In love, God sovereignly protects and preserves all those to whom he gives eternal life so that not one will be lost.Defending PerseveranceRomans 8:28–39—“And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.”John 5:24—“Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.”John 6:37–40—“All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out. For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me. And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day. For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.””John 10:27–30—“My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, 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. I and the Father are one.”” (John 10:27-30)Philippians 1:6—“And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.”Promotes Laziness?Galatians 6:9—“And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.”Hebrews 10:36—“For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised.”Revelation 3:11—“I am coming soon. Hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize your crown.”What about those who Fall Away?1 John 2:19—“They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, that it might become plain that they all are not of us.”Matthew 13:20-21—“As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy, yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while, and when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately he falls away.”Glorification (Colossians 3:10; Ephesians 4:24; Genesis 1:26; 1 Corinthians 15:49; 1 John 3:2)

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