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The truth of preservation is firmly grounded in the sovereignty of grace. It is this which brings up two very important questions: 1) What is the relation between preservation and perseverance? 2) How is the perseverance of the saints to be explained in the light of the fact that believers fall into
Preservation means that all things owe their continued existence to God's omnipotent and omnipresent power. Every creature is sustained continuously in harmony with its own peculiar being and nature. This applies to all creatures. It also applies to all moral rational creatures, including the evil a
Rev. Key is pastor of the Protestant Reformed Church of Hull, Iowa. One of the most beautiful and comforting truths of Holy Scripture is that pertaining to the preservation of the saints and their perseverance in the faith. It is a truth that permeates the entire Word of God. On the one hand, it i
letters." [Ibid, p 117.] The absoluteness of Cod's control over the writing and preserving of the Scriptures was asserted very strongly in sermons preached by John Jewel, Bishop of Salisbury, in 1570: "There is no sentence, no clause, no word, no syllable, no letter, but it is written for thy instru
In our preceding article on the subject of Preservation and Perseverance, we called attention to the fact that these truths are confessional. As one might expect, the preservation and perseverance of the saints are set forth particularly in the fifth head of our Canons, although we also read of them
So, what a wonderful subject this is: Preservation and Perseverance! The Arminians, we know, have corrupted also this wonderful truth. It is because of what they taught in their fifth article of their Remonstrance that our fathers set forth the truth in their fifth article of the Canons of Dordt. Le
that God's preservation is something that fails a little when we sin. God did not preserve me as he promised, because I sinned. I fell into a sin, a temptation. Preservation does not mean we will be preserved from sin. Preservation does not even mean that will be preserved from great falls into
Well, at the same time, The word perseverance and preserve is used interchangeably throughout that head of doctrine. Preserved is, the word preserve is used frequently. For example, the end of article three says God is faithful. who having conferred grace, mercifully confirms and powerfully pre
Although the weakness of the flesh cannot prevail against the power of God, who confirms and preserves true believers in a state of grace. The two words, preserve and persevere, are brought together and used as meaning the same thing at the beginning of Article 9 for just one example of this pre
The canons speak of the preservation of the saints. We read that in the third article. He has conferred grace and powerfully preserves them therein. But he preserves us exactly unto the perseverance of the saints, unto godliness, if you will, and the continuation of faith. That's the canons. Don