Things New and Old

Ancient truths revealed in the Scriptures are often forgotten, disbelieved or distorted, and therefore lost in the passage of time. Such ancient truths when rediscovered and relearned are 'new' additions to the treasury of ancient truths.

Christ showed many new things to the disciples, things prophesied by the prophets of old but hijacked and perverted by the elders and their traditions, but which Christ reclaimed and returned to His people.

Many things taught by the Apostles of Christ have been perverted or substituted over the centuries. Such fundamental doctrines like salvation by grace and justification have been hijacked and perverted and repudiated by sincere Christians. These doctrines need to be reclaimed and restored to God's people.

There are things both new and old here. "Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things" 2Ti 2:7.

Sunday, May 3, 2026

Perseverance of the saints popularly understood

 Roselle - the flowers and the fruits are distinct;
i.e. they are not the same.
Not every flower perseveres and turns into a fruit. 

Flowers and fruits are distinct; don't confuse them.

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The doctrine of the perseverance of the saints is popularly understood to mean "God's children shall persevere in a life of faith and holiness; those who don't were never God's children to begin with."

Read this passage from Jeremiah 6:
13 For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
15 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.
16 ¶Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.
17 Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.

Some will be quick to retort that those addressed by the LORD are Israelites, not His children.

Are the churches in the 21st century any better than the situation diagnosed in the passage above? Sorry, I digress.

The Calvinists' idea of the perseverance of the saints is a fable; an injurious lie.

The biblical doctrine of the perseverance of the saints states that those whom God has effectually called out of their native state of sin and death to that state of grace and salvation in Christ Jesus shall immutably remain in that state of grace and salvation; absolutely nothing shall dislodge them from that state of grace and salvation.

Perseverance in the state of grace and salvation is the immutable effect of the Divine purpose and activities; perseverance in a life of faith and holiness is conditional upon the obedience of God's children to His will.

Many DON'T persevere in a life of faith and holiness to the end of their lives; some made a shipwreck of their faith, others backslide and fall from the faith, etc. 

Both the Calvinists and their cousins, the Arminians, equate the two.

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