January 16, 2019

"friends" by Gary Rose




I have always loved the “Far side” pictures; their wit and hidden wisdom have always been a delicious mixture of bitter-sweet for me. This one caught my eyes today and I thought: you know, its not just true for bears…

Its a sad fact that people will “throw you under the bus” or “stab you in the back”, and often (like this bear) do it with a smile. If you have ever had this done to you, then this picture will mean something extra to you.

But, not everyone will “do you in”, for some will stay; some will remain faithful – regardless!!! Paul, near the very end of his life, penned these words to his protégé, Timothy…


2 Timothy 4 (World English Bible)
 1 I command you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at his appearing and his Kingdom: 2 preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with all patience and teaching.  3 For the time will come when they will not listen to the sound doctrine, but, having itching ears, will heap up for themselves teachers after their own lusts;  4 and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside to fables.  5 But you be sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, and fulfill your ministry. 

  6  For I am already being offered, and the time of my departure has come.  7 I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.  8 From now on, there is stored up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on that day; and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.  9 Be diligent to come to me soon,  10 for Demas left me, having loved this present world, and went to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.  11 Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with you, for he is useful to me for service.  12 But I sent Tychicus to Ephesus.  13 Bring the cloak that I left at Troas with Carpus when you come, and the books, especially the parchments.  14 Alexander, the coppersmith, did much evil to me. The Lord will repay him according to his works,  15 of whom you also must beware; for he greatly opposed our words. 

  16  At my first defense, no one came to help me, but all left me. May it not be held against them.  1 7But the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me, that through me the message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear; and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.  18 And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me for his heavenly Kingdom; to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.   (Emphasis added)


Paul was faithful, others were not, but God always is. He will never leave you or forsake you. On HIM you can depend, now and forever. The next time you offer prayers up to God, remember to thank HIM for HIS faithfulness!!! Why? Because unlike that bear in the picture- He sacrificed himself for YOU!!!

Praise God!!!
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Bible Reading January 16, 17 by Gary Rose


Bible Reading January 16, 17

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Jan. 16
Genesis 16

Gen 16:1 Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no children. She had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
Gen 16:2 Sarai said to Abram, "See now, Yahweh has restrained me from bearing. Please go in to my handmaid. It may be that I will obtain children by her." Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.
Gen 16:3 Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife.
Gen 16:4 He went in to Hagar, and she conceived. When she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
Gen 16:5 Sarai said to Abram, "This wrong is your fault. I gave my handmaid into your bosom, and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes. Yahweh judge between me and you."
Gen 16:6 But Abram said to Sarai, "Behold, your maid is in your hand. Do to her whatever is good in your eyes." Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her face.
Gen 16:7 The angel of Yahweh found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
Gen 16:8 He said, "Hagar, Sarai's handmaid, where did you come from? Where are you going?" She said, "I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarai."
Gen 16:9 The angel of Yahweh said to her, "Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hands."
Gen 16:10 The angel of Yahweh said to her, "I will greatly multiply your seed, that they will not be numbered for multitude."
Gen 16:11 The angel of Yahweh said to her, "Behold, you are with child, and will bear a son. You shall call his name Ishmael, because Yahweh has heard your affliction.
Gen 16:12 He will be like a wild donkey among men. His hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him. He will live opposite all of his brothers."
Gen 16:13 She called the name of Yahweh who spoke to her, "You are a God who sees," for she said, "Have I even stayed alive after seeing him?"
Gen 16:14 Therefore the well was called Beer Lahai Roi. Behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
Gen 16:15 Hagar bore a son for Abram. Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.
Gen 16:16 Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.

Jan. 17
Genesis 17

Gen 17:1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram, and said to him, "I am God Almighty. Walk before me, and be blameless.
Gen 17:2 I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly."
Gen 17:3 Abram fell on his face. God talked with him, saying,
Gen 17:4 "As for me, behold, my covenant is with you. You will be the father of a multitude of nations.
Gen 17:5 Neither will your name any more be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham; for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.
Gen 17:6 I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you. Kings will come out of you.
Gen 17:7 I will establish my covenant between me and you and your seed after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you and to your seed after you.
Gen 17:8 I will give to you, and to your seed after you, the land where you are traveling, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. I will be their God."
Gen 17:9 God said to Abraham, "As for you, you will keep my covenant, you and your seed after you throughout their generations.
Gen 17:10 This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your seed after you. Every male among you shall be circumcised.
Gen 17:11 You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin. It will be a token of the covenant between me and you.
Gen 17:12 He who is eight days old will be circumcised among you, every male throughout your generations, he who is born in the house, or bought with money from any foreigner who is not of your seed.
Gen 17:13 He who is born in your house, and he who is bought with your money, must be circumcised. My covenant will be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.
Gen 17:14 The uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his people. He has broken my covenant."
Gen 17:15 God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but her name will be Sarah.
Gen 17:16 I will bless her, and moreover I will give you a son by her. Yes, I will bless her, and she will be a mother of nations. Kings of peoples will come from her."
Gen 17:17 Then Abraham fell on his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, "Will a child be born to him who is one hundred years old? Will Sarah, who is ninety years old, give birth?"
Gen 17:18 Abraham said to God, "Oh that Ishmael might live before you!"
Gen 17:19 God said, "No, but Sarah, your wife, will bear you a son. You shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.
Gen 17:20 As for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He will become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.
Gen 17:21 But my covenant I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year."
Gen 17:22 When he finished talking with him, God went up from Abraham.
Gen 17:23 Abraham took Ishmael his son, all who were born in his house, and all who were bought with his money; every male among the men of Abraham's house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the same day, as God had said to him.
Gen 17:24 Abraham was ninety-nine years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
Gen 17:25 Ishmael, his son, was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
Gen 17:26 In the same day both Abraham and Ishmael, his son, were circumcised.
Gen 17:27 All the men of his house, those born in the house, and those bought with money of a foreigner, were circumcised with him.



Jan. 16
Matthew 8

Mat 8:1 When he came down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.
Mat 8:2 Behold, a leper came to him and worshiped him, saying, "Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean."
Mat 8:3 Jesus stretched out his hand, and touched him, saying, "I want to. Be made clean." Immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
Mat 8:4 Jesus said to him, "See that you tell nobody, but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them."
Mat 8:5 When he came into Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking him,
Mat 8:6 and saying, "Lord, my servant lies in the house paralyzed, grievously tormented."
Mat 8:7 Jesus said to him, "I will come and heal him."
Mat 8:8 The centurion answered, "Lord, I'm not worthy for you to come under my roof. Just say the word, and my servant will be healed.
Mat 8:9 For I am also a man under authority, having under myself soldiers. I tell this one, 'Go,' and he goes; and tell another, 'Come,' and he comes; and tell my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."
Mat 8:10 When Jesus heard it, he marveled, and said to those who followed, "Most certainly I tell you, I haven't found so great a faith, not even in Israel.
Mat 8:11 I tell you that many will come from the east and the west, and will sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the Kingdom of Heaven,
Mat 8:12 but the children of the Kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
Mat 8:13 Jesus said to the centurion, "Go your way. Let it be done for you as you have believed." His servant was healed in that hour.
Mat 8:14 When Jesus came into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother lying sick with a fever.
Mat 8:15 He touched her hand, and the fever left her. She got up and served him.
Mat 8:16 When evening came, they brought to him many possessed with demons. He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick;
Mat 8:17 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying: "He took our infirmities, and bore our diseases."
Mat 8:18 Now when Jesus saw great multitudes around him, he gave the order to depart to the other side.
Mat 8:19 A scribe came, and said to him, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go."
Mat 8:20 Jesus said to him, "The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head."
Mat 8:21 Another of his disciples said to him, "Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father."
Mat 8:22 But Jesus said to him, "Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead."
Mat 8:23 When he got into a boat, his disciples followed him.
Mat 8:24 Behold, a violent storm came up on the sea, so much that the boat was covered with the waves, but he was asleep.
Mat 8:25 They came to him, and woke him up, saying, "Save us, Lord! We are dying!"
Mat 8:26 He said to them, "Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?" Then he got up, rebuked the wind and the sea, and there was a great calm.
Mat 8:27 The men marveled, saying, "What kind of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?"
Mat 8:28 When he came to the other side, into the country of the Gergesenes, two people possessed by demons met him there, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that nobody could pass that way.
Mat 8:29 Behold, they cried out, saying, "What do we have to do with you, Jesus, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?"
Mat 8:30 Now there was a herd of many pigs feeding far away from them.
Mat 8:31 The demons begged him, saying, "If you cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of pigs."
Mat 8:32 He said to them, "Go!" They came out, and went into the herd of pigs: and behold, the whole herd of pigs rushed down the cliff into the sea, and died in the water.
Mat 8:33 Those who fed them fled, and went away into the city, and told everything, including what happened to those who were possessed with demons.
Mat 8:34 Behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus. When they saw him, they begged that he would depart from their borders.

Jan. 17
Matthew 9

Mat 9:1 He entered into a boat, and crossed over, and came into his own city.
Mat 9:2 Behold, they brought to him a man who was paralyzed, lying on a bed. Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, "Son, cheer up! Your sins are forgiven you."
Mat 9:3 Behold, some of the scribes said to themselves, "This man blasphemes."
Mat 9:4 Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, "Why do you think evil in your hearts?
Mat 9:5 For which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven;' or to say, 'Get up, and walk?'
Mat 9:6 But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins..." (then he said to the paralytic), "Get up, and take up your mat, and go up to your house."
Mat 9:7 He arose and departed to his house.
Mat 9:8 But when the multitudes saw it, they marveled and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.
Mat 9:9 As Jesus passed by from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax collection office. He said to him, "Follow me." He got up and followed him.
Mat 9:10 It happened as he sat in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples.
Mat 9:11 When the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"
Mat 9:12 When Jesus heard it, he said to them, "Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.
Mat 9:13 But you go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
Mat 9:14 Then John's disciples came to him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don't fast?"
Mat 9:15 Jesus said to them, "Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.
Mat 9:16 No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch would tear away from the garment, and a worse hole is made.
Mat 9:17 Neither do people put new wine into old wineskins, or else the skins would burst, and the wine be spilled, and the skins ruined. No, they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved."
Mat 9:18 While he told these things to them, behold, a ruler came and worshiped him, saying, "My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live."
Mat 9:19 Jesus got up and followed him, as did his disciples.
Mat 9:20 Behold, a woman who had an issue of blood for twelve years came behind him, and touched the fringe of his garment;
Mat 9:21 for she said within herself, "If I just touch his garment, I will be made well."
Mat 9:22 But Jesus, turning around and seeing her, said, "Daughter, cheer up! Your faith has made you well." And the woman was made well from that hour.
Mat 9:23 When Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the flute players, and the crowd in noisy disorder,
Mat 9:24 he said to them, "Make room, because the girl isn't dead, but sleeping." They were ridiculing him.
Mat 9:25 But when the crowd was put out, he entered in, took her by the hand, and the girl arose.
Mat 9:26 The report of this went out into all that land.
Mat 9:27 As Jesus passed by from there, two blind men followed him, calling out and saying, "Have mercy on us, son of David!"
Mat 9:28 When he had come into the house, the blind men came to him. Jesus said to them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?" They told him, "Yes, Lord."
Mat 9:29 Then he touched their eyes, saying, "According to your faith be it done to you."
Mat 9:30 Their eyes were opened. Jesus strictly commanded them, saying, "See that no one knows about this."
Mat 9:31 But they went out and spread abroad his fame in all that land.
Mat 9:32 As they went out, behold, a mute man who was demon possessed was brought to him.
Mat 9:33 When the demon was cast out, the mute man spoke. The multitudes marveled, saying, "Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel!"
Mat 9:34 But the Pharisees said, "By the prince of the demons, he casts out demons."
Mat 9:35 Jesus went about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.
Mat 9:36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and scattered, like sheep without a shepherd.
Mat 9:37 Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest indeed is plentiful, but the laborers are few.
Mat 9:38 Pray therefore that the Lord of the harvest will send out laborers into his harvest."
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Chapter 3 PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS by CA Feenstra

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Chapter 3
PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS
    Man's words
    Canons of Dordt - Fifth Head of Doctrine
    Article 6
    But God, who is rich in mercy, according to His unchangeable purpose of election, does not wholly withdraw the Holy Spirit from His own people even in their grievous falls; nor suffers them to proceed so far as to lose the grace of adoption and forfeit the state of justification, or to commit the sin unto death or against the Holy Spirit; nor does He permit them to be totally deserted, and to plunge themselves into everlasting destruction.
    Article 8
    Thus it is not in consequence of their own merits or strength, but of God's free mercy, that they neither totally fall from faith and grace nor continue and perish finally in their backslidings; which, with respect to themselves is not only possible, but would undoubtfully happen; but with respect to God, it is utterly impossible, since His counsel cannot be changed nor His promise fail; neither can the call according to His purpose be revoked, nor the merit, intercession, and preservation of Christ be rendered ineffectual, nor the sealing of the Holy Spirit be frustrated or obliterated.
    Article 9
    Of this preservation of the elect to salvation and of their perseverance in the faith, true believers themselves may and do obtain assurance according to the measure of their faith, whereby they surely believe that they are and ever will continue true and living members of the Church, and that they have the forgiveness of sins and life eternal.
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    "The elect are not only redeemed by Christ and renewed by the Spirit; they are kept in faith by the almighty power of God. All those who are spiritually united to Christ through regeneration are eternally secure in Him. Nothing can separate them from the eternal and unchangeable love of God. They have been predestinated unto eternal glory and are therefore assured of heaven." The Five Points of Calvinism, Steele and Thomas, page 56
    "By the term "perseverance of the saints" we mean that if a person is once saved he is always saved and can never slip from God's saving grace.
    When we confess the perseverance of the saints we confess that there are no "if's" or "but's" about the certainty of our salvation, because it is God who is working in us, and if he has begun a good work there will be no moment of time from then on that he will not work within us. What a glorious comfort the knowledge of this fact brings to one who is a Christian. For he can know that if he really has put his trust in Jesus as his Saviour, then he can never slip away and be lost, whether because of his own sinful weakness and tendency to unbelief, or because of the wiles of the Devil. This is strictly a Reformed doctrine and hangs or falls together with the other four points (of Calvinism) that we have been discussing."
    The Five Points of Calvinism, Edwin H. Palmer, Th.D., page 59
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    "The Christian Reformed Church teaches that by virtue of their election, the substitutionary atonement of Christ, and his intercession for them, the salvation of God's people is assured; that God will not suffer those who are joined to Christ in true faith to totally fall from faith and grace; and that by reason of the continuous abiding of the Holy Spirit the believers will persevere in the way of salvation to the end."
    "The Christian Reformed Church - What it Teaches"
    Back to God Tract Committee, Tract No. 86, pages 13-14
    Q. Is Calvinism's absolute "Perseverance of the Saints" true, OR does GOD'S WORD teach that a saint or Christian can fall from grace?
    "Ye are severed from Christ, ye who would be justified by the law; ye are fallen away from grace." Gal. 5:4
    "But the Spirit saith expressly, that in later times some shall fall away from the faith" I Tim. 4:1
    "Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall." I Cor. 10:12
    "For as touching those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit, and tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the age to come, and then fell away, it is impossible to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame." Heb. 6:4-6
    "Ye therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware lest, being carried away with the error of the wicked, ye fall from your own stedfastness." II Pet. 3:17
    "Take heed, brethren, lest haply there shall be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God: but exhort one another day by day, so long as it is called To-day; lest any one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin: for we are become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our confidence firm unto the end." Heb 3:12-14
    "And those on the rock are they who, when they have heard, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away." Luke 8:13
    "Moreover he (an Elder) must have good testimony from them that are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil." I Tim. 3:7
    "To the angel of the church in Ephesus write... But I have this against thee, that thou didst leave thy first love. Remember therefore whence thou art fallen, and repent and do the first works; or else I come to thee, and will remove thy candlestick out of its place, except thou repent." Rev. 2:1, 4-5
    "Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge ye this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock in his brother's way, or an occasion of falling." Rom. 14:13
    "Behold then the goodness and severity of God: toward them that fell, severity; but toward thee, God's goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off." Rom. 11:22
    "Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man shall see the Lord: looking carefully lest there be any man that falleth short of the grace of God;" Heb. 12:14-15
    "...as that the day of the Lord is just at hand; let no man beguile you in any wise: for it will not be, except the falling away come first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition" II Thess. 2:2-3
    Q. Is Calvinism's absolute "Perseverance of the Saints" true, OR does GOD'S WORD teach that the salvation of the saints is conditional upon certain "ifs" as to their continued faithfulness?
    "Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me." Matt. 16:24
    "Jesus therefore said to those Jews that had believed him, If ye abide in my word, then are ye truly my disciples; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." John 8:31-32
    "If ye keep my (Jesus') commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love." John 15:10
    "Faithful is the saying: For
    if we died with him, we shall also live with him:
    if we endure, we shall also reign with him:
    if we shall deny him, he also will deny us:
    if we are faithless, he abideth faithful; for he cannot deny himself." II Tim. 2:11-13
    "And you, being in time past alienated and enemies in your mind in your evil works, yet now hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without blemish and unreprovable before him: if so be that ye continue in the faith, grounded and stedfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel which ye heard"... Col. 1:21-23
    "Wherefore, brethren, give the more diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never stumble: for thus shall be richly supplied unto you the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ." II Peter 1:10-11
    "...but Christ as a son, over his house; whose house are we, if we hold fast our boldness and the glorying of our hope firm unto the end." Heb. 3:6
    "...for we are become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our confidence firm unto the end: while it is said, To-day if ye shall hear his voice, Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation." Heb. 3:14-15
    "Behold then the goodness and severity of God: toward them that fell, severity; but toward thee, God's goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off. And they also, if they continue not in their unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again." Rom. 11:22-23
    "Now I make known unto you brethren, the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye received, wherein also ye stand, by which also ye are saved, if ye hold fast the word which I preached unto you, except ye believed in vain." I Cor. 15:1-2
    "The Spirit himself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are children of God: and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified with him." Rom. 8:16-17
    "And Adam was not beguiled, but the woman being beguiled hath fallen into transgression: but she shall be saved ... if they continue in faith and love and sanctification with sobriety." I Tim. 2:14-15
    "Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth unto his own flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth unto the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap eternal life. And let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not." Gal. 6:7-9
    Q. Is Calvinism's absolute "Perseverance of the Saints" true, OR does GOD'S WORD teach that the salvation of the saints is conditional upon certain "if's" as to their neglect and unfaithfulness?
    "Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost its savor, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under foot of men." Matt. 5:13
    "Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; so neither can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: for apart from me ye can do nothing. If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned." John 15:4-6
    "Therefore we (Hebrew saints) ought to give the more earnest heed to the things that were heard, lest haply we drift away from them. For if the word spoken through angels proved stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward; how shall we escape, if we neglect so great a salvation?" Heb. 2:1-3
    "For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more a sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and a fierceness of fire which shall devour the adversaries." Heb. 10:26-27
    "But my righteous one shall live by faith: And if he shrink back, my soul hath no pleasure in him." Heb. 10:38
    Q. Is Calvinism's absolute "Perseverance of the Saints" true, OR does GOD'S WORD teach that it is possible for those who have escaped the sin of the world through the knowledge of Jesus, to again be entangled by and to be overcome by sin?
    "For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein and overcome, the last state is become worse with them than the first. For it were better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered unto them. It has happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog turning to his own vomit again, and the sow that had washed to wallowing in the mire." II Pet. 2:20-22
    "For freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage." Gal. 5:1
    * * *
    Q. Is Calvinism's absolute "Perseverance of the Saints" true, OR does GOD'S WORD teach that a saint or Christian can sin wilfully, thus reject God's Son and His salvation, and thus receive vengeance at the hand of the living God?
    "For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more a sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and a fierceness of fire which shall devour the adversaries. A man that hath set at nought Moses law dieth without compassion on the word of two or three witnesses: of how much sorer punishment, think ye, shall he be judged worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant wherewith he was sanctified an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? For we know him that said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense. And again, The Lord shall judge his people. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God." Heb. 10:26-31
    "See that ye refuse not him (Jesus) that speaketh. For if they escaped not when they refused him that warned them on earth, much more shall not we escape who turn away from him that warneth from heaven....for our God is a consuming fire." Heb. 12:25, 29
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    Q. Is Calvinism's absolute "Perseverance of the Saints" true OR does GOD'S WORD teach that saints can deny the faith and that the faith of the saints can be overthrown?
    "But the Spirit saith expressly, that in later times some shall fall away from the faith" I Tim. 4:1
    "But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever." 1 Tim. 5:8
    "For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil: which some reaching after have been led astray from the faith...." I Tim. 6:10
    "O Timothy, guard that which is committed unto thee, turning away from the profane babblings and oppositions of the knowledge which is falsely so called; which some professing have erred concerning the faith." I Tim. 6:20-21
    "...holding faith and a good conscience; which some having thrust from them made shipwreck concerning the faith: of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander...." I Tim. 1:19-20
    "But shun profane babblings: for they will proceed further in ungodliness, and their word will eat as doth a gangrene: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus; men who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already, and overthrow the faith of some." II Tim. 2:16-18
    Q. Is Calvinism's absolute "Perseverance of the Saints" true, OR does GOD'S WORD give us a definite example of one who truly believed, was baptized, and continued with the truth, and then fell away into wickedness and iniquity by which he could have perished?
    "And Simon (the sorcerer) also himself believed: and being baptized, he continued with Philip; and beholding signs and great miracles wrought, he was amazed....Now when Simon saw that through the laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money, saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay my hands, he may receive the Holy Spirit. But Peter said unto him, Thy silver perish with thee, because thou hast thought to obtain the gift of God with money. Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right before God. Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray the Lord, if perhaps the thought of thy heart shall be forgiven thee. For I see that thou art in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity. And Simon answered and said, Pray ye for me to the Lord, that none of the things which ye have spoken come upon me." Acts 8:13, 18-24
    * * *
    Q. Is Calvinism's absolute "Perseverance of the Saints" true, OR does GOD'S WORD teach that members of the true church can do things that will cause them to loose their part of the tree of life and of the holy city?
    "I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things for the churches.... I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, if any man shall add unto them, God shall add unto him the plagues which are written in this book: and if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the tree of life, and out of the holy city, which are written in this book." Rev. 22:16, 18-19
    Q. According to GOD'S WORD, who was the first to teach,
    "Ye shall not surely die",
    "The impossibility of apostasy",
    "The Perseverance of the Saints"?
    "Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which Jehovah God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of any tree of the garden? And the woman said unto the serpent, Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat: but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:" Gen. 3:1-4
    * * *
    Q. Is Calvinism's absolute "Perseverance of the Saints" true, OR does GOD'S WORD warn saints to beware of the devil lest they fall and be devoured by him?
    "Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour, whom withstand stedfast in your faith" I Pet. 5:8-9
    "Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil." Eph. 6:11
    "Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you." James 4:7
    "Moreover he (an Elder) must have good testimony from them that are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil." 1 Tim. 3:7
    "But the Spirit saith expressly, that in later times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons" 1 Tim. 4:1
    Q. If Calvinism's absolute "Perseverance of the Saints" is true, and the devil has not caused one saint to fall in 2000 years, why does the devil continue "as a roaring lion, walking about, seeking whom he may devour"?
    Q. Is the devil really that stupid?
    Q. If Calvinism's absolute "Perseverance of the Saints" is true, why does the devil continue "as a roaring lion, walking about, seeking whom he may devour", when Calvinism tells him that God will give him the non-elect reprobates whether he walks, roars, or does anything at all to get them?
    * * *
    Q. Is Calvinism's absolute "Perseverance of the Saints" true, OR does GOD'S WORD teach that names can be blotted out of God's book of life?
    "And Moses returned unto Jehovah, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold. Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin -- ; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written. And Jehovah said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book." Ex. 32:31-33
    "Add iniquity unto their iniquity;
    And let them not come into thy righteousness.
    Let them be blotted out of the book of life,
    And not be written with the righteous    ." Psalm 69:27-28
    "He that overcometh shall thus be arrayed in white garments; and I will in no wise blot his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches." Rev. 3:5-6
    "And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book." Rev. 22:19 AV
    Q. Is Calvinism's absolute "Perseverance of the Saints" true, OR does GOD'S WORD teach that only those who overcome and are faithful unto death shall be saved?
    "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. To him that overcometh, to him will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God." Rev. 2:7
    "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death." Rev. 2:11
    "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. To him that overcometh, to him will I give of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and upon the stone a new name written, which no one knoweth but he that receiveth it." Rev. 2:17
    "Nevertheless that which ye have, hold fast till I come. And he that overcometh, and he that keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give authority over the nations....He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches." Rev. 2:25-26, 29
    "He that overcometh shall thus be arrayed in white garments; and I will in no wise blot his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches." Rev. 3:5-6
    "I come quickly: hold fast that which thou hast, that no one take thy crown. He that overcometh, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go out thence no more: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God, and mine own new name. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches." Rev. 3:11-13
    "He that overcometh, I will give to him to sit down with me in my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father in his throne. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches." Rev. 3:21-22
    "He that overcometh shall inherit these things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son." Rev. 21:7
    "Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of life. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches." Rev. 2:10-11
    "...he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved." Matt. 10:22
    Q. If Calvinism's absolute "Perseverance of the Saints" is true, why does GOD'S WORD tell saints to hold fast, to overcome, to be faithful unto death?
    Q. Why does GOD'S WORD give all these warnings and conditions if it is impossible for saints to fall?
    Q. Is Calvinism's absolute "Perseverance of the Saints" true, OR does GOD'S WORD teach and warn saints that their salvation is conditional on their "continuing" in the faith and in the Word?
    "Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;" John 8:31 AV
    "As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love." John 15:9 AV
    "And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and had made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, and to Iconium, and to Antioch, confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many tribulations we must enter into the kingdom of God." Acts 14:21-22
    "Behold then the goodness and severity of God: toward them that fell, severity; but toward thee, God's goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off." Rom. 11:22
    "...God; Who will render to every man according to his deeds: To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:" Rom. 2:5-7 AV
    "And you, being in time past alienated and enemies in your mind in your evil works, yet now hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without blemish and unreproveable before him: if so be that ye continue in the faith, grounded and stedfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel which ye heard...." Col. 1:21-23
    "But he that looketh into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and so continueth, being not a hearer that forgetteth but a doer that worketh, this man shall be blessed in his doing." James 1:25
    "But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus." II Tim. 3:14-15 AV
    "Take heed to thyself, and to thy teaching. Continue in these things; for in doing this thou shalt save both thyself and them that hear thee." I Tim. 4:16
    "For we have not here an abiding city, but we seek after the city which is to come. Through him (Jesus) then let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which make confession to his name." Heb. 13:14-15
    Q. Why does GOD'S WORD teach and warn saints to "continue in the faith", if it is impossible for them not to do so?
    Q. What happens when a saint stops "continuing" in the faith and in the Word?
    Q. Is Calvinism's absolute "Perseverance of the Saints" true, OR does GOD'S WORD teach that even the great apostle Paul was concerned about his own perseverance?
    "...but I (Paul) buffet my body, and bring it into bondage: lest by any means, after that I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected." I Cor. 9:27
    "Brethren, I (Paul) count not myself yet to have laid hold: but one thing I do, forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before, I press on toward the goal unto the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus." Phil. 3:13-14
    * * *
    Q. Is Calvinism's absolute "Perseverance of the Saints" true, OR does GOD'S WORD teach that the apostle Paul was deeply concerned about the perseverance of the saints which were at Colossae?
    "Paul...To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ that are at Colossae:" Col. 1:1-2
    "For I would have you know how greatly I strive for you..." Col. 2:1
    "Take heed lest there shall be any one that maketh spoil of you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ:" Col. 2:8
    "Let no man rob you of your prize..." Col. 2:18
    Q. Is Calvinism's absolute "Perseverance of the Saints" true, OR does GOD'S WORD teach that the apostle Paul was very much concerned about the perseverance of the saints which were at Philippi?
    "Paul ... to all the saints ...that are at Philippi" Phil. 1:1
    "Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ: that, whether I come and see you or be absent, I may hear of your state, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the gospel; and in nothing affrighted by the adversaries:" Phil. 1:27-28
    "So then, my beloved, even as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who worketh in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure... that I may have whereof to glory in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain neither labor in vain." Phil. 2:12-13, 16
    "Wherefore, my brethren beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my beloved." Phil. 4:1
    * * *
    Q. Is Calvinism's absolute "Perseverance of the Saints" true, OR does GOD'S WORD teach that the apostle Paul was very much concerned about the perseverance of the saints which were in Galatia?
    "Paul...unto the churches of Galatia... I marvel that ye are so quickly removing from him that called you in the grace of Christ unto a different gospel;" Gal. 1:1-2, 6
    "O foolish Galatians, who did bewitch you...? ...Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now perfected in the flesh? Did ye suffer so many things in vain? " Gal. 3:1, 3-4
    "but now that ye have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how turn ye back again to the weak and beggarly rudiments, whereunto ye desire to be in bondage over again? Ye observe days, and months, and seasons, and years. I am afraid of you, lest by any means I have bestowed labor upon you in vain." Gal. 4:9-11
    "My little children, of whom I am again in travail until Christ be formed in you -- but I could wish to be present with you now, and to change my tone; for I am perplexed about you." Gal 4:19-20
    "For freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage." Gal. 5:1
    * * *
    Q. Is Calvinism's absolute "Perseverance of the Saints" true, OR does GOD'S WORD teach that the apostle Paul was very much concerned about the perseverance of the saints which were at Corinth?
    "Paul... unto the church of God which is at Corinth... called to be saints..." I Cor. 1:1-2
    "but I (Paul) buffet my body, and bring it into bondage: lest by any means, after that I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected. For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant, that our fathers... lusted ... were idolaters... committed fornication... made trial of the Lord...murmured" I Cor. 9:27-10:10
    "Howbeit with most of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness...and fell in one day three and twenty thousand... and perished by the serpents... and perished by the destroyer." I Cor. 10:5-10
    "Now these things happened unto them by way of example; and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages are come. Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall." I Cor. 10:11-12
    Q. When Rom. 8:35-38 says that nothing shall separate us from the love of God, about whom is it speaking?
    "them that love God" Rom. 8:28
    Q. Does GOD'S WORD teach that man's love for God can become cold and does it warn saints to keep themselves in God's love?
    "...the love of the many shall wax cold. But he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved." Mat. 24:12-13
    "...abide ye in my love." John 15:9b
    "...keep yourselves in the love of God..." Jude 21
    Q. According to GOD'S WORD, how does a man show his love to God and thus keep himself in God's love?
    "...abide ye in my love. If ye keep my (Jesus') commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.... Ye are my friends, if ye do the things which I (Jesus) command you." John 15:9-10, 14
    "...if any man serve me (Jesus), him will the Father honor." John 12:26
    "If ye love me, ye will keep my (Jesus') commandments.... He that hath my (Jesus') commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me.... Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my word: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him." John 14:15, 21, 23
    "...for the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came forth from the Father." John 16:27
    "And hereby we know that we know him, if we keep his (Jesus') commandments. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his (Jesus') commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;" I John 2:3-4
    * * *
    "My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who hath given them unto me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand." John 10:27-29
    Q. Does this scripture teach Calvinism's absolute "Perseverance of the Saints", OR does it teach that sheep are safe only as long as they hear the shepherd's voice and follow him?
    "My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: and I give unto them eternal life;" John 10:27-28
    "...abide ye in my love." John 15:9b
    "...keep yourselves in the love of God..." Jude 21
    Q. Is Calvinism's absolute "Perseverance of the Saints" true, OR does GOD'S WORD teach that saints are safe and fruitful only as long as they abide in Christ, and that when they cease to abide in Christ they wither, are unfruitful, are gathered, and are burned as dead branches?
    "Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; so neither can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: for apart from me ye can do nothing. If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned." John 15:4-6
    "Well; by their (the Jews') unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by thy faith. Be not highminded, but fear: for if God spared not the natural branches, neither will he spare thee. Behold then the goodness and severity of God: toward them that fell, severity; but toward thee, God's goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off. And they also, if they continue not in their unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again." Rom. 11:20-23
    Q. If Calvinism's absolute "Perseverance of the Saints" is true, what is the purpose of these and hundreds of other warnings for the saints which we find in GOD'S WORD?

    "Watch therefore"Matt. 24:42
    "be ye also ready"Matt. 24:44
    "Watch and pray"Matt. 26:41
    "take ye heed"Mark 13:23
    "Pray that ye enter not into temptation"Luke 22:40
    "Abide in me (Jesus)"John 15:4
    "watch ye"Acts 20:31
    "Let not sin...reign"Rom. 6:12
    "Be not overcome by evil"Rom. 12:21
    "overcome evil with good"Rom. 12:21
    "Overthrow not...the work of God"Rom. 14:20
    "Purge out the old leaven"I Cor. 5:7
    "Be not deceived"I Cor. 6:9
    "take heed"I Cor. 8:9
    "run; that ye may attain"I Cor. 9:24
    "be ye steadfast, unmovable"I Cor. 15:58
    "stand fast in the faith"I Cor. 16:13
    "be not entangled again"Gal. 5:1
    "I forewarn you"Gal. 5:21
    "let each man prove his own work"Gal. 6:4
    "Be not deceived"Gal. 6:7
    "work that which is good"Gal. 6:10
    "Wherefore remember"Eph. 2:11
    "sin not"Eph. 4:26
    "neither give place to the devil"Eph. 4:27
    "grieve not the Holy Spirit of God"Eph. 4:30
    "Let no man deceive you"Eph. 5:6
    "Look...carefully how ye walk"Eph. 5:15
    "be strong"Eph. 6:10
    "Put on the whole armor of God"Eph. 6:11
    "Stand therefore"Eph. 6:14
    "put on the breast-plate of righteousness"Eph. 6:14
    "take the helmet of salvation"Eph. 6:17
    "take...the sword of the Spirit"Eph. 6:17
    "work out your own salvation"Phil. 2:12
    "Beware"Phil. 3:2
    "beware of the evil workers"Phil. 3:2
    "stand fast in the Lord"Phil. 4:1
    "Take heed lest"Col. 2:8
    "Let no man rob you of your prize"Col. 2:18
    "Let the word of Christ dwell in your richly"Col. 3:16
    "Continue steadfastly"Col. 4:2
    "Brethren, we beseech and exhort you"I Thess. 4:1
    "let us not sleep"I. Thess. 5:6
    "let us watch and be sober"I Thess. 5:6
    "Quench not the Spirit"I Thess. 5:19
    "hold fast that which is good"I Thess. 5:21
    "let no man beguile you"II Thess. 2:3
    "brethren, stand fast"II Thess. 2:15
    "be diligent"I Tim. 4:15
    "take heed to thyself"I Tim. 4:16
    "take heed...to thy teaching"I Tim. 4:16
    "Continue"I Tim. 4:16
    "Fight the good fight of faith"I Tim. 6:12
    "guard that which is committed unto thee"I Tim. 6:20
    "Hold the pattern of sound words"II Tim. 1:13
    "Remember Jesus Christ"II Tim. 2:8
    "Give diligence to present thyself approved"II Tim. 2:15
    "know this"II Tim. 3:1
    "shun foolish questionings"Titus 3:9
    "give the more earnest heed"Heb. 2:1
    "Harden not your hearts"Heb. 3:8
    "Take heed, brethren"Heb. 3:12
    "Let us...give diligence"Heb. 4:11
    "Let us press on"Heb. 6:1
    "let us hold fast the confession of our hope"Heb. 10:23
    "let us run...the race"Heb. 12:1
    "wax not weary"Heb. 12:3
    "Be not carried away by . . . strange teachings"Heb. 13:9
    "Be not deceived, my beloved brethren"James 1:16
    "Hearken"James 2:5
    "resist the devil"James 4:7
    "establish your hearts"James 5:8
    "arm ye yourselves"I Pet. 4:1
    "Be sober, be watchful"I Pet. 5:8
    "stand ye fast"I Pet. 5:12
    "make your calling and election sure"II Pet. 1:10
    "remember the words which were spoken"II Pet. 3:2
    "forget not"II Pet. 3:8
    "beware lest...ye fall"II Pet. 3:17
    "abide in him (Christ)"I John 2:28
    "let no man lead you astray"I John 3:7
    "believe not every spirit"I John 4:1
    "prove the spirits"I John 4:1
    "guard yourselves"I John 5:21
    "contend earnestly for the faith"Jude 3
    "remember ye the words"Jude 17
    "keep yourselves in the love of God"Jude 21
    "hear what the Spirit saith to the churches"Rev. 2:7
    "Remember"Rev. 2:5
    "repent and do the first works"Rev. 2:5
    "Be thou faithful unto death"Rev. 2:10
    "Repent therefore; or else"Rev. 2:16
    "Be thou watchful"Rev. 3:2
    "remember ... and repent"Rev. 3:3
    "hold fast that which thou hast"Rev. 3:11
    "be zealous therefore, and repent"Rev. 3:19
    "hear what the Spirit saith to the churches"Rev. 3:22
    Q. If Calvinism's absolute "Perseverance of the Saints" is true, why does GOD'S WORD give these and hundreds of other warnings for the saints?
    Q. Why does GOD'S WORD warn saints to persevere when according to Calvinism it is impossible for them not to persevere?

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