Persevering Faith: Assurance and Security in Christ
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"Saving faith is persevering Faith they would have continued with us but they went out, that it might be complained that they are not all of us that's what you conclude you don't conclude the people lost their salvation, you conclude they were never of the saved, so this if here is a real if it's a real condition if we don't meet this condition, if we throw away our faith, then we show that we were never truly reconciled to God our sins were not covered we were not authentic Believers." [00:02:44]
"Faith is the instrument by which God gives us life, and they are experiencing that Colossians 2 5 I am rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness, firmness of your faith so he's going to call them to stay firm they already are firm firmness of your faith in Christ therefore as you received, received Christ Jesus the Lord, so faith is defined just as it is in John's gospel as receiving Christ so walk in him rooted and built up in him, established in faith." [00:03:40]
"So this Faith here now that they have and they are to continue in is not just believing a few facts it is the Embrace or the receiving of Christ the drinking of Christ the eating of Christ the treasuring of Christ because in Christ do we have Holiness blamelessness and irreproachability it's Union with Christ by faith that is our salvation and he wants us to be founded that means there's a foundation Andres this is it right here the hope of the Gospel." [00:05:25]
"Why does this if not suggest that we are insecure because Christians ought not to feel insecure, we ought not to think well I don't know whether I'm going to be saved or not, you shouldn't think that way not if you're a genuine Christian why not because God has pledged himself on the basis of his own faithfulness that he will fulfill this condition in and through us, he will cause us to continue in faith he will found us he will keep us steadfast he will not let us shift." [00:06:28]
"Those whom he predestined, he called, and Those whom he called he justified, and Those whom he justified he glorified in other words if you are predestined, you will be called out of Darkness into light if he called you, you will be justified so this calling is our conversion, this is the voice of the Holy Spirit Awakening faith in us so that we are justified by faith all the call are Justified and here's the security, all the Justified will be glorified you see that no dropouts." [00:07:05]
"Christ will sustain you to the end, Guiltless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ so that's the the promise in Colossians here we're going to be holy and blameless and above reproach before him that's why we've been reconciled and when he says that will happen if we continue here we have it in First Corinthians that we will continue because he's going to sustain us Christ will sustain you to the end Guiltless in the day of Christ God is faithful that's what it all depends on." [00:08:14]
"How do you know that you will wake up a Christian tomorrow morning that is that you will wake up and your heart will be inclined to believe and you will not throw away the faith and the answer is God is faithful, by whom you were called Those whom he calls he keeps that's what his faithfulness implies according to Romans 8 28 Those whom he calls he justifies and those of me justifies he glorified his faithfulness guarantees that you were called by him he is faithful he will sustain you." [00:09:00]
"I am sure of this that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Christ Paul was sure that those in whom he had done this beginning work of calling and justifying he's going to finish it on the day of Christ there will be blameless and holy and above reproach, how can that be how can we be sure of this well one thing that Jesus said to Peter to encourage him to believe it was this just before Peter almost made shipwreck of his faith." [00:09:42]
"But I have prayed for you and Jesus is in heaven today doing this for all of his elect I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail that's why Peter wept bitterly repented and became the rock of the church when you have turned not if you turn I'm in charge of your life when you have turned Peter strengthen your brothers that's how we make it Jesus prays for us God Faithfully hears the prayers of his son." [00:10:45]
"Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory remember that's what Colossians is promising us God reconciled Us in order to present us before him blameless before his presence the presence of his glory with great joy to the only God our savior through Jesus Christ be glory and Majesty dominion and Authority before all time now and forevermore all that glorious doxology because he's a keeper." [00:11:34]
"Because of this faithfulness of God to me and to all those who are his so what do we conclude there is a real condition and the reason there is a condition is to keep us vigilant the warnings of God are meant to make us Vigilant to fight the fight of Faith because God uses the fight of Faith stimulated by the warnings to keep us absolutely secure." [00:12:19]
"The warnings of God are meant to make us Vigilant to fight the fight of Faith because God uses the fight of Faith stimulated by the warnings to keep us absolutely secure." [00:12:39]
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"Faith is the instrument by which God gives us life, and they are experiencing that Colossians 2 5 I am rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness, firmness of your faith so he's going to call them to stay firm they already are firm firmness of your faith in Christ therefore as you received, received Christ Jesus the Lord, so faith is defined just as it is in John's gospel as receiving Christ so walk in him rooted and built up in him, established in faith." [00:03:40]
"So this Faith here now that they have and they are to continue in is not just believing a few facts it is the Embrace or the receiving of Christ the drinking of Christ the eating of Christ the treasuring of Christ because in Christ do we have Holiness blamelessness and irreproachability it's Union with Christ by faith that is our salvation and he wants us to be founded that means there's a foundation Andres this is it right here the hope of the Gospel." [00:05:25]
"Why does this if not suggest that we are insecure because Christians ought not to feel insecure, we ought not to think well I don't know whether I'm going to be saved or not, you shouldn't think that way not if you're a genuine Christian why not because God has pledged himself on the basis of his own faithfulness that he will fulfill this condition in and through us, he will cause us to continue in faith he will found us he will keep us steadfast he will not let us shift." [00:06:28]
"Those whom he predestined, he called, and Those whom he called he justified, and Those whom he justified he glorified in other words if you are predestined, you will be called out of Darkness into light if he called you, you will be justified so this calling is our conversion, this is the voice of the Holy Spirit Awakening faith in us so that we are justified by faith all the call are Justified and here's the security, all the Justified will be glorified you see that no dropouts." [00:07:05]
"Christ will sustain you to the end, Guiltless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ so that's the the promise in Colossians here we're going to be holy and blameless and above reproach before him that's why we've been reconciled and when he says that will happen if we continue here we have it in First Corinthians that we will continue because he's going to sustain us Christ will sustain you to the end Guiltless in the day of Christ God is faithful that's what it all depends on." [00:08:14]
"How do you know that you will wake up a Christian tomorrow morning that is that you will wake up and your heart will be inclined to believe and you will not throw away the faith and the answer is God is faithful, by whom you were called Those whom he calls he keeps that's what his faithfulness implies according to Romans 8 28 Those whom he calls he justifies and those of me justifies he glorified his faithfulness guarantees that you were called by him he is faithful he will sustain you." [00:09:00]
"I am sure of this that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Christ Paul was sure that those in whom he had done this beginning work of calling and justifying he's going to finish it on the day of Christ there will be blameless and holy and above reproach, how can that be how can we be sure of this well one thing that Jesus said to Peter to encourage him to believe it was this just before Peter almost made shipwreck of his faith." [00:09:42]
"But I have prayed for you and Jesus is in heaven today doing this for all of his elect I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail that's why Peter wept bitterly repented and became the rock of the church when you have turned not if you turn I'm in charge of your life when you have turned Peter strengthen your brothers that's how we make it Jesus prays for us God Faithfully hears the prayers of his son." [00:10:45]
"Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory remember that's what Colossians is promising us God reconciled Us in order to present us before him blameless before his presence the presence of his glory with great joy to the only God our savior through Jesus Christ be glory and Majesty dominion and Authority before all time now and forevermore all that glorious doxology because he's a keeper." [00:11:34]
"Because of this faithfulness of God to me and to all those who are his so what do we conclude there is a real condition and the reason there is a condition is to keep us vigilant the warnings of God are meant to make us Vigilant to fight the fight of Faith because God uses the fight of Faith stimulated by the warnings to keep us absolutely secure." [00:12:19]
"The warnings of God are meant to make us Vigilant to fight the fight of Faith because God uses the fight of Faith stimulated by the warnings to keep us absolutely secure." [00:12:39]
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