In Our Mighty God's Firm Grip!
The
Bible teaches that you will be glorified in heaven, “If ye
continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away
from the hope of the gospel …” (COLOSSIANS
1:23).
Many look at verses such as this and conclude that the final end
of salvation is conditioned on the believer’s perseverance or
continuance in the faith. This is why so many believe that a sinner
can be saved then lost if he does not persevere.
But
this is neither the teaching of this verse nor any part of the
Scriptures. The Bible, the Gospel message itself, teaches plainly
that all who are saved by the grace of God will, by that same grace
in Christ, persevere unto the end. Those who claim to believe the
Gospel and then totally leave it were never saved at all (I
JOHN
2:18-19).
The
issue of perseverance is not one of retaining salvation based on a
persistence in the faith, but of possession of salvation as evidenced
by a continuation in the faith. Always remember SALVATION is to be
ascribed to “Him that is able to keep you from falling, and
to present you faultless before the presence of His glory with
exceeding joy, to the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and
majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen” (JUDE
24-25).
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