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John Piper on Perseverance & eternal security

B. 1946 · REFORMED BAPTIST
STANDARD SCHOLARLY ACCOUNTAFFIRMS°
STANCE

No — the genuinely saved will certainly persevere

THE POSITION

Perseverance, framed as living by future grace — the saved will persevere, and faith is the instrument through which they are kept.

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SCRIPTURE
PHILIPPIANS 1:6 · BSB

6 being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

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Yes — real apostasy is possibleCHRYSOSTOM · M. HEISER · LUTHER · PHILIP MELANCHTHON · WESLEY
Perseverance is a distinct gift, not given to all the regenerateAQUINAS · AUGUSTINE
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ABOUT THIS FIGURE

Longtime pastor of Bethlehem Baptist, Minneapolis, and founder of Desiring God. Reformed soteriology combined with continuationism and historic premillennialism.

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