Study Questions:

1. What is meant by the perseverance of the saints?
   
   
   
2. Why do we speak of those whom God preserves as saints?
   
   
   
3. What is the relation between the perseverance of the saints and God's preservation of them?
   
   
   
4. Do the saints fall? Do the saints fall away? Explain.
   
   
   
5. In light of the perseverance of the saints, explain Hebrews 6:4-6.
   
   
   
6. Does the doctrine of the perseverance of the saints lead to careless living? Explain.
   
   
   
7. How does Roman Catholicism deny the truth of the perseverance of the saints?
   
   
   
8. How does Arminianism deny the truth of the perseverance of the saints?
   
   
   
9. How does the teaching of free will contradict the truth of the perseverance of the saints?
   
   
   
10. How does Antinomianism deny the truth of the perseverance of the saints?
    
    
    
11. How does perfectionism overthrow the truth of the perseverance of the saints?
    
    
    
12. What is the relation between the perseverance of the saints and prayer?
    
    
    
13. What is the relation between the perseverance of the saints and the preaching of the gospel?
    
    
    
14. How does the believer's assurance rest on the truth of the perseverance of the saints?
    
    
    
15. How is the truth of the perseverance of the saints related to the other of the Five Points of Calvinism?
    
    
    

Scripture References:

1. Prove the truth of the perseverance of the saints.
   
   
   
2. Prove that it is God Who preserves the saints.
   
   
   
3. Prove that the saints' preservation is a preservation of them in holiness.
   
   
   
4. Prove that God always renews His people to repentance when they fall into sin.
   
   
   
5. Prove that it is by means of the Word of God and the preaching of the Word that we are preserved in salvation.
   
   
   
6. Prove that it is by means of prayer that we are enabled to persevere to the end.
   
   
   

Questions for Reflection:

1. Is there such a thing as a "carnal Christian"?
   
   
   
2. What means does God use to preserve us in salvation? Have you been diligent to make use of these means?
   
   
   
3. God preserves us not as so many individuals in isolation from each other, but as saints in relation to each other. Of what significance is membership in the church for the perseverance of the saints?
   
   
   
4. Will it be necessary for God to preserve us in salvation also in heaven? Explain.
   
   
   
5. Why is God pleased to make us perfect in the life to come, but not yet in this life?
   
   
   

Memory Work:

1. Psalm 37:23, 24: The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord; and he delighteth in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.
   
   
2. John 10:27-29: My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.
   
   
3. Philippians 1:6: Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.
   
   
4. I Peter 1:5: Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
   
   

1. The Sovereignty of God
2. Total Depravity
3. Unconditional Election
4. Limited Atonement
5. Irresistable Grace
6. Perseverence of the Saints
   
   

• Foreword
• Preface
  

1. The Sovereignty of God
   A.The Doctrine
   B. Scripture Passages
   C. Objections
   D. Denials of God's Sovereignty
   E. Practical Importance
   F. Relation to the Five Points
   
   
2. Total Depravity
   A. The Doctrine
   B. Scripture Passages
   C. Difficult Passages
   D. Objections
   E. Denials of Total Depravity
   F. Practical Importance
   G. Relation to the Other Four Points
   
   
3. Unconditional Election
   A. The Doctrine
   B. Scripture Passages
   C. Difficult Passages
   D. Objections
   E. Denials of Unconditional Election
   F. Practical Implications
   G. Relation to the Other Four Points
   
   
4. Limited Atonement
   A. The Doctrine
   B. Scripture Passages
   C. Difficult Passages
   D. Objections
   E. Denials of Limited Atonement
   F. Practical Importance
   G. Relation to the Other Four Points
   
   
5. Irresistible Grace
   A. The Doctrine
   B. Scripture Passages
   C. Difficult Passages
   D. Objections
   E. Denials of Irresistible Grace
   F. Practical Importance
   G. Relation to the Other Four Points
   
   
6. Perseverance of the Saints
   A. The Name
   B. The Doctrine
   C. Scripture Passages
   D. Difficult Passages
   E. Objections
   F. Denials of Perseverance of Saints
   G. Practical Importance
   H. Relation to the Other Four Points
   
   Recommended Readings (Omitted here, but found in the back of the book, for further discussion on this site go to:
   The Five Points of Calvinism
   
   Appendix I (Citations from the Creeds)
   
   Appendix II (Index of Scriptural Passages-these are unlisted here but are found in the back of the book.)
   
   Study Guide for "Saved by Grace"