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We persevere and maintain our faith through God’s grace which preserves us. Therefore, “Perseverance of the Saints” is also known as “Preservation of the Saints”, the “P” of “TULIP”, the Five Points of Calvinism, the Reformed Doctrine of Salvation.
We may rightly give thanks to those who persevere and maintain their faith, so long as we also give thanks to God Who preserves us. Although we do our best to persevere and maintain our faith, our trust is not in ourselves, but in God.
So, we look up to God and focus on Him to receive the strength to endure and persevere.
Psalm 29:11
“The LORD will give strength to His people; The LORD will bless His people with peace.”
Psalm 68:35
“O God, You are awesome from Your sanctuary. The God of Israel Himself gives strength and power to the people. Blessed be God!”
Isaiah 40:29
“He gives strength to the weary, And to him who lacks might He increases power.”
Isaiah 58:11
“And the LORD will continually guide you, And satisfy your desire in scorched places, And give strength to your bones; And you will be like a watered garden, And like a spring of water whose waters do not fail.”
God takes care of us from beginning to end.
Consider the golden chain of salvation in Romans 8:29-30: “For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren; and these whom He predestined, He also called; and these whom He called, He also justified; and these whom He justified, He also glorified.”
No one snatches us out of God’s hands!
If it is not enough to assure us that no one can snatch us out of Jesus’ hands, Jesus goes over the top by also assuring us that no one is also able to snatch us from God the Father’s hand: “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand. “My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.” John 10:27-29.
In conclusion, here is what the Canons of Dordt states in part as to this “Perseverance of the Saints” is also known as “Preservation of the Saints”:
Article 3. By reason of these remains of indwelling sin, and the temptations of sin and of the world, those who are converted could not persevere in a state of grace, if left to their own strength. But God is faithful, who having conferred grace, mercifully confirms, and powerfully preserves them herein, even to the end.”
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