OVERVIEW OF PRESERVATION AND PERSEVERANCE OF THE ELECT
By Dennis Schmidt 9/2007
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This paper discusses eternal security, perseverance, or being kept by God that the Elect Christian has. From God's side, it is preservation and from man's side it is perseverance. The paper will answer the question can a saved Elect person ever be lost. All scriptures are from the King James' version scriptures.
INDUCTIVE COMMENTS:
THEME:
PRESERVATION: God will protect, maintain, keep intact, make perfect in unaltered condition the elect Christian to the end of their life.
PERSEVERANCE: Man will continue to endure in a state of grace to the end of his life unto salvation.
PURPOSE:
PRESERVATION:
God will protect, maintain, keep intact, make perfect
in unaltered condition the elect Christian to the end of their life.
H5337. natsal, naw-tsal'; a prim. root; to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense:-- X at all, defend, deliver (self), escape, X without fail, part, pluck, preserve, recover, rescue, rid, save, spoil, strip, X surely, take (out).
H8104. shamar, shaw-mar'; a prim. root; prop. to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; gen. to protect, attend to, etc.:--beware, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep (-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch (-man).
G5083. tereo, tay-reh'-o; from teros (a watch; perh. akin to G2334); to guard (from loss or injury, prop. by keeping the eye upon; and thus differing from G5442, which is prop. to prevent escaping; and from G2892, which implies a fortress or full military lines of apparatus), i.e. to note (a prophecy; fig. to fulfil a command); by impl. to detain (in custody; fig. to maintain); by extens. to withhold (for personal ends; fig. to keep unmarried):--hold fast, keep (-er), (ob-, pre-, re) serve, watch.
G5083 God guards & watches over His Elect preserving them, holding them, & keeping them.
G4982. sozo, sode'-zo; from a prim. sos (contr. for obsol. saos, "safe"); to save, i.e. deliver or protect (lit. or fig.):--heal, preserve, save (self), do well, be (make) whole.
II) PERSEVERANCE: Man will continue to
endure in a state of grace to the end of his life unto salvation.
G2722. katecho, kat-ekh'-o; from G2596 and G2192; to hold down (fast), in various applications (lit. or fig.):--have, hold (fast), keep (in memory), let, X make toward, possess, retain, seize on, stay, take, withhold.
G2902. krateo, krat-eh'-o; from G2904; to use strength, i.e. seize or retain (lit. or fig.):--hold (by, fast), keep, lay hand (hold) on, obtain, retain, take (by).
G4343. proskarteresis, pros-kar-ter'-ay-sis; from G4342 ; persistency:-- perseverance.
G4342. proskartereo,
pros-kar-ter-eh'-o; from G4314 and G2594; to be
earnest towards, i.e. (to a thing) to persevere, be
constantly diligent, or (in a place) to attend assiduously all the
exercises, or (to a person) to adhere closely to (as a
servitor):--attend (give self) continually (upon), continue (in,
instant in, with), wait on (continually). Only found in
KEY VERSE:
WHO: God mainly by Bible authors Moses, David, Matthew, John, and Paul
TO WHOM: Elected Christians
WHAT: Eternal Security for who
God Calls & Elects:
A) TRUSTING IN WORKS TO SAVE THEMSELVES INSTEAD
OF GOD'S GRACE THROUGH FAITH:
Either the Christian is not taught about Jesus work of the imputed righteousness of God or he may be taught wrong that his salvation is depending on himself not sinning or sinning too much. Every sin the Elect committed or ever will commit has already been placed on Jesus two thousand years ago.
B) GOD'S GRACE PRESERVES THE ELECT:
Scriptures teaches that there is a group of Christians, the Elect, who are called and predestined by God's grace. God will persevere them throughout their entire life unto salvation.
C) CAN A SAVED PERSON EVER BE LOST?: There are several Church teachings shown below.
1) Bible/Calvinists Teaches the Elect will
persevere to the end because God preserves the Elect.
2) Pentecostals Teach any saved person can
lose his salvation by sin.
3) Protestants In general,
teaches that salvation may be lost by sin or apostasy.
4) Roman Catholics Teaches that salvation
can be lost by a mortal sin such as murder.
D) MERE & CARNAL WORLDLY BELIEVERS:
What about the believer who falls?
E) PARABLE OF THE SOWER: Sower Parable shows the unbeliever, mere, carnal, & Elect believer
Four types of people are shown in this parable where the seed represents the Word of God. The non believer is type 1 group. The mere believer is types 2 group. The carnal Christian will not endure to the end is type 3 group. The Elect Christian will endure to the end is type 4 group.
1) Way side -> trodden down -> fowls
devour it -> people hear Word -> Devil takes away Word -> out
of their hearts -> lest they believe & be saved
The Sower Parable shows
four groups of hearer of the Word. Non believers never receive the Word,
the Devil takes the Word away from their heart, so they never believe
or act on it. They are from the Sower Parable as
group 1.
2) Rock -> sprung up -> withered away
-> lack moisture -> Mere believer's hear the Word -> receive
with joy -> no root -> for awhile believe -> in time of temptation
-> fall away
There is a distinction between a mere believer
who simply follows Christianity professes faith who receives the Word,
acts on it, endures for a time, tempted, & falls
away. They are from the Sower Parable as group 2.
3) Thorns -> sprung up -> thorns
choked it -> Carnal worldly believer's heard Word -> go forth
-> choked with cares and riches -> pleasures of this life -> bring no
fruit -> to perfection
There are carnal followers of Christianity who receives
the Word, acts on it, looked as if they were the Elect, endure
for a time. However, the cares, riches, and deceitful pleasures of the
world means they don't produce Christian faith fruits
nor go on to perfection. They are from the Sower
Parable as group 3.
4) Good ground -> sprang up -> bare
fruit -> hundred fold -> Elect believer's with a honest and good heart
-> heard the Word -> keep it -> bring forth faith fruits with
patience
The Elect believer will receives the Word, act
on it to the end, & bring forth fruit. The scriptures teach that
Elect people will persevere because God will preserve them. They are
from the Sower Paravle as
group 4.
F) ELECT BELIEVER'S PLEASE GOD BY FAITH NOT
WORKS OR LAW:
Their life is centered on Jesus and not the world system. They have not lost their first love. They talk about Jesus, study, pray, discuss, and meet with others of like mind faith.
G) MERE BELIEVER'S BIBLICAL EXAMPLES:
The mere believer's initially are in Jesus, have no faith fruit, & later fall away due to temptations.
H) CARNAL WORLDLY BELIEVER'S EXAMPLES?:
WHY: ELECT BELIEVER'S PLEASE GOD BY FAITH NOT WORKS OR LAW:
Their life is centered on Jesus and not the world
system. They have not lost their first love. They talk about Jesus, study,
pray, discuss, and meet with others of like mind faith.
WAY: GOD'S GRACE PRESERVES THE ELECT:
Scriptures teaches that there is a group of Christians, the Elect, who are called and predestined by God's grace. God will persevere them throughout their entire life unto salvation.
WHEREAS:
A) CAN A ELECT PERSON
EVER BE LOST? NO! The Bible shows that the Elect will persevere
because God will preserve them.
B) GOD IS THE PRESERVER OF HIS ELECT:
WHERE:
Earth
WHEN: All Times
PAPER
OUTLINE:
I) PRESERVATION:
II) PERSEVERANCE:
III) Eternal Security for who God Calls & Elects:
A) TRUSTING IN WORKS TO
SAVE THEMSELVES INSTEAD OF GOD'S GRACE THROUGH FAITH:
B) GOD'S GRACE PRESERVES THE ELECT:
C) CAN A SAVED PERSON EVER BE LOST?:
D) MERE & CARNAL WORLDLY BELIEVERS:
E) PARABLE OF THE SOWER:
F) ELECT BELIEVER'S PLEASE GOD BY FAITH NOT WORKS OR LAW:
G) MERE BELIEVER'S BIBLICAL EXAMPLES:
H) CARNAL WORLDLY BELIEVER'S EXAMPLES?:
1) THE
BIBLE WARNS OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF NO FAITH, SIN, & WORLD PLEASURE TO SHOW
THEY ARE REALLY THE NON-ELECT:
2) PAUL, AN ELECT, STAYS TO
THE END:
3) DEMAS FORSAKES GOD'S
CALLING:
4) SOME CARNAL WORLDLY
BELIEVERS INCLUDE:
I) WHO ARE THE ELECT?:
J) WHAT ABOUT THE ELECT WHO SIN?:
K) THE ELECT HAVE ETERNAL (EVERLASTING AND PERPETUAL) LIFE & WILL NEVER PERISH:
L) GOD'S PART IN KEEPING THE ELECT PRESERVED UNTO ETERNAL LIFE:
M) WHAT IS GOD'S PART IN SAVING THE ELECT?:
N) GOD IS FAITHFUL TO DO WHAT HE PROMISED:
O) WHAT IS THE ELECT'S PART?:
IV) CONCLUSION:
A) CAN A ELECT PERSON EVER BE LOST? NO!
B) GOD IS THE PRESERVER OF HIS ELECT:
I) PRESERVATION: God will protect, maintain, keep intact, make perfect in unaltered condition the elect Christian to the end of their life.
H5337. natsal, naw-tsal'; a prim. root; to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense:-- X at all, defend, deliver (self), escape, X without fail, part, pluck, preserve, recover, rescue, rid, save, spoil, strip, X surely, take (out).
H8104. shamar, shaw-mar'; a prim. root; prop. to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; gen. to protect, attend to, etc.:--beware, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep (-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch (-man).
G5083. tereo, tay-reh'-o; from teros (a watch; perh. akin to G2334); to guard (from loss or injury, prop. by keeping the eye upon; and thus differing from G5442, which is prop. to prevent escaping; and from G2892, which implies a fortress or full military lines of apparatus), i.e. to note (a prophecy; fig. to fulfil a command); by impl. to detain (in custody; fig. to maintain); by extens. to withhold (for personal ends; fig. to keep unmarried):--hold fast, keep (-er), (ob-, pre-, re) serve, watch.
G5083 God guards & watches over His Elect preserving them, holding them, & keeping them.
G4982. sozo, sode'-zo; from a prim. sos (contr. for obsol. saos, "safe"); to save, i.e. deliver or protect (lit. or fig.):--heal, preserve, save (self), do well, be (make) whole.
II) PERSEVERANCE: Man will continue to endure in a state of grace to the end of his life unto salvation.
G2722. katecho, kat-ekh'-o; from G2596 and G2192; to hold down (fast), in various applications (lit. or fig.):--have, hold (fast), keep (in memory), let, X make toward, possess, retain, seize on, stay, take, withhold.
G2902. krateo, krat-eh'-o; from G2904; to use strength, i.e. seize or retain (lit. or fig.):--hold (by, fast), keep, lay hand (hold) on, obtain, retain, take (by).
G4343. proskarteresis, pros-kar-ter'-ay-sis; from G4342 ; persistency:-- perseverance.
G4342. proskartereo,
pros-kar-ter-eh'-o; from G4314 and G2594; to be
earnest towards, i.e. (to a thing) to persevere, be
constantly diligent, or (in a place) to attend assiduously all the
exercises, or (to a person) to adhere closely to (as a
servitor):--attend (give self) continually (upon), continue (in, instant
in, with), wait on (continually). Only found in
III) Eternal Security for who God Calls & Elects:
A) TRUSTING IN WORKS TO SAVE THEMSELVES INSTEAD OF GOD'S GRACE THROUGH FAITH:
Either the Christian is not taught about Jesus work of the imputed righteousness of God or he may be taught wrong that his salvation is depending on himself not sinning or sinning too much. Every sin the Elect committed or ever will commit has already been placed on Jesus two thousand years ago.
B) GOD'S GRACE PRESERVES THE ELECT:
Scriptures teaches that there is a group of Christians, the Elect, who are called and predestined by God's grace. God will persevere them throughout their entire life unto salvation.
C) CAN A SAVED PERSON EVER BE LOST?: There are several Church teachings shown below.
1) Bible/Calvinists Teaches the Elect will persevere to the end because God preserves the Elect.
2) Pentecostals Teach any saved person can lose his salvation by sin.
3) Protestants In general, teaches that salvation may be lost by sin or apostasy.
4) Roman Catholics Teaches that salvation can be lost by a mortal sin such as murder.
D) MERE & CARNAL WORLDLY BELIEVERS: What about the believer who falls?
E) PARABLE OF THE SOWER: Sower Parable shows the unbeliever, mere, carnal, & Elect believer
Four types of people are shown in this parable where the seed represents the Word of God. The non believer is type 1 group. The mere believer is types 2 group. The carnal Christian will not endure to the end is type 3 group. The Elect Christian will endure to the end is type 4 group.
1) Way side -> trodden down -> fowls devour it -> people hear Word -> Devil takes away Word -> out of their hearts -> lest they believe & be saved
The Sower Parable shows four groups of hearer of the Word. Non believers never receive the Word, the Devil takes the Word away from their heart, so they never believe or act on it. They are from the Sower Parable as group 1.
2) Rock -> sprung up -> withered away -> lack moisture -> Mere believer's hear the Word -> receive with joy -> no root -> for awhile believe -> in time of temptation -> fall away
There is a distinction between a mere believer who simply follows Christianity professes faith who receives the Word, acts on it, endures for a time, tempted, & falls away. They are from the Sower Parable as group 2.
3) Thorns -> sprung up -> thorns choked it -> Carnal worldly believer's heard Word -> go forth -> choked with cares and riches -> pleasures of this life -> bring no fruit -> to perfection
There are carnal followers of Christianity who receives the Word, acts on it, looked as if they were the Elect, endure for a time. However, the cares, riches, and deceitful pleasures of the world means they don't produce Christian faith fruits nor go on to perfection. They are from the Sower Parable as group 3.
4) Good ground -> sprang up -> bare fruit -> hundred fold -> Elect believer's with a honest and good heart -> heard the Word -> keep it -> bring forth faith fruits with patience
The Elect believer will receives the Word, act on it to the end, & bring forth fruit. The scriptures teach that Elect people will persevere because God will preserve them. They are from the Sower Paravle as group 4.
F) ELECT BELIEVER'S PLEASE GOD BY FAITH NOT WORKS OR LAW:
Their life is centered on Jesus and not the world system. They have not lost their first love. They talk about Jesus, study, pray, discuss, and meet with others of like mind faith.
G) MERE BELIEVER'S BIBLICAL EXAMPLES:
The mere believer's initially are in Jesus, have no faith fruit, & later fall away due to temptations.
H) CARNAL WORLDLY BELIEVER'S EXAMPLES?:
1) THE
BIBLE WARNS OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF NO FAITH, SIN, & WORLD PLEASURE TO SHOW THEY
ARE REALLY THE NON-ELECT:
2) PAUL, AN ELECT, STAYS TO
THE END:
3) DEMAS FORSAKES GOD'S
CALLING:
4) SOME CARNAL WORLDLY BELIEVERS INCLUDE:
I) WHO ARE THE ELECT?:
God's Elect -> foreknowledge -> sanctified -> obedience -> begotten us again -> inheritance incorruptible -> reserved in heaven -> kept -> faith -> salvation
J) WHAT ABOUT THE ELECT WHO SIN?:
The Elect should live a righteous, pure, & holy life. However, God has ways of dealing with the Elect who sin. They are chastised, loose rewards, and may be taken by God.
K) THE ELECT HAVE ETERNAL (EVERLASTING AND PERPETUAL) LIFE & WILL NEVER PERISH:
L) GOD'S PART IN KEEPING THE ELECT PRESERVED UNTO ETERNAL LIFE:
M) WHAT IS GOD'S PART IN SAVING THE ELECT?:
N) GOD IS FAITHFUL TO DO WHAT HE PROMISED:
O) WHAT IS THE ELECT'S PART?: Persevering
IV) CONCLUSION:
A) CAN A ELECT PERSON EVER BE LOST? NO! The Bible shows that the Elect will persevere because God will preserve them.
B) GOD IS THE PRESERVER OF HIS ELECT:
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