Preservation and Perseverance (4)

And therefore the opponents of the doctrine of preservation and perseverance argue that if it is established beforehand that the believer can never fall away finally, can never fall from grace completely, these admonitions of Scripture loss all their seriousness. If it is established beforehand that once saved is saved forever, why should we still fight the battle in order to be saved? And therefore, it appears as if the doctrine of the preservation and perseverance of the saints must needs...