Tag: perseverance of the saints
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The Christian’s Four Assurances
Jeremiah 32:36-41; John 10:28-30 (text); Romans 8:30-39 February 7, 2016 • Download this sermon (PDF) Beloved congregation of Christ: About twenty years ago, I taught a high school Bible class at a school for missionary children in the Philippines. Sometime after teaching the doctrines of grace to the class, including the perseverance of the…
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Contrasting Those Who Have Fallen Away and Those Who Belong to Salvation
Hebrews 6:4-12 (text); Hebrews 3:12-4:2; Isaiah 5:1-7; Canons of Dort V Articles 3, 6, 7 © April 13, 2014 (Pasig and Trinity Covenant Reformed Church) • Download this sermon (PDF) Introduction Beloved congregation of Christ: Last week, we began the study of the Fifth (and last) Head of Doctrine of the Canons of Dort. We…
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The Works of the Good Shepherd
Text: John 10:25-29 Scripture Readings: John 10:1-15; Zechariah 13:7-9; Jeremiah 23:1-3 Confessional Reading: Canons of Dort V Articles 7, 9 © April 6, 2014 (Pasig Covenant Reformed Church) •  Download this sermon (PDF) Introduction Beloved congregation of Christ: Thus far, we have studied the first Four Heads of Doctrine of the Canons of Dort. From…
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“From Where Does My Help Come?” (Psalm 121)
Our help comes from the mountains, which represent God’s dwelling-place. He created them, and all heaven and earth, out of nothing, and therefore his sovereignty and power is infinite and unlimited. No one can prevent or hinder the Lord from helping and protecting his beloved ones.
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Hebrews 6:4-6: Christians Losing Their Salvation?
Ligonier Ministries’ Tabletalk magazine has a series of devotionals on Hebrews 6:4-6, “one of the most difficult passages in all of Scripture,” which “has often been used with the attempt to prove that genuine Christians can lose their salvation.”