

Marcionism = belief that Old Testament was no longer valid

Arianism = denounces Trinity

Pelagianism = man is not sinful by nature and can achieve perfection without divine grace

Semi-Pelagianism = man is sinful by nature and does need divine grace but salvation comes through the will of man. Essentially, man as a “free will”

People who fought against these false doctrines were Reformed who depend solely on the word of God for revelation

STULIP

Sovereignty of God should be first

He is the beginning and end

He created past, present, and future

He doesn’t look down time (His creation) and learn from it. He established everything about it!

He evil wills, not authors, sin

What was the worst sin of the world? The murder of Jesus (though He wasn’t actually murdered but gave His life)

God predestined it

For His glory

For you’re good

If we degrade or ignore the sovereignty of God...

We start ignoring Scripture

We start misinterpreting Scripture

We start building a different image of God

We do not have a “free will” in the sense that we get freely choose good or bad

We choose according to our nature

Sin - Jn 8:43

Saved - 1 Jn 5:18

Go over TULI

TULIP in one sentence - Jn 6:44

Golden Chain of Redemption - Rom 8:29-30

Why did God choose you?

Because of His...

Glory

Grace

Love

Not motivated by your response

If God looked through time, He would see Rom 3:10-13

“Seeing you choose Him thus He chooses you” is not in the Bible

Do we believe in Jesus and then we’re born again or are we born again and then we believe?

Faith is a gift from God

Eph 2:8-9

2 Tim 2:24-26

Is your view that God saves or is it up to us?

Jn 6:39-40

Perseverance of the Saints

Jn 10:1

Can you walk in and out of salvation?

Rom 8:29-30

Golden Chain of Redemption and cannot be broken

Jd 1:24

He is able keep you from stumbling

“Once saved only saved”

True but abused

Carnal Christian

1 Jn 2:19

If we live a life in sin and opposition to God, we’re not of God

Examine yourself

Does your life prove your belief?

Are you believing in Jesus or have you simply just believed?